Bette Davis earned her eighth Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance as Fanny Skeffington. Backed by Claude Rains (Notorious, Casablanca) as her devoted husband, glorious costumes and a lush Franz Waxman score, Davis takes what might, in lesser hands, have been just a womans picture and turns it into art. This is the original full-length 147 minute version of the film, which was cut by 20 minutes a few weeks after its initial release.
DVD Special Features include:
Commentary by the films Director Vincent Sherman
New Featurette Mr. Skeffington: A Picture of Strength
Theatrical Trailer
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
The Star (1952)
After her triumphant comeback as Margo Channing in All About Eve, Davis earned her ninth Academy Award nomination as washed-up one time movie-star Margaret Elliot. As always, Davis gives a confident, perceptive, absolutely authentic performance in a gripping motion picture which co-stars Sterling Hayden and Natalie Wood.
DVD Special Features include:
New Featurette How Real is The Star
Theatrical Trailer
Subtitles: English, French & Spanish
Dark Victory (1939)
Although previously released at the dawn of DVD, a new presentation of Bette Daviss bravura, moving, but never morbid performance as Judith Traherne, a dying heiress determined to find happiness in her few remaining months, has been fully-restored from the original negative for this DVD re-issue. Dark Victory remains a three-hankie classic and was Davis biggest box-office hit yet, garnering Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress and Original Score.
DVD Special Features include:
New Digital Transfer from Restored Picture and Audio Elements
Commentary by Film Historian James Ursini and CNN Film Critic Paul Clinton
New Featurette 1939: Tough Competition for Dark Victory
Theatrical Trailer
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
The Letter (1940)
Directed by William Wyler (Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday), this classic film noir, based on the play by W. Somerset Maugham, was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and a Best Actress nod for Bette Davis.
DVD Special Features include:
New Digital Transfer from Restored Picture and Audio Elements
Lux Radio Theater broadcast featuring performances by Davis and Marshall
Alternate ending
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Now Voyager (1942)
A tender love story, a taut psychological drama, an inspiring tale of physical and spiritual transformation, Now, Voyager is all three. Its also a Bette Davis career milestone, resulting in her sixth Best Actress Oscar nomination as spinster Charlotte Vale, who defies her domineering mother (fellow Oscar nominee Gladys Cooper) to discover love, heartbreak and eventual contentment. A stunning transfer from the original negative, this DVD, first issued in 2002, is now repackaged into a sturdy Amaray keepcase.
DVD Special Features include:
Max Steiner Scoring Session Music Cues
Cast Career Highlights
Theatrical Trailer
Languages: English & French
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish & Portuguese
