The Oscars 30' Collection - 5-DVD Set ( Little Women / The Lives of a Bengal Lancer / A Midsummer Night's Dream / Captains Courageous / The Wizard of Oz ) ( Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous )

The Oscars 30' Collection - 5-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Little Women / The Lives of a Bengal Lancer / A Midsummer Night's Dream / Captains Courageous / The Wizard of Oz
Alternate Title: Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Oscar Academy Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
569 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1933 - 1939 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
George Cukor
Henry Hathaway
William Dieterle
Max Reinhardt
Victor Fleming

Written By:
Louisa May Alcott
Sarah Y. Mason
Francis Yeats-Brown
Grover Jones
William Shakespeare
Charles Kenyon
Rudyard Kipling
John Lee Mahin
Noel Langley
Florence Ryerson

Actors:
Katharine Hepburn ..... Jo
Joan Bennett ..... Amy
Paul Lukas ..... Prof. Bhaer
Edna May Oliver ..... Aunt March
Jean Parker ..... Beth
Frances Dee ..... Meg
Henry Stephenson ..... Mr. Laurence
Douglass Montgomery ..... Laurie
John Lodge ..... Brooke
Spring Byington ..... Marmee
Samuel S. Hinds ..... Mr. March
Mabel Colcord ..... Hannah
Marion Ballou ..... Mrs. Kirke
Nydia Westman ..... Mamie
Harry Beresford ..... Doctor Bangs
Gary Cooper ..... Lt. Alan McGregor
Franchot Tone ..... Lt. Forsythe
Richard Cromwell ..... Lt. Donald Stone
Guy Standing ..... Col. Tom Stone
C. Aubrey Smith ..... Maj. Hamilton
Kathleen Burke ..... Tania Volkanskaya
Douglass Dumbrille ..... Mohammed Khan
Monte Blue ..... Hamzulla Khan
Colin Tapley ..... Lt. Barrett
Akim Tamiroff ..... Otamanu, emir of Gopal
J. Carrol Naish ..... Grand Vizier
Noble Johnson ..... Ram Singh
Lumsden Hare ..... Maj. Gen. Sir Thomas Woodley
Jameson Thomas ..... Hendrickson
Ian Hunter ..... Theseus, Duke of Athens
Verree Teasdale ..... Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus
Hobart Cavanaugh ..... Philostrate, Master of Revels to Theseus
Dick Powell ..... Lysander, In love with Hermia
Ross Alexander ..... Demetrius, In love with Hermia
Olivia de Havilland ..... Hermia, In love with Lysander
Jean Muir ..... Helena, In love with Demetrius
Grant Mitchell ..... Egeus, Father to Hermia
Frank McHugh ..... Quince, the Carpenter
Dewey Robinson ..... Snug, the Joiner
James Cagney ..... Bottom, the Weaver
Joe E. Brown ..... Flute, the Bellows-mender
Hugh Herbert ..... Snout, the Tinker
Otis Harlan ..... Starveling, the Tailor
Arthur Treacher ..... Epilogue
Freddie Bartholomew ..... Harvey
Spencer Tracy ..... Manuel
Lionel Barrymore ..... Disko
Melvyn Douglas ..... Mr. Cheyne
Charley Grapewin ..... Uncle Salters
Mickey Rooney ..... Dan
John Carradine ..... Long Jack
Oscar O'Shea ..... Cushman
Jack La Rue ..... Priest
Walter Kingsford ..... Dr. Finley
Donald Briggs ..... Tyler
Sam McDaniel ..... 'Doc'
Bill Burrud ..... Charles
Judy Garland ..... Dorothy
Frank Morgan ..... Professor Marvel
The Wizard of Oz ..... 'Hunk'
The Gatekeeper ..... 'Zeke'
The Carriage Driver ..... 'Hickory'
The Guard ..... Glinda
Ray Bolger ..... Miss Gulch
The Scarecrow ..... Uncle Henry
Bert Lahr ..... Nikko
The Cowardly Lion ..... Auntie Em
Jack Haley ..... Toto
The Tin Man ..... The Munchkins
Billie Burke
Margaret Hamilton
The Wicked Witch of the West
Charley Grapewin
Pat Walshe
Clara Blandick
Terry
The Singer Midgets

Synopsis:

Little Women (1933)
Little Women is a 'coming of age' drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by thier beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Three British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against invaders...and themselves.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Shakespeare's classic about two pairs of lovers and an amateur actor who get mixed up with fairies.

Captains Courageous (1937)
Story of a spoilt little boy who falls off a liner and is picked up by a fishing vessel and his life aboard.

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.

Little Women (1933)
Josephine March and her three sisters Margaret, Amy, and Beth grow up with their mother's guidance while their father fights in the American Civil War. The vivacious quartet are very close and happy despite limited means. Laurie Laurence, the well off boy next door, takes a liking to Jo, and his tutor John Brooke eyes older sister Margaret during a party. Margaret marries Mr. Brooke but Jo rejects Laurie's proposal and moves to New York for new adventures. When Beth starts to lose her battle with Scarlet Fever Jo returns to her deathbed. Sister Amy returns married to Jo's one true love, Laurie, and we wonder if she will ever find someone to replace him.

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. After two casualties, the experienced but insubordinate Lieutenant Alan McGregor receives as replacement, the arrogant Lieutenant Forsythe and the immature son of Colonel Stone, Lieutenant Donald Stone. With the intention to prove that he will not have any privilege in the troop, the reception of Colonel Stone to his son is absolutely cold, but he becomes the protégé of McGregor. When Lieutenant Stone is kidnapped by Mohammed Khan, McGregor and Forsythe disobey the direct order of their commander, disguise as Indian peddlers and go to Khan's fortress to attempt to rescue their friend.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get him from her by using some magic. But they're not alone in that forest.Lysander and Hermina have there a rendezvous, Helena and Demetrius are there, too as well as some actors, who are practicing a play for the ongoing wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...

Captains Courageous (1937)
Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly drowns. Fortunately he's picked up by a fishing boat just heading out for the season. He tries to bribe the crew into returning early to collect a reward but none of them believe him. Stranded on the boat he must adapt to the ways of the fishermen and learn more about the real world.

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
When a nasty neighbor tries to have her dog put to sleep, Dorothy takes her dog Toto, to run away. A cyclone appears and carries her to the magical land of Oz. Wishing to return, she begins to travel to the Emerald City where a great wizard lives. On her way she meets a Scarecrow who needs a brain, a Tin Man who wants a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who desperately needs courage. They all hope the Wizard of Oz will help them, before the Wicked Witch of the West catches up with them.

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