Pre-Code RKO (Vol. 1) - 5-DVD Box Set ( The Common Law / Lonely Wives / Kept Husbands / State's Attorney / The Life of Vergie Winters )

Pre-Code RKO (Vol. 1) - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Common Law / Lonely Wives / Kept Husbands / State's Attorney / The Life of Vergie Winters
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
396 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

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

Movie filmed in 1931 - 1934 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Paul L. Stein
Russell Mack
Lloyd Bacon
George Archainbaud
Alfred Santell

Written By:
Robert W. Chambers
John Farrow
Walter DeLeon
A.H. Woods
Louis Sarecky
Forrest Halsey
Louis Stevens
Gene Fowler
Jane Murfin
Louis Bromfield

Actors:
Constance Bennett ..... Valerie West
Joel McCrea ..... John Neville
Lew Cody ..... Dick Carmedon
Robert Williams ..... Sam
Hedda Hopper ..... Mrs. Claire Collis
Marion Shilling ..... Stephanie Brown
Walter Walker ..... John Neville Sr.
Paul Ellis ..... Querido
Yola d'Avril ..... Fifi
Edward Everett Horton ..... Richard 'Dickie' Smith / Felix, the Great Zero
Esther Ralston ..... Madeline Smith
Laura La Plante ..... Diane O'Dare
Patsy Ruth Miller ..... Kitty 'Minty' Minter
Spencer Charters ..... Andrews, the Butler
Maude Eburne ..... Mrs. Mantel
Maurice Black ..... Taxi Driver
Dorothy Mackaill ..... Dorothea 'Dot' Parker Brunton
Joel McCrea ..... Richard 'Dick' Brunton
Ned Sparks ..... Hughie Hanready
Mary Carr ..... Mrs. Brunton
Clara Kimball Young ..... Mrs. Henrietta Post
Robert McWade ..... Arthur Parker
Bryant Washburn ..... Charlie Bates
Florence Roberts ..... Mrs. Henrietta Parker
Freeman Wood ..... Llewllyn Post
John Barrymore ..... Tom Cardigan
Helen Twelvetrees ..... June Perry
Jill Esmond ..... Lillian Ulrich
William 'Stage' Boyd ..... Valentine 'Vanny' Powers
Mary Duncan ..... Nora Dean
Ralph Ince ..... Second Trial Defense Attorney
Albert Conti ..... Mario
Frederick Burton ..... Second Trial Judge
C. Henry Gordon ..... Attorney Grey
Paul Hurst ..... Police Captain Morgan
Oscar Apfel ..... Mr. Ulrich
Ann Harding ..... Vergie Winters
John Boles ..... John Shadwell
Helen Vinson ..... Laura Shadwell
Betty Furness ..... Joan Shadwell
Frank Albertson ..... Ranny Truesdale
Lon Chaney Jr. ..... Hugo McQueen
Sara Haden ..... Winnie Belle
Molly O'Day ..... Sadie
Ben Alexander ..... Barry Preston
Donald Crisp ..... Mike Davey
Maidel Turner ..... Ella Heenan
Cecil Cunningham ..... Pearl Turner
Wesley Barry ..... Herbert Somerby
Edward Van Sloan ..... Jim Winters
Josephine Whittell ..... Madame Claire

Synopsis:

The Common Law (1931)
Young Valerie models for an American painter who tries to make a future in Paris and they fall in love.
Lonely Wives (1931)
A lonely husband, whose wife has been away, hires a look-a-like impersonator to fill his place and fool his mother-in-law while he plays around with a pretty coquette. His wife returns that night and confusion prevails.
Kept Husbands (1931)
Daughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.
State's Attorney (1932)
Attorney Tom Cardigan is the discontented "mouthpiece" for Vanny Powers' mob. When Tom takes sweet June Perry as his mistress, she tries in vain to redeem him. But Powers decides Tom would be even more useful to him as District Attorney, which he arranges with surprising ease...despite Tom's warning that "if I go on the other side, I'll stay there." Soon, Tom's ambition leads him to ditch June for the daughter of political boss Ulric. The crisis arrives when Powers goes on trial for a killing...witnessed by June.
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
A small-town woman (Ann Harding) refuses to let her politician lover (John Boles) divorce his wife (Helen Vinson)..

The Common Law (1931)
A chic kept woman (Constance Bennett) walks out on her benefactor (Lew Cody) and becomes an artist's (Joel McCrea) model in Paris.
Lonely Wives (1931)
Richard Smith (Edward Everett Horton) is a married lawyer, but he has a penchant for seducing women. When Richard meets Felix (also Horton), a comedian who looks exactly like him, the two hatch a plan. Richard will allow Felix to impersonate him on stage if Felix is able to convince Richard's mother-in-law that he is actually Richard. Meanwhile, Richard tries to seduce Felix's wife (Laura La Plante), and Felix fools Richard's wife, Madeline (Esther Ralston), into sleeping with him.
Kept Husbands (1931)
Blue collar steelworker Richard Brunton (McCrea) saves two of his fellow workers after an accident at a factory. In gratitude, his boss, millionaire Arthur Parker invites Richard for dinner with his family. Arthur's daughter Dot (Mackaill) is instantly impressed and infatuated with Richard She vows to marry him within a month.She does but Richard's seeming good luck is short-lived when he discovers how spoiled and selfish Dot really is, draining his finances dry in her greed, and he becomes Dot's "kept husband." Richard eventually convinces her to settle down and be happy on his humble salary.
State's Attorney (1932)
Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan (John Barrymore) is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers (William "Stage" Boyd), who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry (Helen Twelvetrees), accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
John Shadwell, a promising politician, is married to Laura but is in love with Vergie Winters, a milliner from his home town. As Shadwell's political career blooms, gossip and rumors begin to cause Vergie to be shunned by the women of the town. Soon the two are constantly faced with the threat of exposure and scandal.

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