Douglas Sirk, the Universal Years - 18-DVD Box Set ( Thunder on the Hill / No Room for the Groom / Has Anybody Seen My Gal / Meet Me at the Fair / Take Me to Town / All I Desire / Magnificent Obsession / Sign of the Pagan / Captain Lightfoot / There's Always Tomorrow / All That Heaven Allows / Never Say Go )

Douglas Sirk, the Universal Years - 18-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$225.99

Original Title: Thunder on the Hill / No Room for the Groom / Has Anybody Seen My Gal / Meet Me at the Fair / Take Me to Town / All I Desire / Magnificent Obsession / Sign of the Pagan / Captain Lightfoot / There's Always Tomorrow / All That Heaven Allows / Never Say Go
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
1800 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1951-1959 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Douglas Sirk
Jerry Hopper

Written By:
Oscar Saul
Andrew Solt
Charlotte Hastings
Joseph Hoffman

Actors:
Claudette Colbert ..... Sister Mary Bonaventure
Ann Blyth ..... Valerie Carns
Robert Douglas ..... Dr. Edward Jeffreys
Anne Crawford ..... Isabel Jeffreys
Philip Friend ..... Sidney Kingham
Gladys Cooper ..... Mother Superior
Tony Curtis ..... Alvah Morrell
Piper Laurie ..... Lee Kingshead
Don DeFore ..... Herman Strouple
Spring Byington ..... Mama Kingshead
Lillian Bronson ..... Aunt Elsa
Piper Laurie ..... Millicent Blaisdell
Rock Hudson ..... Dan Stebbins
Charles Coburn ..... Samuel Fulton / John Smith
Gigi Perreau ..... Roberta Blaisdell
Lynn Bari ..... Harriet Blaisdell
Dan Dailey ..... Doc Tilbee
Diana Lynn ..... Zerelda Wing
Chet Allen ..... Tad Bayliss
Scatman Crothers ..... Enoch Jones
Hugh O'Brian ..... Chilton Corr
Ann Sheridan ..... Vermilion O'Toole aka Mae Madison
Sterling Hayden ..... Will Hall
Phillip Reed ..... Newton Cole
Lee Patrick ..... Rose
Lee Aaker ..... Corney Hall
Barbara Stanwyck ..... Naomi Murdoch
Richard Carlson ..... Henry Murdoch
Lyle Bettger ..... Dutch Heinemann
Marcia Henderson ..... Joyce Murdoch
Lori Nelson ..... Lily Murdoch
Jane Wyman ..... Helen Phillips
Rock Hudson ..... Bob Merrick
Agnes Moorehead ..... Nancy Ashford
Otto Kruger ..... Randolph
Barbara Rush ..... Joyce Phillips
Gregg Palmer ..... Tom Masterson
Jeff Chandler ..... Marcian
Jack Palance ..... Attila
Ludmilla Tchérina ..... Princess Pulcheria
Rita Gam ..... Kubra
Jeff Morrow ..... General Paulinus
Rock Hudson ..... Michael Martin, aka Capt. Lightfoot
Barbara Rush ..... Aga Doherty
Jeff Morrow ..... John Doherty, aka Capt. Thunderbolt
Kathleen Ryan ..... Lady Anne More
Finlay Currie ..... Callahan
Barbara Stanwyck ..... Norma Miller Vale
Fred MacMurray ..... Clifford Groves
Joan Bennett ..... Marion Groves
William Reynolds ..... Vinnie Groves
Pat Crowley ..... Ann
Jane Wyman ..... Cary Scott
Rock Hudson ..... Ron Kirby
Agnes Moorehead ..... Sara Warren
Conrad Nagel ..... Harvey
Virginia Grey ..... Alida Anderson
Rock Hudson ..... Dr. Michael Parker
Cornell Borchers ..... Lisa Gosting
George Sanders ..... Victor
Shelley Fabares ..... Suzy Parker
Ray Collins ..... Dr. Bailey
Rock Hudson ..... Mitch Wayne
Lauren Bacall ..... Lucy Moore Hadley
Robert Stack ..... Kyle Hadley
Dorothy Malone ..... Marylee Hadley
Robert Keith ..... Jasper Hadley
Rock Hudson ..... Col. Dean E. Hess
Martha Hyer ..... Mary Hess
Dan Duryea ..... Sgt. Herman
Don DeFore ..... Capt. Dan Skidmore
Anna Kashfi ..... En Soon Yang
June Allyson ..... Helen Banning
Rossano Brazzi ..... Tonio Fischer
Marianne Koch ..... Reni Fischer
Françoise Rosay ..... Countess Reinhart
Keith Andes ..... Dr. Morley Dwyer
Rock Hudson ..... Burke Devlin
Robert Stack ..... Roger Shumann
Dorothy Malone ..... LaVerne Shumann
Jack Carson ..... Jiggs
Robert Middleton ..... Matt Ord
John Gavin ..... Ernst Graeber
Liselotte Pulver ..... Elizabeth Kruse
Jock Mahoney ..... Immerman
Don DeFore ..... Boettcher
Keenan Wynn ..... Reuter
Lana Turner ..... Lora Meredith
John Gavin ..... Steve Archer
Sandra Dee ..... Susie (16)
Susan Kohner ..... Sarah Jane (18)
Robert Alda ..... Allen Loomis

Synopsis:

Thunder on the Hill: Convicted murderess Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth) is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary (Claudette Colbert) becomes convinced of her innocence and sets out to find the real killer. No Room for the Groom: Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter. But Alvah's chicken pox postpone the wedding night. The rest revolves around more delays to the consummation, caused by Lee's manipulative Mama and the flock of mostly obnoxious relatives with whom she's filled the house. Has Anybody Seen My Gal: Wealthy Samuel Fulton is getting older and has no family of his own. He decides to leave his estate to the family of his first love, who turned down his marriage proposal years ago because he was poor. But he wants to test the family before leaving his money to them. Meet Me at the Fair: In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young boy escaped from an orphanage, where bad conditions (the result of political graft) are being investigated by new appointee Zerelda Wing, who doesn't know that her fiancée is one of the politicians responsible. Tad wants to stay with his new friend Doc, who is attracted to Zerelda, to the discomfiture of his old flame Clara...all amid nostalgic musical numbers. Take Me to Town: Saloon entertainer Vermilion O'Toole and her former partner in crime Newt Cole escape from a train ride to prison and hide out in logging town Timberline. Meanwhile, the three 'cute' sons of widower Will Hall come to town in search of a wife for their dad, and pick our heroine. Vermilion needs to lay low to escape the marshal, so she accepts the boys' offer to visit pioneer community Pine Grove. Once there, she annoys local Mrs. Grundys but eventually starts to fit in. But what is that blackhearted villain Newt Cole up to? All I Desire: In 1900, Naomi Murdoch deserted her small-town family to go on the stage. Some ten years later, daughter Lily invites Naomi back to see her in the Riverdale high school play. Her arrival sets the whole town abuzz, wakes up old conflicts, and sets off new emotional storms. Magnificent Obsession: When churlish, spoiled rich man Bob Merrick foolishly wrecks his speed boat, the rescue team resuscitates him with equipment that's therefore unavailable to aid a local hero, Dr. Wayne Phillips, who dies as a result. Phillips had helped many people, and when Merrick learns Phillips' secret, to give selflessly and in secret, he tries it in a ham-handed way. Sign of the Pagan: Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius plotting with Attila to look the other way while the latter marches against Rome. Captain Lightfoot: In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and is forced to flee into outlawry. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel 'Captain Thunderbolt' and becomes his second-in-command, 'Lightfoot.' 'Tis a perilous life, with captures, turncoats, rescues, and romance. There's Always Tomorrow: Clifford Groves, toy manufacturer, is in full charge at the factory but feels left out and taken for granted by his wife and children at home. Alone and depressed, he meets old flame Norma, and one thing leads to another. While their relationship is still fairly innocent, his son Vinnie sees them together and suspects the worst. It's time for tortured souls behind rain-streaming windows... All That Heaven Allows: Cary Scott is a widow with two grown children. She's been leading a quiet life since her husband died, socializing with a small circle of friends. Her children no longer live with her full-time but come home every weekend. Never Say Goodbye: Dr. Michael Parker (Rock Hudson) is a prominent surgeon, who unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife Lisa (Cornell Borchers), who he thought was dead. Victor (George Sanders), an artist (and his 'dead' wife's now boyfriend), berate Dr. Parker for killing her. This story is told in flashback to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake which may have cost him his family. Written on the Wind: On 24 October 1955, the hard-work geologist of the Hadley Oil Company Mitch Wayne meets the executive secretary Lucy Moore in the office of her boss Bill Ryan in New York and invites her to go to a conference with the alcoholic playboy and son of a tycoon Kyle Hadley. Battle Hymn: Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he's a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in the Korean War, he finds Korean orphans raiding the airbase garbage. With a pretty Korean teacher, he sets up an orphanage for them and others. But he finds that to protect his charges, he has to kill. Interlude: The story of a young woman, Helen Banning, who travels to Munich in search of life experience and romance. The Tarnished Angels: In the 1930's, a First World War flying ace named Roger Schumann is reduced to making appearances on the crash-and-burn circuit of stunt aerobatics. His family are forced to live like dogs while Shumann pursues his only true love, the airplane. A Time to Love and a Time to Die: In 1944, a company of German soldiers on the Russian front are numbed by the horrors and hardships of war when Private Ernst Graeber's long awaited furlough comes through. Back home in Germany, he finds his home bombed. While hopelessly searching for his parents, he meets lovely Elizabeth Kruse, daughter of a political prisoner; together they try to wrest sanity and survival from a world full of hatred. Imitation of Life: Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson, a homeless Black woman at Coney Island, and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 24 February, 2022.