OOP CRITERION, MASTERS OF CINEMA, JAPANESE DVDs FOR SALE (1 Viewer)

[Dixon Smith]

DVD SALES LIST. Film historian R. Dixon Smith has issued a list of classic DVDs for sale at bargain prices, including CRITERION COLLECTION, EUREKA / MASTERS OF CINEMA, JAPANESE CINEMA, GERMAN CINEMA, RUSSIAN CINEMA, SILENTS, and SERIALS. Such friends as Kevin Brownlow, Jon C. Mirsalis, Richard W. Bann, and Ron Hall will happily vouch for my integrity. Discs and cases are all as new. To place an order, please reply to this post.


BUSTER KEATON



ARBUCKLE & KEATON VOLUME ONE: THE ORIGINAL COMIQUE/PARAMOUNT SHORTS 1917- 1920. Tinted. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in THE BELL BOY (1918), THE BUTCHER BOY (1917), OUT WEST (1918), MOONSHINE (1918), and THE HAYSEED (1919). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $60. Sale Price: $10.


BUSTER KEATON: THE COMPLETE SHORT FILMS 1917-1923. Thirteen Arbuckles and all 19 Keatons. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in THE BUTCHER BOY, THE ROUGH HOUSE, HIS WEDDING NIGHT, OH, DOCTOR!, CONEY ISLAND, OUT WEST, THE BELL BOY, MOONSHINE, GOOD NIGHT NURSE, THE COOK, BACKSTAGE, THE HAYSEED, and THE GARAGE. Buster Keaton in THE “HIGH SIGN”, ONE WEEK, CONVICT 13, THE SCARECROW, NEIGHBORS, THE HAUNTED HOUSE, HARD LUCK, THE GOAT, THE PLAY HOUSE, THE BOAT, THE PALEFACE, COPS, MY WIFE’S RELATIONS, THE BLACKSMITH, THE FROZEN NORTH, DAY DREAMS, THE ELECTRIC HOUSE, THE BALLOONATIC, and THE LOVE NEST. Plus selected commentaries and a half-hour audio recording of Keaton playing his ukulele and singing at a 1962 party! Eureka Video / Masters of Cinema. 4-disc set plus 180-page book, slipcased. Region 2. Retail Price: $31. Sale Price: $20.


THE SAPHEAD. American, 1920. Tinted, Directed by Herbert Blache. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE “HIGH SIGN” (1921) and ONE WEEK (1921). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.


GO WEST. American, 1925. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE SCARECROW (1920) and THE PALEFACE (1921). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.


BATTLING BUTLER. American, 1926. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE FROZEN NORTH (1921) and THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1922). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.


SERIALS



TARZAN THE TIGER. American, 1929. Directed by Henry MacRae. With Frank Merrill, Natalie Kingston. Fifteen-chapter Universal serial, with synchronized musical score and sound effects, including the very first Tarzan yell! Grapevine. Two-disc set. Region 1. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $13.


SILENTS



LA VIE ET LA PASSION DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR JESUS-CHRIST (CHRISTUS). Italian, 1914. Multi-tinted. Hand-colored. Directed by Maurice-Andre Maitre. With Jacques Normand. American release. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.





CHRISTUS (CRISTUS). Italian, 1916. Multi-tinted. Directed by Giulio Antamoro and Enrico Guazzoni. With Alberto Pasquali. British release. Plus THE DEATH OF CHRIST (1905) and LA NAISSANCE, LA VIE ET LA MORT DU CHRIST (1906, Alice Guy, multi-tinted, hand-colored). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.


LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE. American, 1918. Directed by Colin Campbell. With Colleen Moore. Plus HIS DAY OUT (1918, Billy West). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.



THE FAMILY SECRET. American, 1924. Multi-tinted. Directed by William Seiter. With Baby Peggy, Gladys Hulette. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.


MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE. American, 1924. Directed by Sidney Olcott. With Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.


EYES RIGHT! American, 1926. Directed by Louis Chaudet. With Francis X. Bushman, Jr. Plus SHIP SHAPE (1925, Cliff Bowes). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.


BEGGARS OF LIFE. American, 1928. Directed by William Wellman. With Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.


CRITERION COLLECTION



LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (CHILDREN OF PARADISE). French, 1945. Directed by Marcel Carne. With Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault. Part One plus Part Two. Plus Terry Gilliam introduction, commentary, trailer, 24-page booklet. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Two-disc set. Region 1. Retail Price: $28. Sale Price: $15.

JOURNAL D’UN CURE DE CAMPAGNE (DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST. French, 1951. Directed by Robert Bresson. With Claude Laydu. Plus commentary, essay, trailer. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Out of print . Region 1. Retail Price: $175. Sale Price: $50.


CASQUE D’OR. French, 1952. Directed by Jacques Becker. With Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani. Plus Signoret and Reggiani interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, commentary, alternate English-dubbed soundtrack. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Region 1. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $15.


THE ADVENTURES OF ANTOINE DOINEL. French, 1957-1979. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Jean-Pierre Leaud. LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS (THE 400 BLOWS) (1959). DyaliScope. ANTOINE ET COLETTE (ANTOINE AND COLETTE) (1962). Totalscope. Truffaut segment from L’AMOUR A VINGT ANS (LOVE AT TWENTY). BAISERS VOLES (STOLEN KISSES) (1968). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. DOMICILE CONJUGAL (BED AND BOARD) (1970). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. L’AMOUR EN FUITE (LOVE ON THE RUN) (1979). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. Plus LES MISTONS (THE MISCHIEF MAKERS) (1957, Truffaut’s first film), 72-page book, documentaries, interviews, newsreels, trailers. Criterion. Five-disc set, slipcased. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $120. Sale Price: $50.


RUSSIAN CINEMA



WAR AND PEACE. Soviet Union, 1965-1967. Sovcolor. Sovscope 70. Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Four-feature epic: VOYNA I MIR: ANDREY BOLKONSKIY (WAR AND PEACE: ANDREI BOLKONSKY) (1965). VOYNA I MIR: NATASHA ROSTOVA (WAR AND PEACE: NATASHA ROSTOVA) (1965). VOYNA I MIR: 1812 GOD (WAR AND PEACE: 1812) (1967). VOYNA I MIR: PIERRE BEZUKHOV (WAR AND PEACE: PIERRE BEZUKHOV) (1967). Plus four documentaries, five interviews. Artificial Eye. Five-disc set, slipcased. Out of print. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $90. Sale Price: $20.


JAPANESE CINEMA



SHUKUJO WA NANI O WASURETAKA (WHAT DID THE LADY FORGET?). Japanese, 1937. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. With Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saito. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.


TODA-KE NO KYODAI (THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE TODA FAMILY). Japanese, 1941. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. With Mieko Takamine, Shin Saburi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.


KAZE NO NAKA NO MENDORI (A HEN IN THE WIND). Japanese, 1948. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. With Kinuyo Tanaka, Shuji Sano. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.


NIHON NO HIGEKI (TRAGEDY OF JAPAN). Japanese, 1953. Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. With Keiko Awaji, Yoko Katsuragi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.


SOSHUN (EARLY SPRING). Japanese, 1956. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. With Chikage Awashima Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.


CHUSHINGURA: HANA NO MAKI YUKI NO MAKI (CHUSHINGURA: THE LOYAL 47 SAMURAI). Japanese, 1962. Eastmancolor. Tohoscope. Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. With Koshiro Matsumoto, Toshiro Mifune. Image. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $120. Sale Price: $10.


SAKURA NO MORI NO MANKAI NO SHITA (UNDER THE BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES). Japanese, 1975. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Masahiro Shinoda. With Tomisaburo Wakayama. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailer. Toho. Region 2. Retail Price: $48. Sale Price: $8.


AME AGARU (AFTER THE RAIN). Japanese-French, 1999. Color. Wide screen. Written by Akira Kurosawa. Directed by Takashi Koizumi. With Akira Terao. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailers and documentary on Kurosawa’s final samurai classic. Asmik. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.


DORA-HEITA (DORAHEITA). Japanese, 2000. Color. VistaVision. Directed by Ichikawa Kon. With Yakusho Koji. Samurai classic written in 1969 by four of the most celebrated directors in Japanese cinema: Kon Ichikawa, Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, and Masaki Kobayashi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus four Ichikawa interviews and trailers. Nikkatsu. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.


TASOGARE SEIBEI (THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI). Japanese, 2002. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yoji Yamada. With Hiroyuki Sanada. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus Yoji Yamada filmography (illustrated, 64-page book, in Japanese), three documentaries, and trailers. Shochiku. Two-disc set, slipcased. Region 2. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $10.



MIBU GISHI DEN (WHEN THE LAST SWORD IS DRAWN). Japanese, 2003. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yojiro Takita. With Kiichi Nakai. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus deleted scenes, three documentaries, and trailers. Shochiku. Two-disc set. Region 2. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $10.



KAKUSHI-KEN: ONI NO TSUME (THE HIDDEN BLADE). Japanese, 2004. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yoji Yamada. With Masatoshi Nagase. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailers. Shochiku. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.



GERMAN CINEMA



HITLER: EINE KARRIERE (HITLER: A CAREER). West German, 1977. B&W/Color. Directed by Joachim C. Fest and Christian Herrendoerfer. Definitive Adolf Hitler documentary. English narration and German dialogue with English subtitles. 151 mins. Plus HITLER’S ASCENT TO POWER (compilation of Fox Movietone newsreels). International Historic Films. Region 0. Retail Price: $20. Sale Price: $9.



IM TOTEN WINKEL: HITLERS SEKRETARIN (BLIND SPOT: HITLER’S SECRETARY). Austrian, 2002. Color. Directed by Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer. Interview with Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s private secretary from 1942 to 1945, through the last days in the Führerbunker. German dialogue with English subtitles. 87 mins. Plus trailers. Columbia TriStar. Region 2. Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $8.


DEUTSCHLAND BEVOR DIE BOMBEN FIELEN (GERMANY BEFORE THE BOMBS FELL). German, 2000, 2001, 2002. Color. Directed by Karl Hoffkes. Three superb Nazi-era documentaries, using rare home movies. DEUTSCHLAND VOR DEM KRIEG (GERMANY BEFORE THE WAR), SO WAR BERLIN (THIS WAS BERLIN), and DEUTSCHLAND-REISE 1934 (TRAVELING THROUGH GERMANY 1934). 170 mins. German narration with no subtitles. Polar Film. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $9.

GÖRING: EINE KARRIERE (GÖRING: A CAREER). German, 2006. Wide screen. B&W/Color. Directed by Jorg Mullner. Definitive Hermann Göring documentary. German narration and dialogue with no subtitles. 135 mins. Plus 60 mins. of Göring’s rare home movies. Polar Film. Two-disc set. Out of print. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $9.



FRENCH CINEMA



JULES ET JIM (JULES AND JIM). French, 1962. Franscope. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Jeanne Moreau, Oscar Werner. Plus commentary, Truffaut interviews, trailers. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Tartan. Region 2. Retail Price: $26. Sale Price: $6.



BRITISH CINEMA



REPULSION. British, 1965. Wide screen. Directed by Roman Polanski. With Catherine Deneuve. Plus documentary, trailer, booklet. Anchor Bay. Region 2. Retail Price: $12. Sale Price: $6.

 

[Rodney]

I'm interested in your Ozu's. Can you PM me, please.

 

[Dixon Smith]

I'm interested in your Ozu's. Can you PM me, please.

Dear Rodney, Many thanks for your interest. The four Ozu DVDs are $8 apiece, and I estimate the cost of post via media mail to be $9, for a total of $41. I have a PayPal account but have never used it to sell--only to buy. In short, I don't quite know how it works! I can get it set up tomorrow, or you may prefer to send a money order payable to R. Dixon Smith. Which do you prefer? Please e-mail me at [email protected] to exchange mailing addresses. I'll ship your DVDs as quickly as possible. All best wishes, Dixon

 

[Dixon Smith]

Film historian R. Dixon Smith offers classic DVDs for sale at bargain prices, including CRITERION COLLECTION, EUREKA / MASTERS OF CINEMA, JAPANESE CINEMA, GERMAN CINEMA, RUSSIAN CINEMA, SILENTS, and SERIALS. Such friends as Kevin Brownlow, Jon C. Mirsalis, Richard W. Bann, and Ron Hall will happily vouch for my integrity. Discs, cases, artwork, booklets, and slipcases are as new. Postage at cost. Payment via PayPal. To place an order, please reply to this post or to [email protected]

ALL SOLD ITEMS HAVE BEEN REMOVED

BUSTER KEATON

ARBUCKLE & KEATON VOLUME ONE: THE ORIGINAL COMIQUE/PARAMOUNT SHORTS 1917- 1920. Tinted. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in THE BELL BOY (1918), THE BUTCHER BOY (1917), OUT WEST (1918), MOONSHINE (1918), and THE HAYSEED (1919). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $60. Sale Price: $10.

BUSTER KEATON: THE COMPLETE SHORT FILMS 1917-1923. Thirteen Arbuckles and all 19 Keatons. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in THE BUTCHER BOY, THE ROUGH HOUSE, HIS WEDDING NIGHT, OH, DOCTOR!, CONEY ISLAND, OUT WEST, THE BELL BOY, MOONSHINE, GOOD NIGHT NURSE, THE COOK, BACKSTAGE, THE HAYSEED, and THE GARAGE. Buster Keaton in THE “HIGH SIGN”, ONE WEEK, CONVICT 13, THE SCARECROW, NEIGHBORS, THE HAUNTED HOUSE, HARD LUCK, THE GOAT, THE PLAY HOUSE, THE BOAT, THE PALEFACE, COPS, MY WIFE’S RELATIONS, THE BLACKSMITH, THE FROZEN NORTH, DAY DREAMS, THE ELECTRIC HOUSE, THE BALLOONATIC, and THE LOVE NEST. Plus selected commentaries and a half-hour audio recording of Keaton playing his ukulele and singing at a 1962 party! Eureka Video / Masters of Cinema. 4-disc set plus 180-page book, slipcased. Region 2. Retail Price: $31. Sale Price: $20.

THE SAPHEAD. American, 1920. Tinted, Directed by Herbert Blache. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE “HIGH SIGN” (1921) and ONE WEEK (1921). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.

GO WEST. American, 1925. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE SCARECROW (1920) and THE PALEFACE (1921). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.

BATTLING BUTLER. American, 1926. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE FROZEN NORTH (1921) and THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1922). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.

SERIALS

TARZAN THE TIGER. American, 1929. Directed by Henry MacRae. With Frank Merrill, Natalie Kingston. Fifteen-chapter Universal serial, with synchronized musical score and sound effects, including the very first Tarzan yell! Grapevine. Two-disc set. Region 1. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $13.

SILENTS (separately or all seven for $35)

LA VIE ET LA PASSION DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR JESUS-CHRIST (CHRISTUS). Italian, 1914. Multi-tinted. Hand-colored. Directed by Maurice-Andre Maitre. With Jacques Normand. American release. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

CHRISTUS (CRISTUS). Italian, 1916. Multi-tinted. Directed by Giulio Antamoro and Enrico Guazzoni. With Alberto Pasquali. British release. Plus THE DEATH OF CHRIST (1905) and LA NAISSANCE, LA VIE ET LA MORT DU CHRIST (1906, Alice Guy, multi-tinted, hand-colored). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE. American, 1918. Directed by Colin Campbell. With Colleen Moore. Plus HIS DAY OUT (1918, Billy West). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

THE FAMILY SECRET. American, 1924. Multi-tinted. Directed by William Seiter. With Baby Peggy, Gladys Hulette. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE. American, 1924. Directed by Sidney Olcott. With Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

EYES RIGHT! American, 1926. Directed by Louis Chaudet. With Francis X. Bushman, Jr. Plus SHIP SHAPE (1925, Cliff Bowes). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

BEGGARS OF LIFE. American, 1928. Directed by William Wellman. With Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

CRITERION COLLECTION

LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (CHILDREN OF PARADISE). French, 1945. Directed by Marcel Carne. With Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault. Part One plus Part Two. Plus Terry Gilliam introduction, commentary, trailer, 24-page booklet. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Two-disc set. Region 1. Retail Price: $28. Sale Price: $15.

JOURNAL D’UN CURE DE CAMPAGNE (DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST). French, 1951. Directed by Robert Bresson. With Claude Laydu. Plus commentary, essay, trailer. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Out of print . Region 1. Retail Price: $175. Sale Price: $50.

CASQUE D’OR. French, 1952. Directed by Jacques Becker. With Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani. Plus Signoret and Reggiani interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, commentary, alternate English-dubbed soundtrack. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Region 1. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $15.

THE ADVENTURES OF ANTOINE DOINEL. French, 1957-1979. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Jean-Pierre Leaud. LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS (THE 400 BLOWS) (1959). DyaliScope. ANTOINE ET COLETTE (ANTOINE AND COLETTE) (1962). Totalscope. Truffaut segment from L’AMOUR A VINGT ANS (LOVE AT TWENTY). BAISERS VOLES (STOLEN KISSES) (1968). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. DOMICILE CONJUGAL (BED AND BOARD) (1970). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. L’AMOUR EN FUITE (LOVE ON THE RUN) (1979). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. Plus LES MISTONS (THE MISCHIEF MAKERS) (1957, Truffaut’s first film), 72-page book, documentaries, interviews, newsreels, trailers. Criterion. Five-disc set, slipcased. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $120. Sale Price: $50.

RUSSIAN CINEMA

WAR AND PEACE. Soviet Union, 1965-1967. Sovcolor. Sovscope 70. Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Four-feature epic: VOYNA I MIR: ANDREY BOLKONSKIY (WAR AND PEACE: ANDREI BOLKONSKY) (1965). VOYNA I MIR: NATASHA ROSTOVA (WAR AND PEACE: NATASHA ROSTOVA) (1965). VOYNA I MIR: 1812 GOD (WAR AND PEACE: 1812) (1967). VOYNA I MIR: PIERRE BEZUKHOV (WAR AND PEACE: PIERRE BEZUKHOV) (1967). Plus four documentaries, five interviews. Artificial Eye. Five-disc set, slipcased. Out of print. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $90. Sale Price: $20.

JAPANESE CINEMA

NIHON NO HIGEKI (TRAGEDY OF JAPAN). Japanese, 1953. Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. With Keiko Awaji, Yoko Katsuragi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.

CHUSHINGURA: HANA NO MAKI YUKI NO MAKI (CHUSHINGURA: THE LOYAL 47 SAMURAI). Japanese, 1962. Eastmancolor. Tohoscope. Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. With Koshiro Matsumoto, Toshiro Mifune. Image. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $120. Sale Price: $10.

SAKURA NO MORI NO MANKAI NO SHITA (UNDER THE BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES). Japanese, 1975. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Masahiro Shinoda. With Tomisaburo Wakayama. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailer. Toho. Region 2. Retail Price: $48. Sale Price: $8.

AME AGARU (AFTER THE RAIN). Japanese-French, 1999. Color. Wide screen. Written by Akira Kurosawa. Directed by Takashi Koizumi. With Akira Terao. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailers and documentary on Kurosawa’s final samurai classic. Asmik. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.

DORA-HEITA (DORAHEITA). Japanese, 2000. Color. VistaVision. Directed by Ichikawa Kon. With Yakusho Koji. Samurai classic written in 1969 by four of the most celebrated directors in Japanese cinema: Kon Ichikawa, Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, and Masaki Kobayashi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus four Ichikawa interviews and trailers. Nikkatsu. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.

TASOGARE SEIBEI (THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI). Japanese, 2002. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yoji Yamada. With Hiroyuki Sanada. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus Yoji Yamada filmography (illustrated, 64-page book, in Japanese), three documentaries, and trailers. Shochiku. Two-disc set, slipcased. Region 2. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $10.

MIBU GISHI DEN (WHEN THE LAST SWORD IS DRAWN). Japanese, 2003. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yojiro Takita. With Kiichi Nakai. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus deleted scenes, three documentaries, and trailers. Shochiku. Two-disc set. Region 2. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $10.

KAKUSHI-KEN: ONI NO TSUME (THE HIDDEN BLADE). Japanese, 2004. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yoji Yamada. With Masatoshi Nagase. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailers. Shochiku. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.

GERMAN CINEMA

HITLER: EINE KARRIERE (HITLER: A CAREER). West German, 1977. B&W/Color. Directed by Joachim C. Fest and Christian Herrendoerfer. Definitive Adolf Hitler documentary. English narration and German dialogue with English subtitles. 151 mins. Plus HITLER’S ASCENT TO POWER (compilation of Fox Movietone newsreels). International Historic Films. Region 0. Retail Price: $20. Sale Price: $8.

IM TOTEN WINKEL: HITLERS SEKRETARIN (BLIND SPOT: HITLER’S SECRETARY). Austrian, 2002. Color. Directed by Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer. Interview with Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s private secretary from 1942 to 1945, through the last days in the Führerbunker. German dialogue with English subtitles. 87 mins. Plus trailers. Columbia TriStar. Region 2. Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $7.

DEUTSCHLAND BEVOR DIE BOMBEN FIELEN (GERMANY BEFORE THE BOMBS FELL). German, 2000, 2001, 2002. Color. Directed by Karl Hoffkes. Three superb Nazi-era documentaries, using rare home movies. DEUTSCHLAND VOR DEM KRIEG (GERMANY BEFORE THE WAR), SO WAR BERLIN (THIS WAS BERLIN), and DEUTSCHLAND-REISE 1934 (TRAVELING THROUGH GERMANY 1934). 170 mins. German narration with no subtitles. Polar Film. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $8.

GÖRING: EINE KARRIERE (GÖRING: A CAREER). German, 2006. Wide screen. B&W/Color. Directed by Jorg Mullner. Definitive Hermann Göring documentary. German narration and dialogue with no subtitles. 135 mins. Plus 60 mins. of Göring’s rare home movies. Polar Film. Two-disc set. Out of print. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $8.

FRENCH CINEMA

JULES ET JIM (JULES AND JIM). French, 1962. Franscope. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Jeanne Moreau, Oscar Werner. Plus commentary, Truffaut interviews, trailers. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Tartan. Region 2. Retail Price: $26. Sale Price: $5.

BRITISH CINEMA

REPULSION. British, 1965. Wide screen. Directed by Roman Polanski. With Catherine Deneuve. Plus documentary, trailer, booklet. Anchor Bay. Region 2. Retail Price: $12. Sale Price: $5.

CDs AT BARGAIN PRICES

LITTLE RICHARD: THE FORMATIVE YEARS 1951-53. All 22 of Little Richard’s RCA and Peacock recordings: R&B, jump blues, and the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. Bear Family. Retail Price: $19. Sale Price: $7.

JOHNNY BURNETTE: THE COMPLETE US & UK SINGLES AND EPs As & Bs 1956-62. Sixty-two tracks by the rockabilly legend. Acrobat. Two-disc set. Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $7.

 

[Dixon Smith]

DVD SALES LIST. Film historian R. Dixon Smith has issued a list of classic DVDs for sale at bargain prices, including CRITERION COLLECTION, EUREKA / MASTERS OF CINEMA, JAPANESE CINEMA, GERMAN CINEMA, RUSSIAN CINEMA, SILENTS, and SERIALS. Such friends as Kevin Brownlow, Jon C. Mirsalis, Richard W. Bann, and Ron Hall will happily vouch for my integrity. Discs and cases are all as new. To place an order, please reply to this post.


BUSTER KEATON



ARBUCKLE & KEATON VOLUME ONE: THE ORIGINAL COMIQUE/PARAMOUNT SHORTS 1917- 1920. Tinted. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in THE BELL BOY (1918), THE BUTCHER BOY (1917), OUT WEST (1918), MOONSHINE (1918), and THE HAYSEED (1919). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $60. Sale Price: $10.


BUSTER KEATON: THE COMPLETE SHORT FILMS 1917-1923. Thirteen Arbuckles and all 19 Keatons. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in THE BUTCHER BOY, THE ROUGH HOUSE, HIS WEDDING NIGHT, OH, DOCTOR!, CONEY ISLAND, OUT WEST, THE BELL BOY, MOONSHINE, GOOD NIGHT NURSE, THE COOK, BACKSTAGE, THE HAYSEED, and THE GARAGE. Buster Keaton in THE “HIGH SIGN”, ONE WEEK, CONVICT 13, THE SCARECROW, NEIGHBORS, THE HAUNTED HOUSE, HARD LUCK, THE GOAT, THE PLAY HOUSE, THE BOAT, THE PALEFACE, COPS, MY WIFE’S RELATIONS, THE BLACKSMITH, THE FROZEN NORTH, DAY DREAMS, THE ELECTRIC HOUSE, THE BALLOONATIC, and THE LOVE NEST. Plus selected commentaries and a half-hour audio recording of Keaton playing his ukulele and singing at a 1962 party! Eureka Video / Masters of Cinema. 4-disc set plus 180-page book, slipcased. Region 2. Retail Price: $31. Sale Price: $20.


THE SAPHEAD. American, 1920. Tinted, Directed by Herbert Blache. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE “HIGH SIGN” (1921) and ONE WEEK (1921). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.


GO WEST. American, 1925. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE SCARECROW (1920) and THE PALEFACE (1921). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.


BATTLING BUTLER. American, 1926. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE FROZEN NORTH (1921) and THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1922). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.


SERIALS



TARZAN THE TIGER. American, 1929. Directed by Henry MacRae. With Frank Merrill, Natalie Kingston. Fifteen-chapter Universal serial, with synchronized musical score and sound effects, including the very first Tarzan yell! Grapevine. Two-disc set. Region 1. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $13.


SILENTS



LA VIE ET LA PASSION DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR JESUS-CHRIST (CHRISTUS). Italian, 1914. Multi-tinted. Hand-colored. Directed by Maurice-Andre Maitre. With Jacques Normand. American release. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.





CHRISTUS (CRISTUS). Italian, 1916. Multi-tinted. Directed by Giulio Antamoro and Enrico Guazzoni. With Alberto Pasquali. British release. Plus THE DEATH OF CHRIST (1905) and LA NAISSANCE, LA VIE ET LA MORT DU CHRIST (1906, Alice Guy, multi-tinted, hand-colored). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.


LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE. American, 1918. Directed by Colin Campbell. With Colleen Moore. Plus HIS DAY OUT (1918, Billy West). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.



THE FAMILY SECRET. American, 1924. Multi-tinted. Directed by William Seiter. With Baby Peggy, Gladys Hulette. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.


MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE. American, 1924. Directed by Sidney Olcott. With Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.


EYES RIGHT! American, 1926. Directed by Louis Chaudet. With Francis X. Bushman, Jr. Plus SHIP SHAPE (1925, Cliff Bowes). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.


BEGGARS OF LIFE. American, 1928. Directed by William Wellman. With Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $7.


CRITERION COLLECTION



LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (CHILDREN OF PARADISE). French, 1945. Directed by Marcel Carne. With Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault. Part One plus Part Two. Plus Terry Gilliam introduction, commentary, trailer, 24-page booklet. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Two-disc set. Region 1. Retail Price: $28. Sale Price: $15.

JOURNAL D’UN CURE DE CAMPAGNE (DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST. French, 1951. Directed by Robert Bresson. With Claude Laydu. Plus commentary, essay, trailer. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Out of print . Region 1. Retail Price: $175. Sale Price: $50.


CASQUE D’OR. French, 1952. Directed by Jacques Becker. With Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani. Plus Signoret and Reggiani interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, commentary, alternate English-dubbed soundtrack. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Region 1. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $15.


THE ADVENTURES OF ANTOINE DOINEL. French, 1957-1979. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Jean-Pierre Leaud. LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS (THE 400 BLOWS) (1959). DyaliScope. ANTOINE ET COLETTE (ANTOINE AND COLETTE) (1962). Totalscope. Truffaut segment from L’AMOUR A VINGT ANS (LOVE AT TWENTY). BAISERS VOLES (STOLEN KISSES) (1968). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. DOMICILE CONJUGAL (BED AND BOARD) (1970). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. L’AMOUR EN FUITE (LOVE ON THE RUN) (1979). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. Plus LES MISTONS (THE MISCHIEF MAKERS) (1957, Truffaut’s first film), 72-page book, documentaries, interviews, newsreels, trailers. Criterion. Five-disc set, slipcased. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $120. Sale Price: $50.


RUSSIAN CINEMA



WAR AND PEACE. Soviet Union, 1965-1967. Sovcolor. Sovscope 70. Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Four-feature epic: VOYNA I MIR: ANDREY BOLKONSKIY (WAR AND PEACE: ANDREI BOLKONSKY) (1965). VOYNA I MIR: NATASHA ROSTOVA (WAR AND PEACE: NATASHA ROSTOVA) (1965). VOYNA I MIR: 1812 GOD (WAR AND PEACE: 1812) (1967). VOYNA I MIR: PIERRE BEZUKHOV (WAR AND PEACE: PIERRE BEZUKHOV) (1967). Plus four documentaries, five interviews. Artificial Eye. Five-disc set, slipcased. Out of print. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $90. Sale Price: $20.


JAPANESE CINEMA



SHUKUJO WA NANI O WASURETAKA (WHAT DID THE LADY FORGET?). Japanese, 1937. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. With Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saito. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.


TODA-KE NO KYODAI (THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE TODA FAMILY). Japanese, 1941. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. With Mieko Takamine, Shin Saburi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.


KAZE NO NAKA NO MENDORI (A HEN IN THE WIND). Japanese, 1948. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. With Kinuyo Tanaka, Shuji Sano. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.


NIHON NO HIGEKI (TRAGEDY OF JAPAN). Japanese, 1953. Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. With Keiko Awaji, Yoko Katsuragi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.


SOSHUN (EARLY SPRING). Japanese, 1956. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. With Chikage Awashima Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.


CHUSHINGURA: HANA NO MAKI YUKI NO MAKI (CHUSHINGURA: THE LOYAL 47 SAMURAI). Japanese, 1962. Eastmancolor. Tohoscope. Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. With Koshiro Matsumoto, Toshiro Mifune. Image. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $120. Sale Price: $10.


SAKURA NO MORI NO MANKAI NO SHITA (UNDER THE BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES). Japanese, 1975. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Masahiro Shinoda. With Tomisaburo Wakayama. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailer. Toho. Region 2. Retail Price: $48. Sale Price: $8.


AME AGARU (AFTER THE RAIN). Japanese-French, 1999. Color. Wide screen. Written by Akira Kurosawa. Directed by Takashi Koizumi. With Akira Terao. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailers and documentary on Kurosawa’s final samurai classic. Asmik. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.


DORA-HEITA (DORAHEITA). Japanese, 2000. Color. VistaVision. Directed by Ichikawa Kon. With Yakusho Koji. Samurai classic written in 1969 by four of the most celebrated directors in Japanese cinema: Kon Ichikawa, Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, and Masaki Kobayashi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus four Ichikawa interviews and trailers. Nikkatsu. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.


TASOGARE SEIBEI (THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI). Japanese, 2002. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yoji Yamada. With Hiroyuki Sanada. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus Yoji Yamada filmography (illustrated, 64-page book, in Japanese), three documentaries, and trailers. Shochiku. Two-disc set, slipcased. Region 2. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $10.



MIBU GISHI DEN (WHEN THE LAST SWORD IS DRAWN). Japanese, 2003. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yojiro Takita. With Kiichi Nakai. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus deleted scenes, three documentaries, and trailers. Shochiku. Two-disc set. Region 2. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $10.



KAKUSHI-KEN: ONI NO TSUME (THE HIDDEN BLADE). Japanese, 2004. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yoji Yamada. With Masatoshi Nagase. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailers. Shochiku. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.



GERMAN CINEMA



HITLER: EINE KARRIERE (HITLER: A CAREER). West German, 1977. B&W/Color. Directed by Joachim C. Fest and Christian Herrendoerfer. Definitive Adolf Hitler documentary. English narration and German dialogue with English subtitles. 151 mins. Plus HITLER’S ASCENT TO POWER (compilation of Fox Movietone newsreels). International Historic Films. Region 0. Retail Price: $20. Sale Price: $9.



IM TOTEN WINKEL: HITLERS SEKRETARIN (BLIND SPOT: HITLER’S SECRETARY). Austrian, 2002. Color. Directed by Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer. Interview with Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s private secretary from 1942 to 1945, through the last days in the Führerbunker. German dialogue with English subtitles. 87 mins. Plus trailers. Columbia TriStar. Region 2. Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $8.


DEUTSCHLAND BEVOR DIE BOMBEN FIELEN (GERMANY BEFORE THE BOMBS FELL). German, 2000, 2001, 2002. Color. Directed by Karl Hoffkes. Three superb Nazi-era documentaries, using rare home movies. DEUTSCHLAND VOR DEM KRIEG (GERMANY BEFORE THE WAR), SO WAR BERLIN (THIS WAS BERLIN), and DEUTSCHLAND-REISE 1934 (TRAVELING THROUGH GERMANY 1934). 170 mins. German narration with no subtitles. Polar Film. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $9.

GÖRING: EINE KARRIERE (GÖRING: A CAREER). German, 2006. Wide screen. B&W/Color. Directed by Jorg Mullner. Definitive Hermann Göring documentary. German narration and dialogue with no subtitles. 135 mins. Plus 60 mins. of Göring’s rare home movies. Polar Film. Two-disc set. Out of print. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $9.



FRENCH CINEMA



JULES ET JIM (JULES AND JIM). French, 1962. Franscope. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Jeanne Moreau, Oscar Werner. Plus commentary, Truffaut interviews, trailers. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Tartan. Region 2. Retail Price: $26. Sale Price: $6.



BRITISH CINEMA



REPULSION. British, 1965. Wide screen. Directed by Roman Polanski. With Catherine Deneuve. Plus documentary, trailer, booklet. Anchor Bay. Region 2. Retail Price: $12. Sale Price: $6.

 

[Dixon Smith]

Film historian R. Dixon Smith offers classic DVDs for sale at bargain prices, including CRITERION COLLECTION, EUREKA / MASTERS OF CINEMA, JAPANESE CINEMA, GERMAN CINEMA, RUSSIAN CINEMA, and SILENTS. Such friends as Kevin Brownlow, Jon C. Mirsalis, Richard W. Bann, and Ron Hall will happily vouch for my integrity. Discs, cases, artwork, booklets, and slipcases are as new. Postage at cost. Payment via PayPal. To place an order, please reply to this post or to [email protected]

BUSTER KEATON

ARBUCKLE & KEATON VOLUME ONE: THE ORIGINAL COMIQUE/PARAMOUNT SHORTS 1917- 1920. Tinted. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in THE BELL BOY (1918), THE BUTCHER BOY (1917), OUT WEST (1918), MOONSHINE (1918), and THE HAYSEED (1919). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $60. Sale Price: $10.

BUSTER KEATON: THE COMPLETE SHORT FILMS 1917-1923. Thirteen Arbuckles and all 19 Keatons. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in THE BUTCHER BOY, THE ROUGH HOUSE, HIS WEDDING NIGHT, OH, DOCTOR!, CONEY ISLAND, OUT WEST, THE BELL BOY, MOONSHINE, GOOD NIGHT NURSE, THE COOK, BACKSTAGE, THE HAYSEED, and THE GARAGE. Buster Keaton in THE “HIGH SIGN”, ONE WEEK, CONVICT 13, THE SCARECROW, NEIGHBORS, THE HAUNTED HOUSE, HARD LUCK, THE GOAT, THE PLAY HOUSE, THE BOAT, THE PALEFACE, COPS, MY WIFE’S RELATIONS, THE BLACKSMITH, THE FROZEN NORTH, DAY DREAMS, THE ELECTRIC HOUSE, THE BALLOONATIC, and THE LOVE NEST. Plus selected commentaries and a half-hour audio recording of Keaton playing his ukulele and singing at a 1962 party! Eureka Video / Masters of Cinema. 4-disc set plus 180-page book, slipcased. Region 2. Retail Price: $31. Sale Price: $20.

THE SAPHEAD. American, 1920. Tinted, Directed by Herbert Blache. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE “HIGH SIGN” (1921) and ONE WEEK (1921). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.

GO WEST. American, 1925. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE SCARECROW (1920) and THE PALEFACE (1921). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.

BATTLING BUTLER. American, 1926. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE FROZEN NORTH (1921) and THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1922). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.

SILENTS (separately or all four for $20)

LA VIE ET LA PASSION DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR JESUS-CHRIST (CHRISTUS). Italian, 1914. Multi-tinted. Hand-colored. Directed by Maurice-Andre Maitre. With Jacques Normand. American release. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

CHRISTUS (CRISTUS). Italian, 1916. Multi-tinted. Directed by Giulio Antamoro and Enrico Guazzoni. With Alberto Pasquali. British release. Plus THE DEATH OF CHRIST (1905) and LA NAISSANCE, LA VIE ET LA MORT DU CHRIST (1906, Alice Guy, multi-tinted, hand-colored). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE. American, 1924. Directed by Sidney Olcott. With Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

EYES RIGHT! American, 1926. Directed by Louis Chaudet. With Francis X. Bushman, Jr. Plus SHIP SHAPE (1925, Cliff Bowes). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

CRITERION COLLECTION

LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (CHILDREN OF PARADISE). French, 1945. Directed by Marcel Carne. With Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault. Part One plus Part Two. Plus Terry Gilliam introduction, commentary, trailer, 24-page booklet. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Two-disc set. Region 1. Retail Price: $28. Sale Price: $15.

JOURNAL D’UN CURE DE CAMPAGNE (DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST). French, 1951. Directed by Robert Bresson. With Claude Laydu. Plus commentary, essay, trailer. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Out of print . Region 1. Retail Price: $175. Sale Price: $50.

CASQUE D’OR. French, 1952. Directed by Jacques Becker. With Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani. Plus Signoret and Reggiani interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, commentary, alternate English-dubbed soundtrack. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Region 1. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $15.

THE ADVENTURES OF ANTOINE DOINEL. French, 1957-1979. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Jean-Pierre Leaud. LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS (THE 400 BLOWS) (1959). DyaliScope. ANTOINE ET COLETTE (ANTOINE AND COLETTE) (1962). Totalscope. Truffaut segment from L’AMOUR A VINGT ANS (LOVE AT TWENTY). BAISERS VOLES (STOLEN KISSES) (1968). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. DOMICILE CONJUGAL (BED AND BOARD) (1970). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. L’AMOUR EN FUITE (LOVE ON THE RUN) (1979). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. Plus LES MISTONS (THE MISCHIEF MAKERS) (1957, Truffaut’s first film), 72-page book, documentaries, interviews, newsreels, trailers. Criterion. Five-disc set, slipcased. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $120. Sale Price: $50.

RUSSIAN CINEMA

WAR AND PEACE. Soviet Union, 1965-1967. Sovcolor. Sovscope 70. Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Four-feature epic: VOYNA I MIR: ANDREY BOLKONSKIY (WAR AND PEACE: ANDREI BOLKONSKY) (1965). VOYNA I MIR: NATASHA ROSTOVA (WAR AND PEACE: NATASHA ROSTOVA) (1965). VOYNA I MIR: 1812 GOD (WAR AND PEACE: 1812) (1967). VOYNA I MIR: PIERRE BEZUKHOV (WAR AND PEACE: PIERRE BEZUKHOV) (1967). Plus four documentaries, five interviews. Artificial Eye. Five-disc set, slipcased. Out of print. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $90. Sale Price: $20.

JAPANESE CINEMA

NIHON NO HIGEKI (TRAGEDY OF JAPAN). Japanese, 1953. Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. With Keiko Awaji, Yoko Katsuragi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.

CHUSHINGURA: HANA NO MAKI YUKI NO MAKI (CHUSHINGURA: THE LOYAL 47 SAMURAI). Japanese, 1962. Eastmancolor. Tohoscope. Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. With Koshiro Matsumoto, Toshiro Mifune. Image. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $120. Sale Price: $10.

SAKURA NO MORI NO MANKAI NO SHITA (UNDER THE BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES). Japanese, 1975. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Masahiro Shinoda. With Tomisaburo Wakayama. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailer. Toho. Region 2. Retail Price: $48. Sale Price: $8.

AME AGARU (AFTER THE RAIN). Japanese-French, 1999. Color. Wide screen. Written by Akira Kurosawa. Directed by Takashi Koizumi. With Akira Terao. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailers and documentary on Kurosawa’s final samurai classic. Asmik. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.

DORA-HEITA (DORAHEITA). Japanese, 2000. Color. VistaVision. Directed by Ichikawa Kon. With Yakusho Koji. Samurai classic written in 1969 by four of the most celebrated directors in Japanese cinema: Kon Ichikawa, Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, and Masaki Kobayashi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus four Ichikawa interviews and trailers. Nikkatsu. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.

TASOGARE SEIBEI (THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI). Japanese, 2002. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yoji Yamada. With Hiroyuki Sanada. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus Yoji Yamada filmography (illustrated, 64-page book, in Japanese), three documentaries, and trailers. Shochiku. Two-disc set, slipcased. Region 2. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $10.

MIBU GISHI DEN (WHEN THE LAST SWORD IS DRAWN). Japanese, 2003. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yojiro Takita. With Kiichi Nakai. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus deleted scenes, three documentaries, and trailers. Shochiku. Two-disc set. Region 2. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $10.

KAKUSHI-KEN: ONI NO TSUME (THE HIDDEN BLADE). Japanese, 2004. Color. Wide screen. Directed by Yoji Yamada. With Masatoshi Nagase. Samurai classic. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Plus trailers. Shochiku. Region 2. Retail Price: $25. Sale Price: $10.

GERMAN CINEMA

HITLER: EINE KARRIERE (HITLER: A CAREER). West German, 1977. B&W/Color. Directed by Joachim C. Fest and Christian Herrendoerfer. Definitive Adolf Hitler documentary. English narration and German dialogue with English subtitles. 151 mins. Plus HITLER’S ASCENT TO POWER (compilation of Fox Movietone newsreels). International Historic Films. Region 0. Retail Price: $20. Sale Price: $8.

IM TOTEN WINKEL: HITLERS SEKRETARIN (BLIND SPOT: HITLER’S SECRETARY). Austrian, 2002. Color. Directed by Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer. Interview with Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s private secretary from 1942 to 1945, through the last days in the Führerbunker. German dialogue with English subtitles. 87 mins. Plus trailers. Columbia TriStar. Region 2. Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $7.

DEUTSCHLAND BEVOR DIE BOMBEN FIELEN (GERMANY BEFORE THE BOMBS FELL). German, 2000, 2001, 2002. Color. Directed by Karl Hoffkes. Three superb Nazi-era documentaries, using rare home movies. DEUTSCHLAND VOR DEM KRIEG (GERMANY BEFORE THE WAR), SO WAR BERLIN (THIS WAS BERLIN), and DEUTSCHLAND-REISE 1934 (TRAVELING THROUGH GERMANY 1934). 170 mins. German narration with no subtitles. Polar Film. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $8.

GÖRING: EINE KARRIERE (GÖRING: A CAREER). German, 2006. Wide screen. B&W/Color. Directed by Jorg Mullner. Definitive Hermann Göring documentary. German narration and dialogue with no subtitles. 135 mins. Plus 60 mins. of Göring’s rare home movies. Polar Film. Two-disc set. Out of print. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $8.

FRENCH CINEMA

JULES ET JIM (JULES AND JIM). French, 1962. Franscope. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Jeanne Moreau, Oscar Werner. Plus commentary, Truffaut interviews, trailers. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Tartan. Region 2. Retail Price: $26. Sale Price: $5.

BRITISH CINEMA

REPULSION. British, 1965. Wide screen. Directed by Roman Polanski. With Catherine Deneuve. Plus documentary, trailer, booklet. Anchor Bay. Region 2. Retail Price: $12. Sale Price: $5.

CDs AT BARGAIN PRICES

LITTLE RICHARD: THE FORMATIVE YEARS 1951-53. All 22 of Little Richard’s RCA and Peacock recordings: R&B, jump blues, and the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. Bear Family. Retail Price: $19. Sale Price: $7.

JOHNNY BURNETTE: THE COMPLETE US & UK SINGLES AND EPs As & Bs 1956-62. Sixty-two tracks by the rockabilly legend. Acrobat. Two-disc set. Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $7.

 

[Dixon Smith]

Film historian R. Dixon Smith offers classic DVDs for sale at bargain prices, including CRITERION COLLECTION, EUREKA / MASTERS OF CINEMA, JAPANESE CINEMA, GERMAN CINEMA, RUSSIAN CINEMA, and SILENTS. Such friends as Kevin Brownlow, Jon C. Mirsalis, Richard W. Bann, and Ron Hall will happily vouch for my integrity. Discs, cases, artwork, booklets, and slipcases are as new. Postage at cost. Payment via PayPal. To place an order, please reply to this post or to [email protected]

FOURTEEN SOLD ITEMS HAVE BEEN DELETED

BUSTER KEATON

ARBUCKLE & KEATON VOLUME ONE: THE ORIGINAL COMIQUE/PARAMOUNT SHORTS 1917- 1920. Tinted. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in THE BELL BOY (1918), THE BUTCHER BOY (1917), OUT WEST (1918), MOONSHINE (1918), and THE HAYSEED (1919). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $60. Sale Price: $10.

BUSTER KEATON: THE COMPLETE SHORT FILMS 1917-1923. Thirteen Arbuckles and all 19 Keatons. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in THE BUTCHER BOY, THE ROUGH HOUSE, HIS WEDDING NIGHT, OH, DOCTOR!, CONEY ISLAND, OUT WEST, THE BELL BOY, MOONSHINE, GOOD NIGHT NURSE, THE COOK, BACKSTAGE, THE HAYSEED, and THE GARAGE. Buster Keaton in THE “HIGH SIGN”, ONE WEEK, CONVICT 13, THE SCARECROW, NEIGHBORS, THE HAUNTED HOUSE, HARD LUCK, THE GOAT, THE PLAY HOUSE, THE BOAT, THE PALEFACE, COPS, MY WIFE’S RELATIONS, THE BLACKSMITH, THE FROZEN NORTH, DAY DREAMS, THE ELECTRIC HOUSE, THE BALLOONATIC, and THE LOVE NEST. Plus selected commentaries and a half-hour audio recording of Keaton playing his ukulele and singing at a 1962 party! Eureka Video / Masters of Cinema. 4-disc set plus 180-page book, slipcased. Region 2. Retail Price: $31. Sale Price: $20.

THE SAPHEAD. American, 1920. Tinted, Directed by Herbert Blache. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE “HIGH SIGN” (1921) and ONE WEEK (1921). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.

GO WEST. American, 1925. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE SCARECROW (1920) and THE PALEFACE (1921). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.

BATTLING BUTLER. American, 1926. Directed by Buster Keaton. With Buster Keaton. Plus Buster Keaton in THE FROZEN NORTH (1921) and THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1922). Kino. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $10. Sale Price: $5.

SILENTS (separately or all four for $20)

LA VIE ET LA PASSION DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR JESUS-CHRIST (CHRISTUS). Italian, 1914. Multi-tinted. Hand-colored. Directed by Maurice-Andre Maitre. With Jacques Normand. American release. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

CHRISTUS (CRISTUS). Italian, 1916. Multi-tinted. Directed by Giulio Antamoro and Enrico Guazzoni. With Alberto Pasquali. British release. Plus THE DEATH OF CHRIST (1905) and LA NAISSANCE, LA VIE ET LA MORT DU CHRIST (1906, Alice Guy, multi-tinted, hand-colored). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE. American, 1924. Directed by Sidney Olcott. With Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels. Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

EYES RIGHT! American, 1926. Directed by Louis Chaudet. With Francis X. Bushman, Jr. Plus SHIP SHAPE (1925, Cliff Bowes). Grapevine. Region 1. Retail Price: $15. Sale Price: $6.

CRITERION COLLECTION

LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (CHILDREN OF PARADISE). French, 1945. Directed by Marcel Carne. With Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault. Part One plus Part Two. Plus Terry Gilliam introduction, commentary, trailer, 24-page booklet. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Two-disc set. Region 1. Retail Price: $28. Sale Price: $15.

JOURNAL D’UN CURE DE CAMPAGNE (DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST). French, 1951. Directed by Robert Bresson. With Claude Laydu. Plus commentary, essay, trailer. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Out of print . Region 1. Retail Price: $175. Sale Price: $45.

CASQUE D’OR. French, 1952. Directed by Jacques Becker. With Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani. Plus Signoret and Reggiani interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, commentary, alternate English-dubbed soundtrack. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Criterion. Region 1. Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $15.

THE ADVENTURES OF ANTOINE DOINEL. French, 1957-1979. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Jean-Pierre Leaud. LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS (THE 400 BLOWS) (1959). DyaliScope. ANTOINE ET COLETTE (ANTOINE AND COLETTE) (1962). Totalscope. Truffaut segment from L’AMOUR A VINGT ANS (LOVE AT TWENTY). BAISERS VOLES (STOLEN KISSES) (1968). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. DOMICILE CONJUGAL (BED AND BOARD) (1970). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. L’AMOUR EN FUITE (LOVE ON THE RUN) (1979). Eastmancolor. Wide screen. Plus LES MISTONS (THE MISCHIEF MAKERS) (1957, Truffaut’s first film), 72-page book, documentaries, interviews, newsreels, trailers. Criterion. Five-disc set, slipcased. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $120. Sale Price: $45.

RUSSIAN CINEMA

WAR AND PEACE. Soviet Union, 1965-1967. Sovcolor. Sovscope 70. Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Four-feature epic: VOYNA I MIR: ANDREY BOLKONSKIY (WAR AND PEACE: ANDREI BOLKONSKY) (1965). VOYNA I MIR: NATASHA ROSTOVA (WAR AND PEACE: NATASHA ROSTOVA) (1965). VOYNA I MIR: 1812 GOD (WAR AND PEACE: 1812) (1967). VOYNA I MIR: PIERRE BEZUKHOV (WAR AND PEACE: PIERRE BEZUKHOV) (1967). Plus four documentaries, five interviews. Artificial Eye. Five-disc set, slipcased. Out of print. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $90. Sale Price: $20.

JAPANESE CINEMA

NIHON NO HIGEKI (TRAGEDY OF JAPAN). Japanese, 1953. Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. With Keiko Awaji, Yoko Katsuragi. Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. Panorama. Region 3. Retail Price: $16. Sale Price: $8.

CHUSHINGURA: HANA NO MAKI YUKI NO MAKI (CHUSHINGURA: THE LOYAL 47 SAMURAI). Japanese, 1962. Eastmancolor. Tohoscope. Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. With Koshiro Matsumoto, Toshiro Mifune. Image. Out of print. Region 1. Retail Price: $120. Sale Price: $10.

GERMAN CINEMA

HITLER: EINE KARRIERE (HITLER: A CAREER). West German, 1977. B&W/Color. Directed by Joachim C. Fest and Christian Herrendoerfer. Definitive Adolf Hitler documentary. English narration and German dialogue with English subtitles. 151 mins. Plus HITLER’S ASCENT TO POWER (compilation of Fox Movietone newsreels). International Historic Films. Region 0. Retail Price: $20. Sale Price: $8.

IM TOTEN WINKEL: HITLERS SEKRETARIN (BLIND SPOT: HITLER’S SECRETARY). Austrian, 2002. Color. Directed by Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer. Interview with Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s private secretary from 1942 to 1945, through the last days in the Führerbunker. German dialogue with English subtitles. 87 mins. Plus trailers. Columbia TriStar. Region 2. Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $7.

DEUTSCHLAND BEVOR DIE BOMBEN FIELEN (GERMANY BEFORE THE BOMBS FELL). German, 2000, 2001, 2002. Color. Directed by Karl Hoffkes. Three superb Nazi-era documentaries, using rare home movies. DEUTSCHLAND VOR DEM KRIEG (GERMANY BEFORE THE WAR), SO WAR BERLIN (THIS WAS BERLIN), and DEUTSCHLAND-REISE 1934 (TRAVELING THROUGH GERMANY 1934). 170 mins. German narration with no subtitles. Polar Film. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $8.

GÖRING: EINE KARRIERE (GÖRING: A CAREER). German, 2006. Wide screen. B&W/Color. Directed by Jorg Mullner. Definitive Hermann Göring documentary. German narration and dialogue with no subtitles. 135 mins. Plus 60 mins. of Göring’s rare home movies. Polar Film. Two-disc set. Out of print. Region 0 (PAL). Retail Price: $30. Sale Price: $8.

FRENCH CINEMA

JULES ET JIM (JULES AND JIM). French, 1962. Franscope. Directed by Francois Truffaut. With Jeanne Moreau, Oscar Werner. Plus commentary, Truffaut interviews, trailers. French dialogue with optional English subtitles. Tartan. Region 2. Retail Price: $26. Sale Price: $5.

BRITISH CINEMA

REPULSION. British, 1965. Wide screen. Directed by Roman Polanski. With Catherine Deneuve. Plus documentary, trailer, booklet. Anchor Bay. Region 2. Retail Price: $12. Sale Price: $5.

CDs AT BARGAIN PRICES

LITTLE RICHARD: THE FORMATIVE YEARS 1951-53. All 22 of Little Richard’s RCA and Peacock recordings: R&B, jump blues, and the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. Bear Family. Retail Price: $19. Sale Price: $7.

JOHNNY BURNETTE: THE COMPLETE US & UK SINGLES AND EPs As & Bs 1956-62. Sixty-two tracks by the rockabilly legend. Acrobat. Two-disc set. Retail Price: $17. Sale Price: $7.