Re: 4 FRANK SINATRA COLLECTIONS FROM WB
“FRANK SINATRA COLLECTION: THE RAT PACK ULTIMATE COLLECTOR’S EDITION”
“Ocean’s 11”
Danny Ocean with his 10 partners in crime devise a scheme to knock out power to the Vegas strip and electronically rig five big casino vaults to raid them all in the same instant. This original version of “Ocean’s 11” is an entertaining best bet.
Special Features:
• Commentary by Frank Sinatra Jr. and Angie Dickinson
• Interactive “Las Vegas Then and Now” Map Casino Vignettes
• “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” excerpt featuring guest host Frank Sinatra and guest Angie Dickinson
• Cast/filmmaker profiles
• Theatrical trailers
“4 For Texas”
Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin play wily business rivals in this Wild West lark of gambling and romance. The film features appearances by Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, The Three Stooges, Victor Buono and Charles Bronson.
Special Features:
• Vintage making-of featurette
• Cast/filmmaker profiles
• Theatrical trailer
“Robin and the Seven Hoods”
What’s yours is mine. This mirthful adaptation gives the Robin Hood legend a Depression-era, mob town Chicago setting. And the jazzy Sammy Cahn/James Van Heusen score is the perfect match for this all-star cast.
Special Features:
• Commentary by Frank Sinatra Jr.
• Vintage featurette “What They Did to Robin Hood”
• Cast/filmmaker profiles
• Theatrical trailers
“Sergeant’s 3”
Produced by Frank Sinatra, this second Rat Pack movie has Sinatra and gang (including Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr.) playing the wildest characters in the west, sure to be an entertaining ride.
Special Features:
• Audio commentary by Frank Sinatra Jr.
“FRANK SINATRA COLLECTION: THE GOLDEN YEARS”
“None but the Brave”
There are two sides to every war. Making his directorial debut, Frank Sinatra also stars in this suspenseful World War II saga about mistaken identity, unexpected heroism and the unsteady peace that ensues.
Special Features:
• Theatrical trailer
“The Man with the Golden Arm”
Drummer Frankie Machine is out of detox and eager to get on with a big band career. Sinatra’s piercing, Academy Award-nominated portrayal is one of his best in this film, known for its landmark on-screen depictions of drug abuse.
Special Features:
• New Featurette: “Shoot Up/Shoot Out: The Story Behind The Man with the Golden Arm”
• Theatrical trailer
“Some Came Running”
Frank Sinatra plays World War II veteran Dave Hirsh, whose arrival back in his hometown brings small-town hypocrisy to the unforgiving light of day. Costar Shirley MacLaine was nominated for her performance.
Special Features:
• New Featurette: “The Story of Some Came Running” – an exclusive ‘making-of’ retrospective
• Theatrical Trailer
“The Tender Trap”
Debbie Reynolds sets her marital sights on Manhattan talent agent Sinatra, who is dedicated to life, liberty and the happiness of pursuit. Love is indeed “The Tender Trap.”
Special Features:
• New Featurette: “Frank’s Way”
• Soundtrack remastered in 5.1 audio
• Theatrical Trailer
“Marriage on the Rocks”
A bored wife (Deborah Kerr) swaps her fuddy-duddy hubby Dan (Sinatra) for his swinging bachelor best friend Ernie (Martin) – and sparks fly.
Special Features:
• Theatrical Trailer
“FRANK SINATRA COLLECTION: THE EARLY YEARS”
“Double Dynamite”
Frank Sinatra is underpaid bank teller Johnny Dalton, who comes across big money – and big trouble – in this frothy comedy.
Special Features:
• Theatrical Trailer
“It Happened in Brooklyn”
Times aren’t easy for returning GIs in the years after World War II. But falling in love, that’s easy.
Special Features:
• Theatrical Trailer
“Step Lively”
As a playwright whose real talent is his singing voice, Frank Sinatra steps into his first top billing in this antic backstage musical based on the Broadway/Marx Brothers movie hit “Room Service.”
Special Features:
• Theatrical Trailer
“Higher and Higher”
Making his acting debut in this merry musical comedy about a get-rich scheme with comic complications, Sinatra plays the boy next door who definitely knows his way around a song.
Special Features:
• Theatrical Trailer
“The Kissing Bandit”
Timid Ricardo haplessly continues his father’s bandito tradition, and so “The Kissing Bandit” rides again – if he can somehow manage to stay on horseback.
Special Features:
• Theatrical Trailer
“THE FRANK SINATRA & GENE KELLY COLLECTION”
“Take Me Out To The Ball Game”
Combining baseball with that other all-American pastime of romance, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly play a pair of 1900s vaudevillians who spend the winter performing onstage and the summer performing on the field.
Special Features:
• Deleted Musical Numbers “Baby Doll” and “Boys and Girls Like You and Me”
• Notes on Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly
• 3 Theatrical Trailers
“On The Town”
New York, New York, it’s a wonderful town – especially when sailors Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin have a 24-hour shore leave to see the sights – sights that include Ann Miller, Betty Garrett and Vera-Ellen.
Special Features:
• Theatrical Trailer
“Anchors Aweigh”
A wartime tale of two sailors on leave in Hollywood, this milestone of movie fantasy includes live-action fancy footwork with animated Jerry (of Tom and JerryÔ).
Special Features:
• Archival interview with animation legends William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
• Excerpt from the “MGM: When the Lion Roars” Documentary Series
• 3 Theatrical trailers
Additional WHV Titles New-To-DVD
“Sinatra”
Executive produced by daughter Tina Sinatra, this award-winning miniseries documents Sinatra’s remarkable life, covering more than 20 years, from boyhood through his return from retirement in 1974. The Legend himself collaborated in the making and the show features his own singing and some astonishing personal revelations.
