WHV Press Release: TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Davis, Brando, Weissmuller

New from TCM & Warner Home Video April 5

 

GREATEST CLASSIC LEGENDS: BETTE DAVIS

GREATEST CLASSIC LEGENDS: MARLON BRANDO
GREATEST CLASSIC FILMS: JOHNNY WEISSMULLER AS TARZAN, V. 1

 

FOUR MEMORABLE FILMS IN EACH VALUE-PACKED COLLECTION

 

Burbank, Calif., January 3, 2011 – Building on the success of the TCM Greatest Classic Films branded line, Warner Home Video and Turner Classic Movies are adding two new four-title sets to the TCM Greatest Classic Legends line, spotlighting Hollywood’s most legendary actors and actresses in classic cinema. The newest additions, available April 5, are TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Bette Davis with Now, Voyager, Dark Victory, Old Acquaintance andJezebel; and TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Marlon Brando with A Street Car Named Desire: The Original Director’s Version, Julius Caesar, The Teahouse of The August Moon, andReflections in a Golden Eye. Each collection features four classic films and is affordably priced at $27.92 SRP. Orders are due March 1, 2011.

 

TCM Greatest Classic Legendsline, to launch on February 1, 2011, was previously announced with three collections -- TCM Greatest Classic Legends: John Ford Westerns; TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Jean Harlow; andTCM Greatest Classic Legends: Errol Flynn.

 

To build further momentum for these titles, Warner Home Video has set the street dates for the collections to coincide with Turner Classic Movies programming. In this wave, Bette Davis will be featured as “TCM Star of the Month” in April 2011. Additional promotional support for these titles will include TV programming with on-air promotional spots on Turner Networks and print advertising in the Now Playing guide.

 

Also on April 5, Warner Home Video and Turner Classic Movies will release two new four-title sets for the popular TCM Greatest Classic Films Collections. Since February 2009, these collections have been made available in separate waves and promoted on-air by TCM. The latest installment consists of TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Johnny Weiss

muller as Tarzan, Volume Onewith Tarzan the Ape Man, Tarzan Escapes, Tarzan and His Mate, andTarzan Finds a Son! and TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, Volume Two with Tarzan’s Secret Treasure, Tarzan’s New York Adventure, Tarzan and the Amazons, andTarzan and the Leopard Woman. Each set will be available for $27.92 SRP, and order due date is March 1, 2011.

 

 

 

 

ABOUT THE FILMS

 

TCM Greatest Classic Films: Legends – Bette Davis

 

 

NOW, VOYAGER (1942)

Stars Academy Award®* winning actress Bette Davis (*1938Jezebel).A mother-dominated ugly duckling turned swan discovers independence – and love. Grab the moon, the stars and a shining Bette Davis in one of Hollywood’s most tender and touching screen romances.

 

DARK VICTORY (1939)

Davis is enchanted and enchanting,” The New York Times’ Frank S. Nugent wrote, in her signature role as a spoiled society girl facing terminal illness – and a last chance to give her life meaning.

 

OLD ACQUAINTANCE (1943)

Davis and Miriam Hopkins’ friendship is a 20-year balancing act of handholding, backstabbing and femme fireworks.

 

JEZEBEL (1938)

As a manipulative New Orleans belle, Davis sows a tempest and reaps a whirlwind in a fiery antebellum classic, winning an Oscar® for her work. Henry Fonda and George Brent co-star; William Wyler directs.

*  Winner of 2 Academy Awards® in 1939*
*  Actress – Bette Davis
*  Actress in a Supporting Role – Fay Bainter

 

 

TCM Greatest Classic Films: Legends – MARLON BRANDO

 

 

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE: THE ORIGINAL DIRECTOR’S VERSION (1951)

Stars Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden in the screen version of Tennessee Williams’ powerful Pulitzer Prize drama directed by Elia Kazan.

Winner of 4 Academy Awards®* in 1952

  *  Actor in a Supporting Role – Karl Malden

  *  Actress – Vivien Leigh

  *  Actress in a Supporting Role – Kim Hunter

  *  Art Direction (B&W) Art Direction: Richard Day,:
     Set Decoration: George James Hopkins

 

JULIUS CAESAR (1953)

Brando plays imperial loyalist Marc Antony in Shakespeare’s towering tale of friendship and betrayal co-starring James Mason and John Gielgud. Joseph L. Mankiewicz directs this lavish 1954 Academy Award® winner.*

• *Art Direction (B&W): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno
• *Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt

 

 

THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON (1956)

Brando shows his comedy chops! In a delightful change of pace, he’s an interpreter in post-World War II Okinawa who bucks U.S. military men Glenn Ford and Paul Ford in order to build a teahouse – complete with geishas.

 

REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE (1967)

Illicit passions play out against the hidebound decorum of a Georgia army base in a startling version of Carson McCullers’ novel. John Huston directs Brando and Elizabeth Taylor.

 

 

TCM GREATEST CLASSIC FILMS: JOHNNY WEISSMULLER AS TARZAN, VOLUME ONE

 

 

TARZAN THE APE MAN (1932)

The first teaming of Johnny Weissmuller as Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Jungle Lord and Maureen O’Sullivan as Jane sets a high adventure standard and includes an exciting sequence of elephants rescuing Tarzan and Jane from pygmy captors.

 

TARZAN ESCAPES (1936)

A vile bwana has Tarzan caged and ready to ship to England for display as a sideshow freak. Can steel bars hold the ape man? Catch fascinating glimpses of Tarzan and Jane’s jungle domesticity, including their dazzling tree house.

 

TARZAN AND HIS MATE (1934)

This second Weissmuller/O’Sullivan film includes footage edited shortly after the movie’s original release, including a playful skinny-dip sequence. Tarzan also subdues a rhinoceros, wrestles a crocodile and rescues Jane as she’s besieged by lions and warriors near a sacred elephant burial ground.

 

TARZAN FINDS A SON! (1939) 

There’s a new cry in the jungle – the cry of an infant. A baby that survived a plane crash is adopted by Tarzan and Jane. John Sheffield debuts as Boy and outside intruders trigger a family rift igniting a crisis of kidnap, rescue and reunion.

 

 

TCM GREATEST CLASSIC FILMS: JOHNNY WEISSMULLER AS TARZAN, VOLUME TWO

 

 

TARZAN’S SECRET TREASURE (1941)

A discovery of gold endangers the Jungle Lord’s family. Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan and John Sheffield star. Reginald Owen, Barry Fitzgerald, Tom Conway and Philip Dorn play interlopers who stir up trouble.

 

TARZAN’S NEW YORK ADVENTURE (1942)

“Stone jungle,” Tarzan says when he sees New York City. But the Lord of the Apes can master any jungle – especially when determined to find son Boy, kidnapped by unscrupulous circus operators.

 

TARZAN AND THE AMAZONS (1945)

Tarzan welcomes home Jane (Brenda Joyce) from a family visit to England and then rushes to the aid of a secluded female tribe put in jeopardy after Boy leads a party of archaeologists to their hidden valley.

 

TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMAN (1946) 

A murderous tribe that wears the disguise and claws of leopards attacks a visiting caravan and menaces Jane and Boy. Could the cult’s beautiful and calculating queen (Acquanetta) outmatch the strength and fury of Tarzan?

 

 

TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Bette Davis MAT: 1000173439 UPC: 883929162994	TCM Greatest Classic Films: Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, Volume One MAT: 1000191203 UPC: 883929183258
TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Marlon Brando MAT: 1000177095 UPC: 883929166800	TCM Greatest Classic Films: Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, Volume Two MAT: 1000191204 UPC: 883929183265

 

 

Street Date: April 5, 2011

Order Due Date:March 1, 2011

MSRP:  $27.92 for each Collection

 

About Warner Home Video

With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, a division of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.

 

About TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection

TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection stands as the largest-ever partnership between Warner Home Video and Turner Classic Movies. The initiative combines the strengths of the companies in serving both serious film buffs and a new generation of movie lovers. The TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection builds on the success of previous joint initiatives between Turner Classic Movies and Warner Home Video, including the TCM Archives series and the TCM Spotlight series.

 

Warner Home Video, which owns the world’s largest film library, has more Best Picture Oscar® wins than any other studio and its films have garnered more than 300 Academy Awards®.

 

Turner Classic Movies is currently seen in more than 85 million homes and will support Warner Home Video and the new collection with extensive marketing. TCM’s marketing plan includes print ads in TCM’s popular Now Playing guide, banners on tcm.com, and on-air mentions by the network’s renowned primetime host, Robert Osborne.

 

About Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies is a Peabody Award-winning network that presents great films, uncut and commercial-free, from the largest film libraries in the world.  Currently seen in 85 million homes, TCM features the insights of veteran primetime host Robert Osborne and weekend daytime host Ben Mankiewicz, plus interviews with a wide range of special guests.  As the foremost authority in classic films, TCM offers critically acclaimed original documentaries and specials, along with regular programming events that include The Essentials, 31 Days of Oscar and Summer Under the Stars.  TCM also stages special events and screenings, such as the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood; produces a wide range of media about classic film, including books and DVDs; and hosts a wealth of materials at its Web site, www.tcm.com . TCM is part of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREVIOUS COLLECTIONS

 

WAVE ONE -- Release Date: February 3, 2009

TCM Greatest Classic Films: Romantic Dramas Cat on a Hot Tin Roof A Streetcar Named Desire Rebel Without a Cause East of Eden	TCM Greatest Classic Films: Best Picture Winners Casablanca An American in Paris Gigi Mrs. Miniver
TCM Greatest Classic Films: Romantic Comedies The Philadelphia Story Bringing Up Baby Adam’s Rib Woman of the Year

 

 

WAVE TWO -- Release Date: May 5, 2009

TCM Greatest Classic Films: American Musicals Singin’ in the Rain Easter Parade The Band Wagon Meet Me in St. Louis	TCM Greatest Classic Films: Broadway Musicals Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Annie Get Your Gun Show Boat(1951) Kiss Me Kate
TCM Greatest Classic Films: Western Adventures Jeremiah Johnson The Train Robbers The Wild Bunch McCabe & Mrs. Miller	TCM Greatest Classic Films: John Wayne Westerns The Searchers Fort Apache Rio Bravo The Cowboys
TCM Greatest Classic Films: WWII Battlefront Europe Kelly’s Heroes The Dirty Dozen Where Eagles Dare Battleground	TCM Greatest Classic Films: War - Battlefront Asia The Green Berets Destination Tokyo Bataan Back to Bataan

 

WAVE THREE -- Release Date: September 1, 2009

TCM Greatest Classic Films: Murder Mysteries The Big Sleep Dial M For Murder The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)	TCM Greatest Classic Films: Horror Freaks House of Wax The Haunting (1963) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931)
TCM Greatest Classic Films: Sci-Fi 2001: A Space Odyssey Forbidden Planet Soylent Green The Time Machine(1960)

 

 

 

WAVE FOUR – Release Date: November 3, 2009