Press Release Warner Archive Collection Press Release: Sadie McKee (1934) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

COMING TO BLU-RAY FROM THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION ON MARCH 25th!
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SADIE McKEE (1934)
RUNNING TIME: 93 Minutes
B&W
BD-50
NOT RATED
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Audio DTS HD-MA 2.0. Mono
Special Features: : Classic 1934 cartoons: POP GOES YOUR HEART (HD), SHAKE YOUR POWDER PUFF(HD), WHY DO I DREAM THOSE DREAMS? (HD), Original Theatrical Trailer.
Cast: Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Gene Raymond, Edward Arnold
Directed by Clarence Brown

In this vivid melodrama, Joan Crawford is Sadie McKee, who must choose between love (with Gene Raymond) and money (with Edward Arnold)…and eventually gets both (with Franchot Tone). Crawford had an amazing ability to adapt her screen persona with changing times. She was a frenetic flapper in the ‘20s, a chin-up working girl in the ‘30s, and a film noir femme fatale in the ‘40s. Here she is at her Depression-Era peak as Sadie, a maid who sacrifices all for love, suffers like crazy but somehow winds up happy at the end.The leading lady gets excellent support from her three co-stars. Tone (who was soon to become Crawford’s second husband)and Raymond are compelling as the handsome young suitors in her life, one good, one a scoundrel. And Edward Arnold is particularly memorable in his sympathetic portrayal of the millionaire drunk Sadie marries. But from rags to riches, from heartbreak to happiness, the film is all Crawford’s.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[SS NORMANDIE]

Very happy about this release! One of my absolute favorite Joan Crawford movies. Many thanks, Warner Archive!

 

[DannyLewis]

More Crawford is always very welcome! Specially those titles from her MGM peak period.
Hope that A Woman's face, Dancing Lady and Strange Cargo follows shortly.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Amazon preorder is live. See second post.

 

[Robin9]

More Crawford is always very welcome! Specially those titles from her MGM peak period.
Hope that A Woman's face, Dancing Lady and Strange Cargo follows shortly.

I've just watched Queen Bee on a Zone B Blu-ray disc from Indicator. If you're Zone free, you should consider buying this disc.

 

[DannyLewis]

I've just watched Queen Bee on a Zone B Blu-ray disc from Indicator. If you're Zone free, you should consider buying this disc.

I already purchased this and Harriet Craig. Waiting for them to arrive.

 

[Robin9]

I already purchased this and Harriet Craig. Waiting for them to arrive.

Good job! You'll be pleased with both discs. In my, possibly controversial, opinion Indicator's standards are higher than Criterion's.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Good job! You'll be pleased with both discs. In my, possibly controversial, opinion Indicator's standards are higher than Criterion's.

Criterion used to be my favorite home video provider. Today, they have been surpassed by 3-4 other companies.

 

[ahollis]

I already purchased this and Harriet Craig. Waiting for them to arrive.

I did a double feature of both films when I received them. Boy that Joan can be one evil woman, especially as Craig’s wife.