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Remarkable for its psychological nuance and its boldly modern perspective on an independent woman’s search for fulfillment, Charlie Chaplin’s long-overlooked silent masterpiece A Woman of Paris is a revelation. Chaplin confounded 1923 audiences with this unexpected foray into serious drama, and by ceding the spotlight to his longtime screen partner Edna Purviance. She is captivating as the vivacious Marie St. Clair, a “woman of fate” who leaves behind her small-minded village for the glamour of Paris, where she finds herself at the center of a Jazz Age whirl of champagne soirees, luxurious pleasure-seeking, romance, and tragedy. Putting aside his Little Tramp persona, Chaplin’s second feature proved that, beyond being a comic genius, he was an artist of immense sensitivity and human understanding. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration of the 1976 rerelease version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack featuring a score composed by director Charlie Chaplin Alternate score from 2005 created by conductor Timothy Brock, based on music by Chaplin, presented in uncompressed stereo Introduction by Chaplin scholar David Robinson New video essay by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance Chaplin Today: “A Woman of Paris,” featuring interviews with actor Liv Ullmann and filmmaker Michael Powell Archive Commentary: About “A Woman of Paris,” a documentary by Arnold Lozano, managing director of Roy Export S.A.S. Excerpts from an audio interview with Chaplin Studios cinematographer Roland Totheroh Deleted shots from the original 1923 film Archival footage Trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson and notes by Brock on the 2005 score

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A restored collection of Charlie Chaplin's 1915 Essanay shorts, capturing the rapid evolution of the Little Tramp persona through slapstick and invention.

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This restored set gathers Chaplin's celebrated Mutual shorts, including many of the comic masterpieces that defined his mature silent style.

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Concert violinist Holger Brandt (Leslie Howard) was immediately taken by the skill-and the beauty-of Anita Hoffman (Ingrid Bergman), his daughter's piano teacher. The invitation to join his next tour leads to a passionate affair... and, possibly, the destruction of the virtuoso's happy home. Producer David O. Selznick procured the remake rights on Bergman's same-named 1936 Swedish vehicle for a splashy introduction to American audiences; Edna Best, Ann Todd, John Halliday, Cecil Kellaway also star. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.

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Against the dreary backdrop of Southeast London's concrete housing estates, the lives of three underclass Brits come crashing down. Gary Oldman's conversational, improvisatory script follows his characters wretched lives in crowded council flats, tawdry Piccadilly strip joints, with truly outstanding acting and honesty.

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Like the arrows she launches at an archery target during an elegant lawn party, Elizabeth Bennet's wit is pointed and unerring. "If you want to be really refined, you have to be dead," she says, skewering the imperious airs of her hosts. Jane Austen's timeless 1813 novel of unlikely romance is richly adapted in this lavish Academy Award winner.* Greer Garson portrays spirited Elizabeth, one of five Bennet sisters hoping for matrimony. Laurence Olivier plays Darcy, whose arrival at a nearby estate sets maiden hearts aflutter. But first impressions can mean so very much. Elizabeth and Darcy find reasons to view each other with disdain, setting in motion a velvet struggle of Pride and Prejudice, perception and reality, forgiveness and love. You'll be irresistibly caught up in it.

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times " Charles Dickens' tale of love and tumult during the French Revolution comes to the screen in a sumptuous film version by the producer famed for nurturing sprawling literary works: David O. Selznick (David Copperfield, Anna Karenina, Gone with the

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Following on from the enormous success of his breakthrough film Django, Franco Nero returned to the Wild West (Almería, Spain) to star in the same year s Texas Adios, which was released as Django 2 in some countries. Here he plays tough gunslinger Burt Sullivan, a sheriff who, along with his younger brother (Alberto Dell'Acqua, Endgame), journeys to Mexico to hunt down the sadistic bandit Cisco Delgado and avenge his father s murder. When Burt and his brother fall in with a group of Mexican revolutionaries, the stage is set for a violent climatic confrontation... Directed by veteran helmsman Ferdinado Baldi, best known for the cult Western Blindman (starring Beatles tub-thumper Ringo Starr) and the 3D extravaganza Comin' at Ya!, Texas Adios is a lesser-known Spaghetti Western gem, which boasts rapid-fire action scenes, stunning locations and stylish cinematography courtesy of Enzo Barboni (Django, Nightmare Castle). The film is presented here in an exclusive new restoration, with a wealth of extras which allow this film to be enjoyed as never before. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS New restoration from a 2K scan from the original camera negative by Arrow Films High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack Audio commentary for by spaghetti western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry C. Parke Newly filmed interview with star Franco Nero Newly filmed interview with co-star Alberto Dell'Acqua Newly filmed interview with co-writer Franco Rossetti Hello Texas!, newly filmed appreciation by Spaghetti Westerns scholar Austin Fisher Gallery of original promotional images from the Mike Siegel Archive Original trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Fully illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Howard Hughes, and original reviews