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All 28 films together in one set in high definition! Get ready to laugh out loud with the most popular comedy duo of all time in Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection! All 28 films produced during the height of their popularity at Universal Pictures are here in one collection. Featuring their most popular movies, such as Buck Privates, Who Done It? and Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein, this collection is filled with some of the most hilarious routines of all time, including "Who's on First?"! Loaded with hours of bonus features and an exclusive collectible book, this is the ultimate tribute to two of the funniest and most enduring comedians of all time! Bonus Content: Disc 1 - One Night in the Tropics: Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 1 - Buck Privates: Audio Commentary by Authors/Film Historians Bob Furmanek and Ron Palumbo (Abbott and Costello in Hollywood) Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 2 - In the Navy: Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 2 - Hold That Ghost: Feature Commentary with Film Historian Jeff Miller Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 3 - Keep 'Em Flying: Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Scott Allen Nollen Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 3 - Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942): Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Scott Allen Nollen Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian James L. Neibaur Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 4 - Pardon My Sarong: Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 4 - Who Done It?: Feature Commentary with Film Historian Frank Coniff Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 5 - It Ain't Hay: Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Scott Allen Nollen Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 5 - Hit the Ice: Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Scott Allen Nollen Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 6 - In Society: Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 6 - Here Come the Co-eds: Theatrical Trailer Production Notes Still Gallery Disc 7 - The Naughty Nineties: Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Scott Allen Nollen Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 7 - Little Giant: Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Scott Allen Nollen Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 8 - The Time of Their Lives: Feature Commentary with Film Historian Frank Thompson Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 8 - Buck Privates Come Home: Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 9 - The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap: Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 9 - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein: Feature Commentary with Film Historian Gregory W. Mank Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 10 - Mexican Hayride: Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Scott Allen Nollen Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 10 - Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff: Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Troy Howarth Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 11 - Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion: Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 11 - Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man: Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 12 - Comin' Round the Mountain (1951): Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 12 - Lost in Alaska: Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 13 - Abbott and Costello Go to Mars: Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 13 - Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Feature Commentary with Film Historians Tom Weaver and Richard Scrivani Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 14 - Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops: Still Gallery Production Notes Disc 14 - Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy: Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Troy Howarth Still Gallery Theatrical Trailer Production Notes Disc 15: The World of Abbott and Costello Abbott & Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld Abbott & Costello Meet the Monsters Abbott and Costello: Their Lives and Legacy – Featuring Interviews with Chris Costello (Daughter of Lou Costello) and Ron Palumbo (Co-Author of Abbott and Costello in Hollywood) Abbott and Costello: Film Stories – Featuring an Interview with Author/Film Historian James L. Neibaur (The Monster Movies of Universal Studios) Abbott and Costello: Behind the Scenes – Ron Palumbo Talks About the Various Writers and Directors Abbott & Costello Meet Castle Films – 8 of Abbott and Costello's Best Castle Films' 8mm/16mm Films Outtakes from Pardon My Sarong, It Ain't Hay, Hit the Ice, Little Giant, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein The Abbott and Costello Trailer Reel Top Similar From the Brand Reviews Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection - 80th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray]

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An American working on a ranch in the Amazon comes up against a gang of Brazilian bandits.

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Disc 1 of the Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XII set contains Undertow (1949), directed by William Castle. Scott Brady plays a gambler just out of wartime military service who wants only to open a mountain vacation lodge. Framed for murder, he hides out at the home of Peggy Dow and, with her help and a policeman friend's, hunts for the real killer.

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This disc contains Finger Man (1955), with a new audio commentary by professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney. It is one of the three discs in Kino Lorber's Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XVIII set. Ex-con Casey Martin is caught red-handed while heisting a truck shipment. When he discovers that his sister has become a desperate drug addict after working for gruff bootlegger Dutch Becker, Martin accepts the deal the T-men offer him and goes undercover to nail Dutch and his gang. Peggie Castle plays Gladys Baker, the gangster's associate who falls for the finger man, and Timothy Carey plays Lou Terpe, Martin's former cellmate and a particularly sadistic member of Dutch's crew. A crime-busting noir yarn directed by Harold D. Schuster.

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While legendary Hollywood filmmaker, William Castle, is commonly referred to as The King of Gimmicks, his legacy extended into other film genres, including two crime dramas from the Film Noir era, Hollywood Story and New Orleans Uncensored. This thrilling double feature denotes the high-definition debut of both landmark films filled with danger, death and intrigue. HOLLYWOOD STORY (1951) stars Richard Conte as a stage producer with dreams of being in the movie business who decides to shoot a documentary about the mysterious death of a silent film director only to find himself in danger of suffering a similar fate. The film is loosely based on the real-life murder of film director William Desmond Taylor in 1922. Stars Richard Conte, Julia Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, and Jim Backus NEW ORLEANS UNCENSORED (1955) is a gritty crime thriller about a newly-discharged sailor who gets a job as a longshoreman in The Big Easy. He swiftly discovers mob corruption throughout the docks, and when a friend is killed by the gangsters, he convinces the police to let him go undercover and take matters into his own hands. Stars Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland, Helene Stanton, Michael Ansara, and Stacy Harris Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Hollywood Story and New Orleans Uncensored William Castle Double Feature [Blu-ray]

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Bored teenagers Libby and Kit entertain themselves by phoning strangers at random and whispering, 'I saw what you did, and I know who you are.' One call reaches a man who has just murdered his wife, and he sets out to find and silence the girls - while his neighbor, desperately in love with him, schemes to make him hers.

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A dancer is framed for murder when his shoe prints are found at the crime scene, and his wife follows the trail of clues to the real killer.

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This collection features three film noir classics. SINGAPORE (1947) – Adventure and romance in the city of intrigue! The irresistible duo of Fred MacMurray (Double Indemnity, The Apartment) and Ava Gardner (The Killers, On the Beach) star in this exotic film noir from director John Brahm (The Lodger, Hangover Square). In pre-war Singapore, Matt Gordon (MacMurray) falls in love with the beautiful Linda Grahame (Gardner), but loses contact with her when the Japanese attack. Five years later, he returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls and accidentally reconnects with Linda, now married to rich planter Van Leyden (Roland Culver, Dead of Night) and suffering from amnesia. Meanwhile, the sinister Mauribus (Thomas Gomez, Key Largo) schemes to steal Matt’s pearls. Richard Haydn (The Emperor Waltz), Spring Byington (I’ll Be Seeing You), Porter Hall (The General Died at Dawn) and Philip Ahn (China) round out the cast of this exciting, romantic noir. JOHNNY STOOL PIGEON (1949) – They cracked the back of the world’s blackest racket! A cop! A dame! A killer! Cult filmmaker William Castle, the macabre mastermind behind House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler, 13 Ghosts and Let’s Kill Uncle, delivers a different kind of shadowy suspense story with Johnny Stool Pigeon. Howard Duff (Woman in Hiding) is San Francisco-based Treasury agent George Morton, who goes undercover to break up a narcotics ring. Dan Duryea (Scarlet Street) is Johnny Evans, a convict in Alcatraz who makes a deal with George, becoming the titular “stool pigeon.” Shelley Winters (Larceny) is the ringleader’s feisty moll who gets involved in the sting. It’s cops versus smugglers in Castle’s hardboiled film noir that co-stars John McIntire (An Act of Murder), Leif Erickson (The Lady Gambles) and Tony Curtis (The Midnight Story) in an early role as a mute killer. THE RAGING TIDE (1951) – Not even the fury of the lashing sea…could match the raging passions that bound them! A San Francisco gangster is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin (Richard Conte, Cry of the City), who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lieutenant Kelsey (Stephen McNally, The Lady Gambles) in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat, where skipper Hamil Linder (Charles Bickford, Duel in the Sun) receives Bruno kindly. Later, Bruno enlists Hamil’s son Carl (Alex Nicol, Because of You) to do his dirty work offshore, but things turn sour when Carl takes an interest in Bruno’s girl Connie (Shelley Winters, He Ran All the Way). An exhilarating, stormy climax highlights this unique seafaring noir from prolific director George Sherman (Larceny, The Sleeping City) and ace cinematographer Russell Metty (The Stranger, Touch of Evil). Special Features: -Brand New 2K Masters -NEW Audio Commentary for SINGAPORE by Film Historian Kat Ellinger and Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin -NEW Audio Commentary for JOHNNY STOOL PIGEON by Professor and Film Scholar Jason A. Ney -NEW Audio Commentary for THE RAGING TIDE by Film Historian David Del Valle and Producer Miles Hunter -Theatrical Trailers for SINGAPORE and THE RAGING TIDE -Optional English Subtitles

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Decorated Marine Major Benson Winifred Payne is discharged when peace breaks out, and civilian life defeats him. He is thrown back into uniform as the commander of a hopeless Junior ROTC unit at Madison Academy - and treats the cadets like recruits.

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Another frightening film from the mind of Robert Bloch, author of Psycho Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor, reteaming for their first film following their divorce(!), star in this intense thriller about a wealthy widow who is haunted by her husband and seduced by a handsome stranger: all in her dreams. Following the death of her millionaire husband, Howard (Hayden Rorke), Irene Trent (Stanwyck) endures dreams so real and terrifying, that she finds herself trapped in an eerie world existing between fact and fantasy. Isolated from the world by her husband’s possessive nature, Irene feels there is no one she can turn to except for his personal attorney (Taylor), the only visitor Howard ever allowed to the house. But even as her dreams begin to take vivid shape, Irene begins to walk into a very real nightmare of deception, murder and betrayal.

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In a future world shaped by mind control and Cold War paranoia, a scientist enters the subconscious of a captured enemy agent and uncovers a conspiracy with devastating global stakes.

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Disc 2 (the Blu-ray disc) contains the feature film plus the set's extras: audio commentary by Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw, the video essay 'No Words for the Dead: Reanimating William Castle, Visual Language and The Path to Shanks' by Daniel Kremer, the archival interview 'Marcel Marceau on Shanks', radio spots, and the TV spot. Malcolm Shanks, a deaf-mute puppeteer browbeaten by his sister and her drunken husband, finds his only happiness in his puppets. When the eccentric inventor Dr. Baker hires him as an assistant and then dies suddenly, Shanks discovers the doctor's electrode technique can reanimate corpses — and begins applying it himself. William Castle's final film blends quirky fantasy with character-driven horror in one of the strangest works of his career.

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Malcolm Shanks, a deaf-mute puppeteer browbeaten by his sister and her drunken husband, finds his only happiness in his puppets. When the eccentric inventor Dr. Baker hires him as an assistant and then dies suddenly, Shanks discovers the doctor's electrode technique can reanimate corpses — and begins applying it himself. William Castle's final film blends quirky fantasy with character-driven horror in one of the strangest works of his career.

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Banker Andy Dufresne, sentenced to life at Shawshank prison for the murders of his wife and her lover, puts his accounting skills to work for the prison's amoral warden and, during his long tenure inside, becomes admired by the other inmates — above all Red, the prisoner who becomes his closest friend.

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This collection features three film noir classics. SINGAPORE (1947) – Adventure and romance in the city of intrigue! The irresistible duo of Fred MacMurray (Double Indemnity, The Apartment) and Ava Gardner (The Killers, On the Beach) star in this exotic film noir from director John Brahm (The Lodger, Hangover Square). In pre-war Singapore, Matt Gordon (MacMurray) falls in love with the beautiful Linda Grahame (Gardner), but loses contact with her when the Japanese attack. Five years later, he returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls and accidentally reconnects with Linda, now married to rich planter Van Leyden (Roland Culver, Dead of Night) and suffering from amnesia. Meanwhile, the sinister Mauribus (Thomas Gomez, Key Largo) schemes to steal Matt’s pearls. Richard Haydn (The Emperor Waltz), Spring Byington (I’ll Be Seeing You), Porter Hall (The General Died at Dawn) and Philip Ahn (China) round out the cast of this exciting, romantic noir. JOHNNY STOOL PIGEON (1949) – They cracked the back of the world’s blackest racket! A cop! A dame! A killer! Cult filmmaker William Castle, the macabre mastermind behind House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler, 13 Ghosts and Let’s Kill Uncle, delivers a different kind of shadowy suspense story with Johnny Stool Pigeon. Howard Duff (Woman in Hiding) is San Francisco-based Treasury agent George Morton, who goes undercover to break up a narcotics ring. Dan Duryea (Scarlet Street) is Johnny Evans, a convict in Alcatraz who makes a deal with George, becoming the titular “stool pigeon.” Shelley Winters (Larceny) is the ringleader’s feisty moll who gets involved in the sting. It’s cops versus smugglers in Castle’s hardboiled film noir that co-stars John McIntire (An Act of Murder), Leif Erickson (The Lady Gambles) and Tony Curtis (The Midnight Story) in an early role as a mute killer. THE RAGING TIDE (1951) – Not even the fury of the lashing sea…could match the raging passions that bound them! A San Francisco gangster is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin (Richard Conte, Cry of the City), who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lieutenant Kelsey (Stephen McNally, The Lady Gambles) in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat, where skipper Hamil Linder (Charles Bickford, Duel in the Sun) receives Bruno kindly. Later, Bruno enlists Hamil’s son Carl (Alex Nicol, Because of You) to do his dirty work offshore, but things turn sour when Carl takes an interest in Bruno’s girl Connie (Shelley Winters, He Ran All the Way). An exhilarating, stormy climax highlights this unique seafaring noir from prolific director George Sherman (Larceny, The Sleeping City) and ace cinematographer Russell Metty (The Stranger, Touch of Evil). Special Features: -Brand New 2K Masters -NEW Audio Commentary for SINGAPORE by Film Historian Kat Ellinger and Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin -NEW Audio Commentary for JOHNNY STOOL PIGEON by Professor and Film Scholar Jason A. Ney -NEW Audio Commentary for THE RAGING TIDE by Film Historian David Del Valle and Producer Miles Hunter -Theatrical Trailers for SINGAPORE and THE RAGING TIDE -Optional English Subtitles

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Three ghosts play pranks on a couple and their teen-age son renting a house in New England.

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Film legend Joan Crawford gives a terrific performance in this chiller from pioneer horror movie producer William Castle. Crawford plays Lucy Harbin, a woman who goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. With her three-year-old daughter accidentally witnessing the grisly act, Lucy axes the couple to death. She spends twenty years in a mental institution for the double murder. After she is released, she moves in with her brother (Leif Erickson), his wife and her own daughter (Diane Baker), now twenty-three. Her nightmare is over…or is it? When a spate of ax murders start occurring suddenly in the neighborhood, police think Lucy has reverted to her old ways. The truth is finally revealed in a rousing, blood-chilling finale. Bonus Content: Audio Commentary with Film Historians Steve Haberman, David J. Schow, and Constantine Nasr Joan Had Me Fired - An Interview with Anne Helm On the Road with Joan Crawford - An Interview with Publicist Richard Kahn Battle-Ax: The Making of Strait-Jacket Joan Crawford Costume and Makeup Tests Ax-Swinging Screen Test Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery

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Psycho-Biddy! Warning: Prepare to reach your Shock-Limit! The original scream queen delivers in two classic campy thrillers from the '60s, STRAIT-JACKET and BERSERK. STRAIT-JACKET Movie queen Joan Crawford (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) gives a terrific performance in this chiller from pioneer horror movie producer William Castle. Lucy Harbin (Crawford) goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. Lucy axes the couple to death and spends twenty years in a mental institution for murder. After she is released, she moves in with family and hopes her nightmare is over... but a string of ax murders suddenly start occurring in the neighborhood and police think Lucy has reverted to her old ways. BERSERK Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce) stars as Monica Rivers, the owner of a traveling circus plagued by a series of mysterious deaths. When a high-wire performer becomes the first victim, he is replaced by an even more daring aerialist who begins a romance with Monica. Their relationship draws envy from her business manager who is the brutal killer's next victim. As the police begin to investigate, bigger audiences flock to the show. The mystery swirls as a cast of suspects and motives rage with jealousy and revenge.

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Look out for the Tingler! Vincent Price stars as an obsessed doctor who discovers that fear manifests itself as a parasitic creature, which grows on the spinal cords of terrified people. If they scream, the Tingler can be destroyed. If they don't, it will sever the spinal column and kill them. He successfully isolates and removes the Tingler from a deaf mute (Judith Evelyn) who has been scared to death by her devious husband. Once captured, the Tingler escapes and runs amok in a crowded movie theater. Terror is loose, but can it be stopped? The Tingler is legendary horror director William Castle's magnum opus. After the success of House on Haunted Hill, Castle devised a new gimmick called "Percepto." Participating theaters would wire seats so that random moviegoers would get a tangible electric shock during climactic moments in the film. Another novelty used to maximum effect is the short color sequence depicting blood pouring from a faucet and filling a bathtub. Castle went on to direct more cult classics like Homicidal and 13 Ghosts and later produced the mainstream hit Rosemary's Baby. Bonus Content: Audio Commentary by Author/Historian Steve Haberman I Survived The Tingler - An Interview with Pamela Lincoln Unleashing "Percepto" - An Interview with Publicist Barry Lorie Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and "The Tingler" - Vintage Featurette William Castle's Drive-In "Scream!" Audio Original "Scream" Scene The Original 1959 Theatre Lobby Recording Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery

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Get ready for more thrills and chills! Volume 6 of the Universal Horror Collection includes four tales of terror from the archives of Universal Pictures, the true home of classic horror. Boris Karloff stars as a doctor who risks his own life to save the captives of a mad count in The Black Castle. Vengeance is sworn against six men who witness a ceremony where beautiful women turn into serpents in Cult of the Cobra. In The Thing That Couldn't Die, when a young psychic discovers a box that contains the living head of an executed devil worshiper…heads will roll! A cat witnesses the murder of her owner…and this cat is hell-bent on revenge in The Shadow of the Cat. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - The Black Castle: 2K Scan from a Fine Grain Film Element Audio Commentary with Author/Film Historian Tom Weaver Universal Horror Strikes Back! - A Look at Universal Horror in the 40s Still Gallery Disc 2 - Cult of the Cobra: 2K Scan from a Fine Grain Film Element Audio Commentary with Film Historians Tom Weaver, Steve Kronenberg, David Schecter, and Robert J. Kiss Theatrical Trailer TV Spots for the Double Feature of Revenge of the Creature/Cult of the Cobra Still Gallery Disc 3 - The Thing That Couldn't Die: 2K Scan from a Fine Grain Film Element Audio Commentary by Authors/Film Historians Tom Weaver and C. Courtney Joyner Theatrical Trailer Disc 4 - The Shadow of the Cat: 2K Scan from a Fine Grain Film Element Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Bruce G. Hallenbeck In the Shadow of Shelley - An Interview with Barbara Shelley TV Spot for the Double Feature of The Curse of the Werewolf/The Shadow of the Cat Still Gallery

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Disc 4 contains House on Haunted Hill (1959), accompanied by the featurette 'Vincent Price: Renaissance Man' and a trailer reel for The Vincent Price Collection. Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren and his fourth wife, Annabelle, have invited five people to the house on Haunted Hill for a 'haunted house' party: whoever can stay in the house for one night will earn ten thousand dollars. As the night progresses, the guests find themselves trapped inside with ghosts, murderers and other terrors.

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13 Ghosts: The Zorba family is in dire financial straits, their furniture being repossessed, when they inherit Cyrus's late uncle's mansion — a house a Ouija board confirms is haunted by thirteen ghosts. Can the family survive the terror that lingers within its walls? 13 Frightened Girls!: At a prestigious academy for the daughters of powerful men, Candace — the daughter of an important U.S. diplomat — starts snooping to protect her father's job, finds a body in a meat locker, and, signing her tips 'Kitten,' grooms herself into a world-renowned young spy, in deep and in plenty of danger.

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Homicidal: A woman calling herself 'Miriam Webster' offers a young bellboy $2,000 to marry her — and murders the justice of the peace the moment the ceremony is done. She is really Emily, secretly married to Warren, and Miriam and her man Karl slowly piece together the shocking truth behind Emily and Warren's marriage and the large inheritance hanging in the balance. Mr. Sardonicus: Dr. Robert Cargrave, one of London's most accomplished physicians, is summoned to a remote central-European estate, where his long-lost love Maude is married to the mysterious Baron Sardonicus — a man hideously disfigured by a severe shock, who has called on London's finest doctor to cure him and will go to any lengths to get what he wants.