Frank Capra [Digipak with 2 DVD's]

Film masterpieces feature a collection that brings together 4 classics from one of the great directors in movie history: FRANK CAPRA! All directed during the Hollywood Pre-Code period. Including the first version of "Lady for the Day", refilmed by him in 1961. From this film, Capra began to adopt her "optimistic style", which is strongly present in her later films. Limited edition on digipak with 2 DVD's and 4 cards. Disc01: Lady for a Day (1933, 1.33: 1, Black and White, 96min.) Main Cast: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee. Apple Annie is a street seller who needs to impersonate as a lady of society when she receives her visit from her daughter, who she hasn't seen in a long time, because she's engaged to a rich man. Friend Dave, a refined and successful man, does everything to help Apple. The Forbidden Woman (Forbidden, 1932, 1.33:1, Black and White, 85min.) Main Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy. On a cruise in Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Upon returning home, she breaks the romance when he reveals he's married. Lulu has a son with Bob but doesn't tell him that, who is currently a rising politician. The two keep in touch and things get more complicated when the editor of a newspaper where Lulu works also falls in love with her. Disc02: General Yen's Last Tea (The Bitter Tea of General Yen, 1932, 1.33:1, Black and White, 87min.) Main Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori. During the Chinese Civil War, shortly after they saved the children from an orphanage, Megan Evans and his fiance Strike, are separated by a crowd at a train station. Without being able to resist, the American missionary is abducted by General Yen, the dictatorial leader the revolution tries to overthrow, and little by little, a relationship of love and hate between the two is born. The Miraculous Woman (The Miracle Woman, 1931, 1.33: 1, Black and White, 90min.) Main Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy. Inspired by the real story of Aimee Semple McPherson. Disappointed by the neglect of the church where his father preached for his current state of health, Florence feeds a bitterness and a cynical attitude towards religion. Using her natural gift for preaching she joins a man and begins to forge a series of miracles. Her lack of faith is put to the test when a blind man says she saved her life.

• Indicative classification: 12 years
• Dolby Digital 2.0
• Screen Format: 1.33:1
• Black & White
• Introduction of "Lady for a Day"; Introduction to "The Miraculous Woman"; The Restoration of "Lady for a Day"; Interview with Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard