Description:

• 4 videodiscs (279 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
• digital optical mono Dolby Digital
• videodisc
• DVD
• video file DVD video
• polychrome

Target Audience Note: Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated.

Notes:

• "Four pre-code classics including The road to Singapore, High pressure, Private detective 62, The key"--Container.
• Road to Singapore originally released as a motion picture in 1931. High pressure originally released as a motion picture in 1932. Private detective 62 originally released as a motion picture in 1933. The key originally released as a motion picture in 1934.
• Road to Singapore: based on a play by Roland Pertwee from a story by Denise Robins.
• High pressure: based on play Hot money by Aben Kandel.
• Private detective 62: based on a story by Raoul Whitfield.
• The key: based on play by R. Gore-Browne and J.L. Hardy.
• "These discs are expected to play back in DVD video 'play only' devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container.
• Special features include trailers.
• Road to Singapore: cinematography, Robert Kurrle; editor, William Holmes. High pressure: cinematography, Robert Kurrle; editor, Ralph Dawson. High pressure: cinematography, Tony Gaudio; editor, Harold McLernon. The key: cinematography, Ernest Haller; editor, Thomas Richards.
• Road to Singapore: William Powell, Doris Kenyon, Marian Marsh.
• High pressure: William Powell, Evelyn Brent, George Sidney.
• Private detective 62: William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly.
• The key: William Powell, Edna Best, Colin Clive.
• DVD, NTSC, region 1fullscreen (1.37:1); Dolby Digital monophonic.

Contents:

• Disc one. Road to Singapore / screenplay and dialogue by J. Grubb Alexander ; directed by Alfred E. Green
• Disc two. High pressure / screen version by Joseph Jackson ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy
• Disc three. Private detective 62 / screenplay by Rian James ; directed by Michael Curtiz
• Disc four. Key / screenplay by Laird Doyle ; directed by Michael Curtiz.

Control Number: 3259474

UPC: 883316847749

Series:

• Archive collection.
• WB Home Entertainment Group archive collection

Subjects:

• Bachelors -- Drama.
• Dublin (Ireland) -- Drama.
• Gore Browne, Robert -- Film adaptations.
• Hardy, J. L. (Jocelyn Lee), 1894-1958 -- Film adaptations.
• Investments -- Drama.
• Kandel, Aben, 1896-1993 -- Film adaptations.
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
• Married women -- Drama.
• Nineteen twenties -- Drama.
• Pertwee, Roland, 1885-1963 -- Film adaptations.
• Private investigators -- Drama.
• Promoters -- Drama.
• Robins, Denise, 1897-1985 -- Film adaptations.
• Socialites -- Drama.
• Whitfield, Raoul -- Film adaptations.

Genre:

• Comedy films.
• Drama.
• Feature films.
• Fiction films.
• Film adaptations.
• Romance films.
• Video recordings.

Other Authors:

• Best, Edna, 1900-1974, actor.
• Brent, Evelyn, 1899-1975, actress.
• Clive, Colin, 1900-1937, actor.
• Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962, film director.
• Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982, actress.
• Green, Alfred E., 1889-1960, film director.
• Hardy, J. L. (Jocelyn Lee), 1894-1958, author.
• Kenyon, Doris, 1897-1979, actress.
• LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987, film director.
• Lindsay, Margaret, 1910-1981, actress.
• Marsh, Marian, 1913-2006, actress.
• Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Gore Browne, Robert. Key.
• Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Kandel, Aben, 1896-1993. Hot money.
• Motion picture adaptation of (work): Pertwee, Roland, 1885-1963. Road to Singapore.
• Motion picture adaptation of (work): Whitfield, Raoul. Private detective 62.
• Powell, William, 1892-1984, actor.
• Robins, Denise, 1897-1985, author.
• Sidney, George, 1877-1945, actor.