Universal Noir Volume 2 Limited Edition Blu-Ray

Original release dates: 1945 - 1949

Synopsis

"LADY ON A TRAIN (1945, Charles David)

TIME OUT OF MIND (1947, Robert Siodmak)

SINGAPORE (1947, John Brahm)

A Woman's Revenge (1948, Zoltán Korda)

A MURDER (1948, Michael Gordon)

THE OLD LADY (1949, Michael Gordon)

Universal Noir #2 - the second in Indicator's series of box sets focusing on Universal Pictures' famous film noir productions - contains six crime classics from Hollywood's golden age.

Starring the best American and British actors - including Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Phyllis Calvert, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Fredric March, and Barbara Stanwyck—these dark and dangerous dramas contain witnesses to murder (Lady on a Train), family breakdown (Time Out of Mind), memory loss and smuggling (Singapore), murderous infidelity (A Woman's Vengeance), mercy killing (An Act of Murder), and gambling addiction (The Lady Gambles).

This indispensable collection marks the British Blu-ray premiere of all six films and also includes a range of fascinating extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critics' reviews, rare archive footage, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered copies."

Extras "INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES

High Definition presentations of Lady on a Train, Time Out of Mind, Singapore, A Woman's Vengeance, An Act of Murder, and The Lady Gambles

Original mono audio

Audio commentary with critics and writers Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme on Lady on a Train (2023)

Audio commentary with film historian Adrian Martin on Time Out of Mind (2023)

Audio commentary with screenwriter and author Kelly Goodner and filmmaker and film historian Jim Hemphill on Singapore (2023)

Audio commentary with author and film historian Pamela Hutchinson on The Lady Gambles (2023)

Jose Arroyo on Time Out of Mind (2023): the writer and academic discusses the film

Neil Sinyard on A Woman's Vengeance (2023): an in-depth appreciation by the writer and film historian

Christina Newland on Ava Gardner (2023): The author and critic discusses the famous actress's noir persona. Wings Up (1943): World War II propaganda film starring The Lady Gambles star Robert Preston alongside Hollywood legends Clark Gable, Gilbert Roland, and William Holden

Reward Unlimited (1944): A dramatized short film about the training of nurses during World War II, directed by Jacques Tourner and starring Singapore actress Spring Byington. The Library of Congress (1945): short documentary film, made as part of the film series The American Scene, with Ralph Bellamy from Lady on a Train as narrator

French Town... (1945): short documentary portraying a French town after liberation, narrated by Cedric Hardwicke, actor in A Woman's Vengeance

Welcome Home (1945): short documentary about returning soldiers after the end of World War II, narrated by Fredric March, star of An Act of Murder

With This Ring (1954): Dramatized commercial for Miller Brewing Company, directed by John Brahm

Moll Mystery Theatre: "The Gioconda Smile" (1945): radio play based on Aldous Huxley's short story, later reworked into A Woman's Vengeance

Lux Radio Theatre: "Singapore" (1947): radio adaptation of the film script, with Fred MacMurray and Ava Gardner in their original roles

Cinematic trailers

Image galleries: advertising and marketing material

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Exclusive 120-page limited edition book with new essays by Ellen Wright, Paul Duane, Philip Kemp, Tara Judah, Imogen Sara Smith, and Iris Veysey, extensive archival articles and interviews, new texts about the various short films, and film credits

Limited edition box set of 6,000 individually numbered copies for the UK

All bonus material is subject to change

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