On 23 September in the UK, Indicator will present four star-studded classics from Hollywood's Golden Age, including comic crime caper You and Me, romantic melodrama When Tomorrow Comes, scintillating musical You'll Never Get Rich, and screwball comedy The Lady is Willing.
YOU AND ME (1938)
Blu-ray (UK premiere) | 23 September 2024 | £16.99
Sylvia Sidney (An American Tragedy), George Raft (Spawn of the North), and Harry Carey (The Long Gray Line) head up the cast of this powerful film from the great Fritz Lang (Ministry of Fear).
When ex-convict Joe (Raft) gets a job in a department store, he falls in love with his co-worker Helen (Sidney) and, even though the rules of their employment strictly forbid it, the two secretly are married. However, when he discovers that Helen has been hiding the fact that she is also an ex-con, Joe becomes enraged and decides to rob the store, putting their relationship in jeopardy.
With a screenplay by Virginia Van Upp (Affair in Trinidad) and Norman Krasna (Fury), as well as music by the legendary Kurt Weill (The Threepenny Opera), You and Me is a unique mix of crime thriller and romantic comedy which confounded audience expectations at the time of its release, but which has become a critical favourite in the decades since.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- 2K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns (2024)
- Lucy Bolton on Sylvia Sidney (2024): the academic discusses the life and lengthy film career of the stage and screen actor
- David Huckvale on Kurt Weill (2024): the author and musicologist discusses the film's unique musical score
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Farran Smith Nehme, an archival interview with Fritz Lang conducted by Peter Bogdanovich, an archival interview with screenwriter Norman Krasna, a contemporary profile of Lang, and film credits
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK
All extras subject to change
WHEN TOMORROW COMES (1939)
Blu-ray (UK premiere) | 23 September 2024 | £16.99
Following the runaway success of Love Affair, Irene Dunne (The Awful Truth) and Charles Boyer (A Woman's Vengeance) were reunited for When Tomorrow Comes, a heartbreaking romantic melodrama.
Despite differences of class and politics, concert pianist Philip (Boyer) falls in love with waitress Helen (Dunne), and they embark on a torrid romance. However, Helen soon finds that Philip is hiding something from her...
Directed by John M Stahl (Leave Her to Heaven) and based on a story by James M Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice), When Tomorrow Comes was later remade by Douglas Sirk as Interlude, and stands as a classic of the so-called 'Women's Picture' genre.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- 2K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2024)
- Geoff Andrew on When Tomorrow Comes (2024): the writer and critic assesses the film and places it within the career of director John M Stahl
- The Mark of Cain (2024): video essay comparing When Tomorrow Comes to Douglas Sirk's 1957 adaptation of the same James M Cain short story
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, an archival interview with John M Stahl, a look at author James M Cain's reaction to the film, archival pieces in which actors Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer each profile their co-star, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK
All extras subject to change
YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH (1941)
Blu-ray (UK premiere) | 23 September 2024 | £16.99
Following his immortal collaborations with Ginger Rogers and Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire was paired with an up-and-coming Rita Hayworth for You'll Never Get Rich, a brilliant musical comedy with songs by Cole Porter.
When womanising impresario Martin (Robert Benchley, Foreign Correspondent) tasks choreographer Robert (Astaire, Top Hat) with helping him woo headstrong dancer Sheila (Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai), a series of comic misunderstandings – involving Martin's wife (Frieda Inescort, Pride and Prejudice) and Sheila's fiancé (John Hubbard, Bullfighter and the Lady) – results in Robert running away to join the Army... for his own safety!
Directed by Sidney Lanfield (The Hound of the Baskervilles), You'll Never Get Rich was credited with reviving Astaire's career and elevating Hayworth to stardom.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historian Peter Tonguette (2024)
- Christina Newland on Rita Hayworth(2024): the critic and writer discusses the career of the iconic performer
- Fred Astaire's Approach to Filmmaking(1985): archival audio recording of a lecture delivered by John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing: The Films of Fred Astaire, at the National Film Theatre, London
- Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Rick Burin, an archival interview with Rita Hayworth, extracts from an archival profile of Fred Astaire, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK
All extras subject to change
THE LADY IS WILLING (1942)
Blu-ray (World premiere) | 23 September 2024 | £16.99
Hollywood legends Marlene Dietrich (Blonde Venus) and Fred MacMurray (Pushover) collide in the screwball comedy classic The Lady Is Willing.
Eccentric Broadway star Liza Madden (Dietrich) longs to become a mother but has no need for a husband. When she stumbles across an abandoned baby, she resolves to adopt it, entering into a marriage of convenience with child-hating, rabbit-obsessed divorcé Dr McBain (MacMurray).
Directed by Mitchell Leisen (Remember the Night) and scripted by James Edward Grant (Bullfighter and the Lady), The Lady Is Willing also includes memorable supporting turns from Stanley Ridges (An Act of Murder), Aline MacMahon (One Way Passage), and Arline Judge (An American Tragedy).
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film and arts critic Peter Tonguette (2024)
- Richard Dyer on The Lady Is Willing (2024): the academic and author discusses the film and Marlene Dietrich's work as a comedy performer
- Lux Radio Theatre: 'The Lady Is Willing' (1943): radio play adaptation of the film's screenplay, starring Kay Francis and George Brent
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Iris Veysey, an archival interview with Marlene Dietrich, an archival profile of director Mitchell Leisen, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- World premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK
All extras subject to change |
