George Stevens on DVD: GUNGA DIN, I REMEMBER MAMA
On December 7, Warner Home Video releases for the first time on DVD four titles by (or about) Academy Award-winning director George Stevens:
- Gunga Din (right, 1939), an adventure tale with Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Joan Fontaine
- I Remember Mama (1948), an effective family drama with Oscar-nominated Irene Dunne delivering one of the best performances of her remarkable career
- George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (2004), directed by George Stevens, Jr.
- George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey (1985), an entertaining and informative documentary also directed by Stevens Jr.
Other George Stevens titles already available on DVD are:
- Giant (two-disc set), a 1956 oil epic for which Stevens won his second best director Oscar (the first came in 1951 for A Place in the Sun)
- Woman of the Year (1942), the first pairing of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, who was nominated for an Academy Award
- Alice Adams (1935), which boasts another Oscar-nominated Hepburn performance
Suggested retail price will be $19.97 for each of the new releases.
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Tags: Cary Grant, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, DVDs, George Stevens, George Stevens Jr, George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey, Gunga Din, I Remember Mama, Irene Dunne, Joan Fontaine
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