Olive has announced three more John Wayne films for standard DVD/Blu-ray, for release on May 28.
Dark Command (DVD/Blu-Ray) (1940)
Starring: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Porter Hall, Marjorie Main, Raymond Walburn, Joe Sawyer, Helen MacKellar, J. Farrell MacDonald, Trevor Bardette
Director:Raoul Walsh
Genre:Blu-Ray, Westerns
Year:1940
Studio:Olive Films
Length: 94 minutes
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Rating: NR
Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Misc: NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White
Language: English(Original Language)
SYNOPSIS:
From the star and director of The Big Trail.
In this pre-civil war saga – a Confederate renegade William Cantrell (Walter Pidgeon) clashes with the new Kansas City marshal, Bob Seton (John Wayne). Their mutual ill towards each other peaks when Cantrell steals Seton’s girl, Marie McCloud (Claire Trevor), manipulating her into marriage to get even with Seton. Marie starts to question her decision when Seton exposes Cantrell and his guerrillas as war profiteers who’ve been raiding both Union and Confederate lines.
The star-studded cast includes Roy Rogers as Marie’s younger brother and George “Gabby” Hayes as Seton’s best friend. Beautifully directed by legendary director Raoul Walsh (Pursued). Academy Awards nominee for Best Art Direction (John Victor Mackay) and Best Original Score (Victor Young).
In Old California (DVD/Blu-Ray) (1942)
Starring: John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Helen Parrish, Patsy Kelly, Edgar Kennedy, Dick Purcell, Harry Shannon, Charles Halton, Emmett Lynn, Robert McKenzie, Milton Kibbee, Paul Sutton, Anne O'Neal
Director:William C. McGann
Genre:Blu-Ray, Westerns
Year:1942Studio:Olive Films
Length: 88 minutes
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Rating: NR Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Misc: NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White
Language: English(Original Language)
SYNOPSIS:
John Wayne plays Tom Craig, an ambitious pharmacist who moves into a brawling frontier town in the gold-rush days of California. He soon locks horns with the local crime lord, Britt Dawson (Albert Dekker), who has become wealthy from forced tributes levied on the townspeople.
Irate and incensed, Tom trades his pestle for a pistol and leads the settlers in a revolt against the corrupt gunmen and their unfair taxes. The stellar cast includes Binnie Barnes, Helen Parrish, Patsy Kelly and Edgar Kennedy. Directed by William C. McGann (Illegal).
Lady from Louisiana (DVD/Blu-Ray) (1941)
Starring: John Wayne, Ona Munson, Ray Middleton, Henry Stephenson, Helen Westley, Jack Pennick, Dorothy Dandridge, Shimen Ruskin, Jacqueline Dalya
Director:Bernard Vorhaus
Genre:Blu-Ray, Drama
Year:1941
Studio:Olive FilmsLength: 83 minutes
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Rating: NR
Format: DVD/Blu-ray
Misc: NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White
Language: English(Original Language)
SYNOPSIS:
Northern Lawyer John Reynolds (John Wayne) goes up against the lottery racket in 1880 corrupt Louisiana.
While on the riverboat to New Orleans, he meets and falls in love with Southern Belle, Julie (Ona Munson), General Anatole Mirbeau’s beautiful daughter. The General (Henry Stephenson) and his right-hand man Blackburn ‘Blackie’ Williams (Ray Middleton) run the popular Louisiana State Lottery Company, which support illegal activities and brothels while corrupting judges and other city officials. The battle between the men are complicated with Reynolds’ love for the General’s daughter and interrupted by torrential rain storms that breaks the levees, floods the city and threatens to destroy the city of New Orleans.
Stylishly directed by Bernard Vorhaus who had previously directed John Wayne in the memorable drama, Three Faces West. Includes an early performance by Dorothy Dandridge (Carmen Jones).