Kino Lorber: Three Upcoming Releases Detailed
HomeKino Lorber: Three Upcoming Releases Detailed
Posted July 2, 2020 04:05 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed three upcoming Blu-ray releases: Billy Wilder's Five Graves to Cairo (1943), James Whale's The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933). and Rouben Mamoulian's Love Me Tonight (1932).
Five Graves to Cairo
Synopsis: It's World War II, and British soldier John Bramble (Franchot Tone) is the lone survivor of a brutal battle in Egypt. After wandering through the desert, Bramble finds a remote hotel. There, in order to stay alive, he assumes a false identity. When the famed German general Rommel (Erich von Stroheim), aka the Desert Fox, arrives at the hotel, Bramble realizes he's being taken for a German spy. Can this lowly British soldier turn the tide in the war and foil Germany's plans in North Africa?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Synopsis: From James Whale, the director of Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, Show Boat and The Man in the Iron Mask, comes this daring drama with a touch of the macabre starring Nancy Carroll (Broken Lullaby), Frank Morgan (Fast and Loose), Paul Lukas (The Lady Vanishes) and Gloria Stuart (Titanic). When Walter Bernsdorf (Lukas) kills his wife for having an affair, lawyer Paul Held (Morgan) takes on the case. Suggesting that Walter could be acquitted by means of temporary insanity, Paul not only realizes that this defense may work but that also some of the behavioral patterns Walter's wife showed in regard to her infidelity are appearing in his own wife, Maria (Carroll). Paul realizes that if this defense could work once, it might work a second time. The Kiss Before the Mirror is a riveting pre-Code thriller beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by the great Karl Freund (The Last Laugh, Metropolis, Key Largo).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Love Me Tonight
Five Graves to Cairo
Synopsis: It's World War II, and British soldier John Bramble (Franchot Tone) is the lone survivor of a brutal battle in Egypt. After wandering through the desert, Bramble finds a remote hotel. There, in order to stay alive, he assumes a false identity. When the famed German general Rommel (Erich von Stroheim), aka the Desert Fox, arrives at the hotel, Bramble realizes he's being taken for a German spy. Can this lowly British soldier turn the tide in the war and foil Germany's plans in North Africa?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- NEW Audio Commentary by critic Joseph McBride
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Synopsis: From James Whale, the director of Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, Show Boat and The Man in the Iron Mask, comes this daring drama with a touch of the macabre starring Nancy Carroll (Broken Lullaby), Frank Morgan (Fast and Loose), Paul Lukas (The Lady Vanishes) and Gloria Stuart (Titanic). When Walter Bernsdorf (Lukas) kills his wife for having an affair, lawyer Paul Held (Morgan) takes on the case. Suggesting that Walter could be acquitted by means of temporary insanity, Paul not only realizes that this defense may work but that also some of the behavioral patterns Walter's wife showed in regard to her infidelity are appearing in his own wife, Maria (Carroll). Paul realizes that if this defense could work once, it might work a second time. The Kiss Before the Mirror is a riveting pre-Code thriller beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by the great Karl Freund (The Last Laugh, Metropolis, Key Largo).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Audio Commentary by critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- Trailers
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Love Me Tonight
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Miles Kreuger (Founder and President of the Institute of the American Musical)
- Maurice Chevalier sings "Louise"
- Jeanette MacDonald sings "Love Me tonight" (from the Paramount newsreel series HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE)
- Screenplay Excerpts of Deleted Scenes
- Production Documents and Censorship Records
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature