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A Star is Born (1937)

African Queen, The (1951)

Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Autumn Leaves (1956)

Baby Face (1933)

Ball of Fire (1941)

Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)

Beauty For The Asking (1939)

Belle of New York, The (1952)

Big Parade, The (1925)

Big Street, The (1942)

Bogie & Bacall Signature Collection, The

Brothers Warner, The (2008 Documentary)

Camille (1936)

Captain Hates the Sea, The (1934)

Charlie Chan Collection, The

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Command Decision (1948)

Date With Judy, A (1948)

Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)

Desperate Hours, The (1955)

Errol Flynn Signature Collection Vol. 2, The

Esther Williams Collection Vol. 2, The

File on Thelma Jordon, The (1950)

Film Noir Classics Collection Vol. 4, The

Film Noir Classics Collection Vol. 5, The

Forbidden Hollywood Collection, The

Forbidden Hollywood Collection Vol. 2, The

Forever, Darling (1956)

Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly Collection, The

Freaks (1932)

Gary Cooper Signature Collection, The

Gilda (1946)

Going Hollywood (1933)

Here Come the Nelsons (1952)

Humphrey Bogart Signature Collection Vol. 1, The

Humphrey Bogart Signature Collection Vol. 2, The

Italian Straw Hat, The (1927)

James Cagney Signature Collection, The

Joan Crawford Collection, Vol. 2, The

Joe McDoakes Collection, The

Literary Classics Collection, The

London After Midnight (1927)

Lucille Ball Film Collection, The

Madame Curie (1943)

Man Who Laughs, The (1928)

Marlon Brando Collection, The

Max Fleischer's Superman (1941-1942)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Merry Widow, The (1925)

Midnight (1939)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mister Roberts (1955)

Monte Cristo (1922)

Nosferatu (1922)

No Time For Sergeants (1958)

Our Gang Collection, The (1938-1944)

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

Quiet Man, The (1952)

Quo Vadis (1951)

Red Skelton Whistling Collection, The

Robert Mitchum Signature Collection, The

Ronald Reagan Signature Collection, The

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

Sabrina (1954)

Sadie McKee (1934)

Seven Men From Now (1956)

Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933)

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

South Pacific (1958)

Spring Fever (1927)

Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946)

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Stratton Story, The (1949)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Superman 1948 & 1950 Theatrical Serials Collection, The

Third Man on the Mountain (1959)

Three on a Match (1932)

Triumph (1917)

Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Up Periscope (1959)

Warner Gangsters Collection Vol. 4, The

What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)

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Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood

On the motion picture screen, Hollywood star Warren William (1894-1948) was a magnificent rogue, often deliciously immoral and utterly callous, yet remarkably likable in his wickedness. Off-screen, the actor was as humble and retiring as his film characters were mean and heartless. This biography examines Williams life and career in detail, from his rural Minnesota roots through his service in World War I, his Broadway stage success, and his meteoric rise and gradual fall from Hollywood fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Also analyzed are his film persona and the curious mechanisms by which our culture "selects" certain film personalities to remember and others to forget. Featured is a wealth of biographical material never before available, including rare candid photos of Williams early years. Interviews with his surviving nieces provide intimate family details and personal remembrances. John Stangeland has been a free-lance comic book artist for Marvel, DC, Image, Comico, Malibu and Now Comics. He owns and operates Atlas Comics, a comic book store in Norridge, Illinois. Click HERE to order!

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