| Description |
3 videodiscs (412 min.) : sound, chiefly black and white with 1 color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVDs; standard presentation; dual-layer format; Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
English with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. |
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English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from set container. |
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Doctor X originally released as a motion picture in 1932; The return of Doctor X originally released as a motion picture in 1939; Mark of the vampire originally released as a motion picture in 1935; The mask of Fu Manchu originally released as a motion picture in 1932; Mad love originally released as a motion picture in 1935; The devil-doll originally released as a motion picture in 1936. |
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Special features: include commentaries and trailers. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Various personal production credits. |
| Performer |
Major players for Doctor X: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray; major players for The return of Doctor X: Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, Humphrey Bogart; major players for Mark of the vampire: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Jean Hersholt; major players for The mask of Fu Manchu: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt; major players for Mad love: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy; major players for The devil-doll: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton. |
| Contents |
Doctor X (76 min.) / First National Pictures ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; screen play by Robert Tasker & Earl Baldwin -- The return of Doctor X (62 min.) / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. ; a First National Picture ; screen play by Lee Katz ; directed by Vincent Sherman -- Mark of the vampire (60 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Tod Browning's production ; screen play by Guy Endore and Bernard Schubert -- The mask of Fu Manchu (68 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; a Cosmopolitan Production ; directed by Charles Brabin ; screen play by Irene Kuhn, Edgar Allan Woolf, and John Willard -- Mad love (68 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; directed by Karl Freund ; produced by John W. Considine ; adaptation by Guy Endore ; screen play by P.J. Wolfson and John L. Balderston -- The devil-doll (78 min.) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; a Tod Browning production ; screen play by Garrett Fort, Guy Endore, and Eric Von Stroheim ; story by Tod Browning. |
| Summary |
Plot for Doctor X: A monster lurks as a New York newspaperman investigates one of the "Moon Killer" murders in which victims are strangled, cannibalized, and surgically incised under the light of the full moon; plot for The return of Doctor X: A New York journalist finds himself out of a job when the actress that he reports as dead shows up alive and threatening to sue his newspaper; plot for Mark of the vampire: Local villagers believe a vampire is killing residents; plot for The mask of Fu Manchu: An infamous Asian mastermind and his diabolical daughter raid the tomb of Genghis Khan; plot for Mad love: An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her pianist husband's wounded hands with those of a murderer; plot for The devil-doll: A Paris banker framed for robbery and murder escapes from prison with a scientist. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: G (Mark of the vampire, The mask of Fu Manchu); others not rated. |
| Terms Of Use |
For private home use only. |
| Genre |
DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films.
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Horror films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962.
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Tasker, Robert.
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Baldwin, Earl, 1901-1970.
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Comstock, Howard Warren.
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Miller, Allen C.
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Atwill, Lionel, 1885-1946.
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Wray, Fay, 1907-2004.
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Sherman, Vincent.
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Katz, Lee.
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Makin, William J. (William James), 1894-
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Morris, Wayne, 1914-1959.
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Lane, Rosemary, 1913-1974.
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Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957.
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Browning, Tod, 1880-1962.
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Endore, S. Guy, 1900-1970.
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Schubert, Bernard.
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Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954.
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Allan, Elizabeth, 1908-1990.
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Lugosi, Bela, 1882-1956.
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Brabin, Charles J., 1883-1957.
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Kuhn, Irene, 1900-
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Woolf, Edgar Allan.
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Willard, John, 1885-1942.
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Rohmer, Sax, 1883-1959.
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Karloff, Boris, 1887-1969.
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Stone, Lewis, 1879-1953.
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Morley, Karen.
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Freund, Karl, 1890-1969.
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Wolfson, P. J. (Pincus Jacob), 1903-1979.
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Balderston, John L. (John Lloyd), 1889-1954.
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Renard, Maurice, 1875-1939.
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Lorre, Peter.
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Fort, Garrett.
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Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957.
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Merritt, Abraham, 1884-1943.
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O'Sullivan, Maureen, 1911-1998.
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First National Pictures, Inc.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Cosmopolitan Productions.
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Turner Entertainment Co.
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Warner Bros. Entertainment.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Six masterworks of terror |
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Devil-doll (Motion picture)
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Doctor X (Motion picture)
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Mad love (Motion picture)
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Mark of the vampire (Motion picture)
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Mask of Fu Manchu (Motion picture)
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Return of Doctor X (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781419835155 (set) |
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1419835157 (set) |
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9781419834882 |
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1419834886 |
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9781419834899 |
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1419834894 |
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9781419834905 |
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1419834908 |
| Standard No. |
012569792876 |
| Music No. |
79287 Warner Home Video (set) |
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79278 Warner Home Video |
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79279 Warner Home Video |
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79280 Warner Home Video |
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