Stars: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Rex Harrison, George Sanders

Director: John Ford

Summary: Features the Gene Tierney films THUNDER BIRDS, TOBACCO ROAD, LAURA, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN, and THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR.

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Contains five of Gene Tierney's greatest films: Thunder Birds, Tobacco Road, Laura, Leave Her to Heaven and The Ghost and Mrs Muir.

Thunder Birds - While it certainly shows its age, Thunder Birds is still a perfectly entertaining example of the pre-war programmers that Hollywood churned out at the height of World War II. The standard-issue romance is strictly routine, but it gives radiant star Gene Tierney a chance to shine as she juggles the affections of a seasoned pilot trainer (Preston Foster) and a British trainee (John Sutton) who must conquer his fear of heights before earning his wings. --Jeff Shannon, amazon.com

Tobacco Road - Adapted from Jack Kirkland's controversial play (which was itself adapted from Erskine Caldwell's even-more-controversial novel), Tobacco Road details the sordid immorality amongst poor, inbred, white folks. Directed by John Ford, the film focuses on the Lester family, a big, shiftless, backwoods bunch. The family is about to be kicked off their land because they stopped paying rent, but they continually eschew anyone who tries to help them out. Though not as explicit as the novel or stage play, the film was still considered to be sufficiently steamy by audiences at the time.

Laura - This silky smooth film noir pits gruff police detective Dana Andrews, stiff and blunt in his street-bred manners, against a cultured columnist and acidic wit (Clifton Webb at his prissiest) in a battle of wits during a murder investigation. Gene Tierney brings the poise and calm of a model to her role as the object of every man's gaze and the target of a killer. In the gritty world of film noir it remains the most refined and elegant example of the genre, but under the tasteful decor and high-society fashions lies a world seething in jealousy, passion, blackmail, and murder. Vincent Price co-stars as a blithe gigolo and David Raksin's lush theme has become a wistful romantic standard. --Sean Axmaker, amazon.com

Leave Her to Heaven is one of the most unblinkingly perverse movies ever offered up as a prestige picture by a major studio in the golden age of Hollywood. Gene Tierney scored an Oscar nomination playing a demonically obsessive daughter of privilege with her own monstrous notion of love. By the time she crosses eyebeams with popular novelist Cornel Wilde on a New Mexico-bound train, her jealous manipulations have driven her parents apart and her father to his grave. Mere screen moments later, she's jettisoned rising-politico fiancé Vincent Price and accepted a marriage proposal the besotted/bewildered Wilde hasn't quite made. Can the wrecking of his and several other lives be far behind? Not to mention a murder or two?--Richard T. Jameson, amazon.com

The Ghost and Mrs Muir - Joseph Mankiewicz's moody classic is less ghost story than romantic fantasy, a handsome 1947 drama of impossible love set on the picturesque turn-of-the-century New England coast. Independent young widow Lucy Muir (the luminous Gene Tierney) falls in love with a grand seaside house and moves in, only to discover the cantankerous ghost of the hot-tempered Captain Gregg (a histrionically flamboyant performance by Rex Harrison). Lucy refuses to be frightened away, earning his respect, his friendship, and later his love. As his affection grows he fades away, leaving Lucy free to undertake a more worldly suitor with his own guarded secret. It’s a sublime adult drama, and Tierney delivers one of her most understated performances as the resolute Mrs. Muir. --Sean Axmaker, amazon.com

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive menu
Release Date:	September 17, 2007
Runtime:	445 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	3699201000
Keywords:	Road, Collection, Heaven, English, Stars, Birds, Ghost, Thunder, Her, Mrs, Laura, Gene, Leave, Studio, Drama, Muir, Tierney, Tobacco
Genre:	Drama