Thursday, May 22, 2008

His Girl Friday (1940) - classic screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Rosalind Russell and Gene Lockhart

Rating 7.9/10
Runtime: 92 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Howard Hawks
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032599/

Cast

Cary Grant ... Walter Burns
Rosalind Russell ... Hildy Johnson
Ralph Bellamy ... Bruce Baldwin
Gene Lockhart ... Sheriff Hartwell
Porter Hall ... Murphy
Ernest Truex ... Bensinger
Cliff Edwards ... Endicott
Roscoe Karns ... McCue

Description: When newspaper editor Walter Burns learns that his ex-wife and top reporter Hildy Johnson is quitting to marry Bruce Baldwin, he pulls out all of the stops to get her to stay. The newspaper has been championing the cause of a man on death row, Earl Williams, was convicted of killing a policeman and Walter convinces her to write a story on his case. Williams insists that the shooting was an accident and he's not crazy, as some believe. While Hildy pursues the story, Burns has her fiancé arrested - multiple times. When Hildy gets the scoop of the year - Williams escapes from prison on the eve of his planned execution - she hides him in the police station and mayhem ensues. It also gives her a chance to decide just what she wants in the future.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/q9ipqrge


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.41 GB, 3747 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 155
Audio : 116 MB, 176 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Polish) posters and screenshots included


Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Philadelphia Story (1940) - Cary Grant, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn in classic screwball comedy

Rating: 8.1/10
Runtime: 112
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032904/

Cast

Cary Grant ... C. K. Dexter Haven
Katharine Hepburn ... Tracy Lord
James Stewart ... Macaulay Connor
Ruth Hussey ... Elizabeth Imbrie
John Howard ... George Kittredge
Roland Young ... Uncle Willie
John Halliday ... Seth Lord
Mary Nash ... Margaret Lord

Description: After getting a divorce from C. K. Dexter Haven, Tracy Lord prepares to marry again...however, in the days before her wedding, Haven and a reporter, posing as her brother's friend, show up at her doorstep. From there, Tracy is forced to choose among her past love, her present love, and her new love.

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Download link (torrent file):

http://www.putlocker.com/file/8EAA4FBA4FB5DE5F

http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/51243721/file.html



Video and audio information:

Video : 1.91 GB, 2439 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 720x480 ~> 720x540 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 119
Audio :154/154 MB (main/commentary), 192/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), A_AC3


Subtitles (English, French, Spanish embedded in a movie, select them from Video=>Subtitles tracks in VLC menu) and trailer included



Dual audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is audio commentary by film historian Jeannine Basinger. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks or you can use VirtualDub to get rid of any of audio tracks by following these steps:

1. Download Virtualdub from that WWW address:

http://www.virtualdub.org/download.html

2. Download your version, unzip the files, start the program by running VirtualDub.exe

3. From “File” tab choose “Open video file” and find your dual audio file on your HDD (or you can simply drag and drop movie file into program window)

4. If any warining window pops up, just click on “OK”

5. From “Video” tab choose “Direct stream copy” option (very important, do not miss that step)

6. From “Audio” tab choose which audio stream you want to use, usually English is Stream 1, and commentary is on Stream 2, but to be 100 % sure use preview option that VD provides by clicking on “Play” button on the bottom of program window when video file is loaded. Of course you can get rid of original audio and save the file with commentary that way too, just by choosing other stream

7. From “File” tab choose “Save AVI file”, put movie name and choose destination folder and then click on OK. Program will start its job after no more than 2 minutes your only one audio track movie should be ready.