{"product_id":"essential-film-noir-collection-2-blu-ray","title":"Essential Film Noir: Collection 2 (1951 - 1954) - Imprint Collection #45 - 48 - Limited Edition Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes four more acclaimed and much sought after classics including \u003cem\u003eHollywood Story\u003c\/em\u003e (1951), \u003cem\u003eThe City That Never Sleep\u003c\/em\u003es (1953), \u003cem\u003ePlunder of the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e (1953) and \u003cem\u003ePrivate Hell\u003c\/em\u003e 36 (1954).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHollywood Story (1951)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1950s Hollywood, an independent producer unwisely opens an old can of worms when he decides to make a movie about the 1929 unsolved murder of a famous silent-film director. Starring Richard Conte With cameos by silent film stars such as Helen Gibson and Francis X. 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Ney (2020)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNEW\u003c\/strong\u003e Interview with film author \u0026amp; critic Kim Newman on \u003cem\u003eHollywood Story\u003c\/em\u003e (2020)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJulie Adams on \u003cem\u003eHollywood Story\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEddie Muller on \u003cem\u003eHollywood Story\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheatrical Trailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLPCM 2.0 Mono\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional English subtitles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCity That Never Sleeps (1953)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilm Noir veterans John H. Auer (\u003cem\u003eHell's Half Acre\u003c\/em\u003e) and Steve Fisher (\u003cem\u003eI Mobster\u003c\/em\u003e) directed and wrote this police thriller in the vein of the popular Detective Story of two years earlier. 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