Tales of Adventure: Collection One (1942 - 1957) - Imprint Standard Edition - Blu-ray

Straight out of the studio vaults and into the light, this fascinating 4 disc set showcasing five timeless adventure films of a bygone era. This first collection of Tales of Adventure brings you five Arabian style genre features rich with the mystic wonder in lavishing Technicolor. Step onto the magic carpet into a world of fantasy and adventure.

Includes Arabian Nights (1942), The Desert Hawk (1950), Zarak (1956), A Thousand and One Nights (1945) and Omar Khayyam (1957).

Special Features:

Arabian Nights (1942)

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K scan of the original negative


• Audio Commentary by film historians Michael Schlesinger and C. Courtney Joyner


• Introduction by Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne


• Author/film historian Kim Newman on Arabian Nights


• 
  Man of a Thousand Themes: Frank Skinner at Universal - featurette with author/film historian Preston Neal Jones


• 
  Maria Montez: Queen of Technicolor - video essay by film historian Phillipa Berry


• Theatrical Trailer

The Desert Hawk (1950)

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2023 2K scan of the original negative


• Audio Commentary by film historians Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan


• Audio Commentary by authors Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons


• 
  Man in the Shadows: Jeff Chandler at Universal - featurette

Zarak (1956)

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-Ray from a 2K scan from the original negative

A Thousand and One Nights (1945)

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-Ray from a 2K scan from the original negative

Omar Khayyam (1957)

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a new 2022 6K scan of the original negative


• Audio commentary by film historian Phillipa Berry


• Film historian Sheldon Hall on Omar Khayyam