Michael Powell: Early Works Blu-ray New Release and rare imagery

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These two films—a tale of time travel told in still images and a journey to Africa and Japan—remain his best-loved and most widely seen

'His Girl Friday' Director: Howard Hawks (1940) + 'The Front Page' Director: Lewis Milestone (1931) Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray | 4K restorations

Lewis also looks at the film's production history revealing real gangster backstories and how its success would alter Hollywood

Michael Powell: Early Works Blu-ray New Release and rare imagery'Michael Powell: Early Works' (1931 1944) BFI Blu ray Throughout the 1930s, director Michael Powell honed his craft on a succession of modestly budgeted feature films produced under the United Kingdoms screen quota system. Many of these titles remain lost but, those which survive, reveal a burgeoning talent that readily established Powell as one of British cinemas leading lights. This new 2 disc collection brings together five of those early films