The Bela Lugosi collection
Contributors: Karloff, Boris, 1887-1969; Florey, Robert, 1900-1979; Ulmer, Edgar G. (Edgar George), 1904-1972; Landers, Lew, 1901-1962; Hillyer, Lambert, 1893-1969; Lubin, Arthur, 1901-1995; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Universal Pictures Company; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Edition: Standard format.
Series: Franchise collection; Franchise collection
Publisher: Universal Studios Home Entertainment; Universal
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Universal City, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording]
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781417058754
Subjects: Drama; Feature films; Murder; Cats
Other titles: Invisible ray (Motion picture : 1936); Murders in the Rue Morgue.; Black cat.; Raven.; Black Friday.
Description: The Bela Lugosi collection: Five films starring actor Bela Lugosi. Four of the five films also star actor Boris Karloff.

Murders in the Rue Morgue: A mad scientist attempts to find a mate for his talking gorilla.

The black cat: Two honeymooners find themselves stranded at the house of a Satanist.

The raven: A retired surgeon conspires with an escaped murderer to wreck vengeance on a prominent family.

The invisible ray: A group of scientists discover the remains of a meteorite that exhibits extremely strange properties.

Black Friday: A doctor gives an injured friend a partial brain transplant, which drastically alters the patient's personality.
Notes: Special features: trailers for Murders in the Rue Morgue, The invisible ray & Black Friday.

Cast for Murders in the Rue Morgue: Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Leon Waycoff, Bert Roach, Betsy Ross Clarke, Brandon Hurst, D'Arcy Corrigan, Noble Johnson, Arlene Francis.

Cast for The black cat: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Jacqueline Wells, Lucille Lund, Egon Brecher, Harry Cording, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti.

Cast for The raven: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware, Samuel S. Hinds, Spencer Charters, Inez Courtney, Ian Wolfe, Maidel Turner.

Cast for The invisible ray: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Violet Kemble Cooper, Walter Kingsford, Beulah Bondi, Frank Reicher, Paul Weigel, Georges Renevant.

Cast for Black Friday: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel, Anne Gwynne, Virginia Brissac, Edmund MacDonald, Paul Fix, Murray Alper, Jack Mulhall, Joe King, John Kelly.

Not rated by the MPAA.

Double sided DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 2.0 mono.

In English, with optional French or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: Murders in the Rue Morgue / Carl Laemmle presents ; based on the immortal classic by Edgar Allan Poe ; produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; Universal Pictures Corp. ; adaptation, Robert Florey ; screen play, Tom Reed, Dale Van Every ; added dialogue, John Huston ; cinematographer, Karl Freund ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; directed by Robert Florey (1932, 61 min.).; title: The black cat / a Universal picture ; Carl Laemmle presents ; suggested by the immortal Edgar Allan Poe classic ; screenplay, Peter Ruric ; story, Edgar G. Ulmer, Peter Ruric ; camera, John J. Mescall ; film editor, Ray Curtiss ; directed by Edgar G. Ulmer (1934, 66 min.).; title: The raven / Universal presents ; suggested by Edgar Allan Poe's immortal classic ; screenplay, David Boehm ; photographer, Charles Stumar ; film editor, Albert Akst ; directed by Louis Friedlander (1935, 61 min.).; title: The invisible ray / a Universal picture ; Carl Laemmle presents ; screenplay, John Colton ; original story, Howard Higgin, Douglas Hodges ; cinematographer, George Robinson ; musical score, Franz Waxman ; film editor, Bernard Burton ; an Edmund Grainger production ; directed by Lambert Hillyer (1936, 79 min.).; title: Black Friday / Universal presents ; original screen play, Kurt Siodmak, Eric Taylor ; director of photography, Elwood Bredell ; film editor, Phil Cahn ; musical director, H.J. Salter ; associate producer, Burt Kelly ; directed by Arthur Lubin (1940, 70 min.).