Tennessee Williams 4-Film Collection is one of the latest in the Warner Archive Collection. It continues the trend of filling up your library of classic films, without killing your wallet. It includes the following films Baby Doll (1956) / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) / Sweet Bird of Youth (1961) / A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). If you are a Tennessee Williams fans, this is a great collection of his body of work.
Official Premise: From the pen of one of the 20th century’s greatest playwrights comes a collection of four stage adaptations with this TENNESSEE WILLIAMS 4-FILM COLLECTION. Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh lead the cast in the unforgettable A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor create screen electricity in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, and Newman co-stars with Geraldine Page in the poignant SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH. Karl Malden and Eli Wallach give supersuperb performances under the direction of Elia Kazan as Carroll Baker plays the titular role in BABY DOLL.
The 1080p transfers are solid on this older films, nothing short of near perfect presentations. The aspect rations range from 2.35:1 on Sweet Bird of Youth, 1.85:1 on Baby Doll, 1.78:1 on Cat on a Tin Roof, and lastly 1.37:1 on A Streetcar Named Desire. The stays the same on each release and delivers the goods with it’s DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track.
Nothing really special in the special features department except for Streetcar. Baby Doll includes a 2006 featurette and trailer. Tin Roof features a solid commentary track by Donald Spoto. There is also a DVD quality short featurette. Sweet Bird only features two short featurettes and a trailer. Streetcar features solid extra including a commentary track, a feature length documentary that aired on PBS and narrated by Eli Wallach, six featurettes, outtakes, and trailers included.