The Elizabeth Taylor Signature Collection (National Velvet / Father of the Bride / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Butterfield 8)

• The films included in the Signature collection are National Velvet (1944), the movie that made her a star, Father of the Bride (1950), theic that garnered 3 Academy Award* Nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for Spencer Tracy, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958), Tenessee Williams'ic play about a southern family torn apart by greed with Paul Newman co-starring as the iconic Brick, and Butte

Overlooked by critics on its initial release in 2006, this erotically charged mystery has nonetheless continued to develop such a following among booksellers that Melville House has decided to re-release it in a stunning new package.

As for the story that's earning such loyalty: it's a whip-smart conversation between Stella, a vivacious, aspiring writer and Bohemian eco-activist, and Edward Prain, a refined connoisseur of the rare books on hand in Stella's fusty London bookstall.

W! hile Prain is mysteriously aloof about his background, Stella finds his insights into art more and more stimulating, until one rainy afternoon she makes a surprising discovery: Prain is the head of England's most prestigious publishing house and a leading collector of art. And now, he would like her to come to tea at his country estate . . . to discuss her writing.

Stella is too intrigued to say no. Yet their cat-and-mouse game only intensifies at his sumptuous estate, where she finds herself engaged in an increasingly devilish conversation on the making of art, the selling of art, and the protection of self until Prain reveals that he knows more about her past than he has ever let on. . . .Among the most exciting of MGM swashbucklers, Richard Thorpe's 1952 Ivanhoe stars Robert Taylor as the medieval hero of Sir Walter Scott's novel. Returning to England from the Third Crusades, Ivanhoe is steadfast in his determination to raise the ransom for the captured Ki! ng Richard (Norman Wooland), but the effort is full of peril. ! First is Ivanhoe's reunion with his estranged father (Finlay Currie), a Saxon who hates the Norman king and refuses to give his son the money. Then there's Ivanhoe's unpopular rescue of a wealthy Jew, Isaac (Felix Aylmer), from anti-Semites, and the subsequent decision by Isaac's beautiful daughter, Rebecca (Elizabeth Taylor), to pay Ivanhoe's entry fee in a tournament. (The strapped knight seeks the tourney's cash prize.) Wait, it gets worse: two of Ivanhoe's closest associates (played by George Sanders and Robert Douglas) collude with Richard's evil brother, Prince John (Guy Rolfe), to discredit their friend and steal away Rebecca and another woman, Rowena (Joan Fontaine)--who also fancies Ivanhoe--for themselves. Yes, the situation looks grim, but surprise appearances by a couple of legendary hero types toward the end help level the playing field. Nonstop adventure to make one swoon, Ivanhoe is a gorgeous treat and reasonably faithful to the Age of Chivalry. Things worked ! out so well for this film, Thorpe and Taylor got together the next year to make Knights of the Round Table. --Tom Keogh The films included in the Signature collection are National Velvet (1944), the movie that made her a star, Father of the Bride (1950), the classic that garnered 3 Academy Award* Nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for Spencer Tracy, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958), Tenessee Williams' classic play about a southern family torn apart by greed with Paul Newman co-starring as the iconic Brick, and Butterfield 8, an all out Liz Taylor Tour De Force which won her the Academy Award* for Best Actress in 1960.