Despite a small output of films during her career, Luise’s films remained difficult to obtain on home video and DVD for many years. Only her two Oscar winning performances have been readily available, and in the UK only The Great Ziegfeld has been widely released on DVD. In 2010 Warner Archive finally released a three-disc set of The Emperor’s Candlesticks, The Toy Wife and Big City, (the first time any of these three films had been available on DVD or home video) Her first and last MGM films, Escapade and Dramatic School, and her only film for Paramount, Hostages, still remain unreleased commercially (although bootleg copies do surface from time to time). Her first film, Sehnsucht 202, is also now available as a DVD-R copy from Rare Films and More.com. The list below, however, includes only official releases.
The list below contains all DVDs currently (or recently) available featuring Luise. It includes not just her feature films but also television work and documentaries. Most of these are readily available from online retailers or other outlets. None of Luise’s work is currently available on Blu-ray.
Starring Luise Rainer:
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| The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Region: 2
Extras: Making of feature Ziegfeld on Film & vintage movie premiere newsreel
[Warner Home Video]
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Region: 1
Extras: Making of feature Ziegfeld on Film / Vintage premiere newsreel
[Warner Home Video]
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The Good Earth (1937)
Region: 1
Extras: none
[Warner Archive]
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The Great Waltz (1938)
Region: 1
Extras: Remastered edition
[Warner Archive]
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| Luise Rainer Signature Collection
3-disc set: Big City / The Toy Wife / The Emperor’s Candlesticks Region: 1
Extras: none
[Warner Archive]
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Combat! (1965) Region: 1 Extras: audio commentary / bloopers / Includes episode Finest Hour, starring Luise and Ramon Navarro |
The Gambler (1997)
Region: 0
Extras: filmographies / weblinks
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Poem (2003) Region: 0 Extras: 2 disc set includes Behind Poem documentary with Luise Rainer interview |
Documentaries:
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| Another Romance of Celluloid (1938) (featuring rare footage of Luise on the set of The Toy Wife) features as an extra on this Warner Home Video DVD release of Marie Antoinette (1938)
Region: 1
Extras: 2 Vintage Shorts / Theatrical trailer
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MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992)
Region: 1
Extras: none
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Hollywood Chinese (2007)
Region: 0
Extras: a whole multitude of them – check the website for details and to purchase this DVD
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Coversations with Robert Osborne (2014)
Region: 1
Includes Luise’s 2011 TCM Film Festival interview
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