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 German War Films. 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. I hope I’ll be able to update this list when all of Luise’s films are finally available to buy.
The links given have been chosen from personal preference – I am not being paid to provide these links and you may find these DVDs cheaper elsewhere. Warner Archive do not currently ship outside the US so I have tried to also include a link to another site, who do.
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Region: 2
Extras: Making of feature Ziegfeld on Film / Vintage movie premiere newsreel
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Region: 1
Extras: Making of feature Ziegfeld on Film / Vintage premiere newsreel
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The Good Earth (1937)
Region: 1
Extras: none
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The Great Waltz (1938)
Region: 1
Extras: Remastered edition
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Luise Rainer Signature Collection
Region: 1
Extras: none
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Marie Antoinette (1938)
Region: 1
Extras: 2 Vintage Shorts – Another Romance of Celluloid (featuring rare footage of Luise on the set of The Toy Wife) and Hollywood Goes to Town/ Theatrical trailer
Now out-of-print but copies can be found online
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Combat! (1965) Region: 1 Extras: audio commentary / bloopers / Includes episode Finest Hour, starring Luise and Ramon Navarro Available from: |
MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992)
Region: 1
Extras: none
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The Gambler (1997)
Region: 0
Extras: filmographies / weblinks
Now out-of-print
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Poem (2003) Region: 0 Extras: 2 disc set includes Behind Poemdocumentary with Luise Rainer interview Available from: |
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Hollywood Chinese (2007)
Region: 0
Extras: a multitude – check the website (link below)
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Coversations with Robert Osborne (2014)
Region: 1
Includes Luise’s 2011 TCM Film Festival interview
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