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Four-disc set includes: Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)First mate Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable) leads a revolt against the Bounty's sadistic commander, Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton), in this classic seafaring adventure, based on Nordoff and Hall's novelization of the real-life 1789 mutiny. Seeking refuge and a new life in Polynesia, it's not long before the mutineers must face English justice and an implacable Bligh. Best Picture Oscar-winner co-stars Franchot Tone, Donald Crisp, Eddie Quillan; look for James Cagney, David Niven. Directed by Frank Lloyd ("Cavalcade"). 132 min. BW/Rtg: NR San Francisco (1936)Classic Hollywood epic, highlighted by a jaw-dropping re-creation of the 1906 earthquake, stars Clark Gable as Frisco gambling hall tycoon Blackie Norton, who hires aspiring opera singer Mary Blake (Jeanette MacDonald) and falls for her. Father Tim Mullin (Spencer Tracy) tries to help his pal Blackie when Mary takes her dream job against his wishes and begins a Nob Hill scion (Jack Holt), but their lives are forever changed by the quake's devastation. With Ted Healy, Shirley Ross. 115 min. BW/Rtg: NR Wife vs. Secretary (1936)Magazine publisher Van Stanhope (Clark Gable) was madly in love with his wife Linda (Myrna Loy), and wanted more time at home... so he hired the efficient (and gorgeous) Helen "Whitey" Wilson (Jean Harlow) to help him with his hectic schedule. Unfortunately, Van's meddling mother (May Robson) becomes suspicious of her son's new assistant, and provokes Linda to question his motives. Exceptional comedy-drama co-stars James Stewart, Hobart Cavanaugh, George Barbier, Gloria Holden. 87 min. BW/Rtg: NR Idiot's Delight (1939)A vaudeville song-and-dance man (Clark Gable) is reunited and forced to share a hotel with an actress (Norma Shearer), with whom he had an affair years earlier, who's posing as a Russian countess. The pair wind up trapped at a mountain resort on the Italian border as World War II looms. Robert Sherwood adapted his play for this offbeat musical comedy that's famous for Gable's rendition of "Puttin' on the Ritz." Edward Arnold, Burgess Meredith, Charles Coburn co-star. 105 min. BW/Rtg: NR Standard; Soundtrack: English.