Private Lives [DVD] Musicals Joining them in a sumptuous

Joining them in a sumptuous and stirring tale about the often-called Mad Monk who held a powerful ' perhaps hypnotic ' sway over World War I-era Russian royalty was the third member of the American stage's Royal Family: Ethel Barrymore

Sir Cedric Hardwicke as the twisted son of Dr

and romantic love soon follows

is forced out of his pampered lifestyle when an accident leaves him far from home and presumed dead

far too much is made of this bed-sharing) while others get tossed aside before they go anywhere (Mrs

Private Lives [DVD] Musicals Joining them in a sumptuousTrue wit meets marital grit in this timeless Noel Coward comedy about two bon vivants who can't live without ' or with ' each other. Having barely survived the warefare of their wedlock, Amanda (Norma Shearer) and Elyot (Robert Montgomery) decide the play it safe, choosing dull mates to marry the second time around. But pedestrian is no match for passion, especially when mixed with proximity ' as in adjourning honeymoon suites! Off they go, leaving