The Book:
Must own! If you’re shopping Warren William then this is where to start. John Stangeland has written a perfect book in this, the first ever Warren William biography. Hype? No way, I abandoned my own notes and decided to stick to this website after reading Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood–John covered everything there is to be researched regarding the life and career of our favorite pre-code star.
About This Page
This page replaces this original post on the new WarrenWilliam.com website. Below I’ve embedded Amazon sales links to all official DVD releases starring Warren William . Following the Amazon DVD listings are vintage Warren William collectibles currently being offered on eBay. First up, my own eBay goods picturing Warren. These are in limited supply because I actually collect these for myself, but my duplicates do go to eBay along with my other classic movie collectible offerings. Below my stuff is one of my general deeper Warren William vintage collectible eBay searches.
Note: I receive a small percentage of all sales made through the Amazon and eBay Affiliate links found on this page. It helps support the site and it helps support me, so I thank you very much for any and all purchases!
Warren William on DVD:
Notes:
- “Forbidden Hollywood Collection” Volume 7 includes Warren’s pre-Code classics Employees’ Entrance and Skyscraper Souls plus two additional non-Warren titles
- “The Philo Vance Murder Case Collection” includes 6 movies on 2 discs including Warren The Dragon Murder Case. The set does not include The Gracie Allen Murder Case.
- “Perry Mason Mysteries” includes all 6 1930’s Warner Brothers titles, 4 of which star Warren
- Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 5 includes The Mind Reader
- The Warren William Collection includes: Times Square Playboy; Don’t Bet on Blondes; The Woman from Monte Carlo
- The Maltese Falcon is a set including Satan Met a Lady
- The WAC Double Feature disc includes Smarty
- The Busby Berkeley Collection includes Gold Diggers of 1933
- Various editions of The Wolf Man are included above
- Forbidden Hollywood Collection Volume 2 contains Three on a Match
- The Tyrone Power Collection contains Day Time Wife; Also shown as a single with Johnny Appolo
- Mae West Glamour Collection includes Go West, Young Man
- Several of the above titles are DVD-R or Print on Demand titles (Warner Archives, The Lone Wolf). Be sure to check Amazon listings to be sure movie will play on your device.
Warren William titles on VHS cassette can be found towards the bottom of the page. I wanted to split them from the DVD titles shown above to avoid confusion.
This sounds brilliant.My Father was born around the same time as William and was a Solicitor.I would love to see more of the films referred to .above. Can anyone tell how I can start a collection of Mr William’s Films?
Thanks for visiting the site, John! I’m not sure where to point you in regard to Australian sources. The past several years have seen many of Warren Williams films come to DVD here in the US, most especially releases through Warner Archive – I don’t know if those discs would play for you or not – best bet is to just try searching “Warren William” in the movie section of whatever online outlet you use to purchase your DVDs through. Good luck, sorry I couldn’t be of more help!
I enjoy Mr William’s performances especially the Perry Mason films and the Lone Wolf series. I would love to own those films on DVD.
I came across “The Mind Reader” movie on Amazon Prime. I absolutely loved it and started to look into Warren William more. I find him a fascinating actor and his presence is felt in every scene. He was a wonderful actor, and not to mention, he looks so much like Mandrake the Magician from the old 1930’s comics. He would have made an excellent Mandrake in my opinion. I also purchased the biography you had a link to as well. I can’t wait to dive in. It’s nice to see someone keeping these classic actors and actresses alive out there!!
Hi, Ruth,
Welcome to the Warren-club! “The Mind Reader” is definitely a goodie, glad you found it! My personal favorite is “Employees’ Entrance,” even though I list it at #2 on my old list of Top 10 Warren William favorites – HERE if you haven’t come across it yet (the list, that is). Enjoy!
Cliff
Thank you for compiling all the Warren William Movies with links to DVDs! I was able to purchase 2 today! The Perry Mason collection and Vilo Vance collection! Both are one’s we have wanted to have for a long time! So pleased! Thank you!