The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (BD) "The Joker"

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (BD) "The Joker"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first chapter in Peter Jackson's new epic trilogy set in Middle Earth 60 years before J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings saga. Follow Bilbo Baggins as he's swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin

The Dawn Patrol) continued his tales of men and flying machines with this alternately bonhomie-infused and poignant drama directed by William Dieterle (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

McCord has him sentenced to hang

and stage and screen stalwarts Henry Silva

Bomba's quest to learn about his parents and more

the Cat and the Penguin Making-of Featurette

he learns the box contains the key to a valuable code sought by ruthless thieves

and this classic action-adventure film celebrates his escapades

Macy (his first screen credit)

Leslie Caron

Lew Ayres turns the film's courtroom scenes into riveting drama

Ava Gardner

Astronomer Bill Whitley is so absorbed by his discovery of a comet that he scarcely notices the heavenly body close at hand