New on DVD

Peyton Place: Part 1

(Shout! Factory, $39.99)

Grace Metalious’ novel of a small-town scandal spawned “one of the most popular prime-time series of the ’60s,” said the Boston Herald. A young Mia Farrow and Ryan O’Neal stand out, and “a whopping 31 episodes” are included on this disc—leaving 483 to go.

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The Machinist

(Paramount, $29.99)

This 2004 film by “cult hero” Brad Anderson only had “a small theatrical run” when it was originally released, said the London Daily Telegraph. Now this creepy thriller, ­starring “a chillingly emaciated Christian Bale,” has been given a deluxe Blu-ray “upgrade.”

Alexander Korda’s Private Lives

(Criterion Collection/Eclipse, $59.95)

In the 1930s, producer Alexander Korda brought a “sardonic view” to Hollywood costume drama, said The New York Times. The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Scarlet Empress, and Rembrandt “centered not on great, abstract forces but on immediate physical needs.”