Fox has confirmed a Nov. 9 release date for “The Elia Kazan Collection,” a 15-film set which as I’ve reported earlier will include the long-awaited U.S. DVD debuts of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” (1945), “Viva Zapata!” (1952) with Marlon Brando, “Man on a Tightrope” (1953) with Fredric March, and “Wild River” (1960) with Montgomery Clift — as well as Kazan’s autobiographical “America, America” (1963). The latter title has been licensed from Warner, which is also kicking in the previously available “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951), “East of Eden” (1955), “Baby Doll” (1956), “A Face in the Crowd” (1957) and “Splendor in the Grass” (1951).

Three previously released Fox titles are also included: “Boomerang!” and the Oscar-winning “Gentlemen’s Agreement” (both 1947) and “Panic in the Streets” (1950). And from Sony, Fox is licensing Kazan’s other Oscar-winner, “On the Waterfront” (1954). As a bonus disc, the set (which has a $200 SRP) will include Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones’ new one-hour documentary “A Letter to Elia,” which will air on Oct. 4 as part of PBS’ “American Masters” series.

This is one of the most comprehensive sets ever devoted to a single director — every single one of Kazan’s features through “America, America” (there were three more after that, none notable) is represented save Kazan’s sophomore effort, “The Sea of Grass,” which is apparently tied up by rights issue. And it’s Fox’s first set drawing on unreleased deep-catalogue titles since “Murnau, Borzage and Fox” nearly two years ago.

The studio is expected to shortly announce an even larger DVD set marking the 75th anniversary of the 1935 merger of Fox Film Corporation, founded in 1915, and Twentieth Century Productions, founded in 1933, but as we’ve noted earlier, it’s expected that the only new-to-DVD title will be “Cavalcade,” which won the Best Picture Oscar for 1933.

“Cavalcade” and the new-to-DVD Kazan titles are expected to eventually be made available as single-title releases.