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Comedy Classics from 1937-1953: 9 Movies w/BONUS EXTRAS (3 DVDs) |  | Quantity in Basket:
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| Nine hilarious films, starring some of classical Hollywood's most gifted comic performers, are collected in COMEDY CLASSICS.
His Girl Friday (1940): A loose, freewheeling gem featuring some of the fastest dialogue ever filmed (peppered with inspired ad-libbing by Grant and Russell, each appearing at comedic high points in their careers). Hawks, who changed the original story of two newspapermen into a battle of the sexes, keeps the frenetic action careening forward and allows a few slim but luminous notes of genuine affection to slip into Hildy and Walter's storm of hilarious verbal barbs, creating a potent and heartfelt classic that stands as one of the most influential comedies ever made.
Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
Director: Howard Hawks
The Groom Wore Spurs (1951): In this light comedy, Rogers plays an attorney who marries, then divorces, a rugged cowboy. When he gets into trouble with the law, she feels compelled to defend him. Naturally, he turn out to be not-so-tough after all.
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis
Director: Richard Whorf
My Favorite Brunette (1947): Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. There follow confusing but sinister doings in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium, with every plot twist a parody of thriller cliches.
Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Lorre
Director: Elliott Nugent
Nothing Sacred (1937): In this classic screwball comedy, Carole Lombard plays Hazel Flagg, a small-town girl who pretends to be dying from radium poisoning so she can win a free trip to New York City. Fredric March plays Wally Cook, the big-city newspaper reporter who sets up the plan by breaking the story and then complicates matters when he falls for Hazel. The result is a marvelous satire, directed by William Wellman and featuring terrific performances from the two leads as well as Charles Winninger and Walter Connolly. Carole Lombard offers up an ironic monologue about the beauty of dying in what was to be one of her last films prior to her real-life ending in a plane crash.
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March
Director: William Wellman
Father's Little Dividend (1951): This sequel to the hugely popular FATHER OF THE BRIDE reunited the entire cast for another charming turn. Although Stanley Banks's (Spencer Tracy) is hoping for some peace and quiet now that his daughter, Kitten's (Elizabeth Taylor) been married off, he soon learns he's in for more chaos as an expectant grandfather.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Beat the Devil (1953): John Huston and Truman Capote co-wrote the screenplay while working on location. A whimsical parody of The Maltese Falcon and other 1940's detective movies in which Bogart so often starred (and Huston directed).Tells of the exploits of a group of travelers on a steamboat who each hopes to carry off a huge swindle in the uranium fields of Northern Africa. While not a commercial success upon its release, the film has come to define the genre of spy movie spoofs.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart
Director: John Huston
The Inspector General (1949): When a town clown (Danny Kaye) is forced to impersonate a visiting inspector general, he soon becomes the target for murder and mayhem. This charming musical, based on the play REVIZOR by Russian dramatist Nikolai Gogol, features the inimitable comic jester Danny Kaye, and talented stars such as Barbara Bates and Alan Hale.
Cast: Danny Kaye
Director: Henry Koster
My Dear Secretary (1949): Successful author Owen Waterbury (Kirk Douglas) hires a new secretary who becomes disenchanted as she sees that he's more interested in ladies than literature. After numerous misadventures, she leaves him, only coming back if he agrees to marry her.
Cast: Kirk Douglas
Director: Charles Martin
Road Show (1941): When an eccentric young man is wrongfully institutionalized in an insane asylum, he escapes and joins a carnival. Once on tour with the travelling freaks he falls in love with the owner, with much mayhem and laughs subsequently occurring.
Cast: Adolphe Menjou
Director: Hal Roach Jr.
Additional Release Material:
CLASSIC:WHO'S ON FIRST Radio Skit
Photo Gallery - Vintage Movie Poster Gallery
LAUGHING OUT LOUD! A Montage Of Funny Lines
DVD Features:
Notes: Remastered For Best Possible Picture Quality.
Rating: Not Rated
Run Time: 801 minutes
Region 0
3 - Disc Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Virtual Surround Sound - English
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