Featured Comedy Releases
OVER 21 HOURS ON 6 DVDS! 16 classic comedies starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, William Powell, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple, The Three Stooges, and more! Color and B&W, NTSC.
My Favorite Brunette (1947) 85 min. B&W
Starring: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney, Jr.; Director: Elliot Nugent
Road to Bali (1952) 91 min. COLOR Starring: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
Road to Hollywood (1946) 53 min. B&W Starring: Bing Crosby, Luis Alberni, Ann Christy
Cary Grant and Bob Hope 6 movie set.
His Girl Friday (1940) 92 min B&W
Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
Charade (1963) 113 min COLOR
Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau
My Favorite Brunette (1947) 85 min B&W
Starring: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre
Road to Bali (1952) 91 min COLOR
Starring: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
Road to Hollywood (1946) 53 min B&W
Starring: Bing Crosby, Luis Alberni, Ann Christy; Director: Bud Pollard
An entertaining and informative documentary on Crosby’s rise to fame.
Carole
Lombard & William Powell Comedy Collection 2-PACK
2-Disc Set. Total Run Time: 6 hr 13 min, NTSC
Made for each other (1939) 1 hr 25 min, B&W Starring: Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn;
Director: John CromwellNewlyweds John and Jane Mason are an idealistic couple whose marital commitment is challenged at every turn—mounting debt, a difficult mother-in-law, and a baby on the way. The birth of a son brings joy, but when he becomes seriously ill, the couple is forced to take drastic measures to save his life.
Nothing Sacred (1937) 1 hr 15 min, COLOR Starring: Carole Lombard, Fredric March;
Director: William A. Wellman A doctor has told Vermont native Helen that she is dying of radium poisoning, and her plight draws the attention of NY reporter Wally. But then, the doctor informs Helen that she isn’t sick at all. She conceals the truth and is wined and dined by Wally. Once Helen finally confesses her secret, how will they handle the media circus they’ve created?
Life with Father (1947) 1 hr 58 min, COLOR
Starring: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor;
Director: Michael Curtiz
Based on a popular Broadway play by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, this film explores family life in New York during the 1880s. Each scene is an amusing anecdote—for instance, the wife’s desperate attempts to have her despotic husband baptized. or the father’s awkward moments explaining the facts of life to his unimpressed son.
My Man Godfrey (1936) 1 hr 35 min, B&W
My Man Godfrey (1936) 1 hr 35 min, B&W
Starring: William Powell, Carole Lombard;
Director: Gregory La Cava
This wacky comedy classic takes a stab at high society. A pretentious wealthy
family adopts “Godfrey,” a bum with a secretive past. Working as their
butler, Godfrey becomes completely embroiled in their lives and soon
takes charge. Later, he surprises the family with some shocking news.