Run Time: 5 hours and 48 minutes
UPC:
033937081316
ISBN: 9781594646911Laughter is the best medicine and these films will have you laughing- His Girl Friday, My Man Godfrey, At War with the Army, and The Flying Deuces.
Vintage Hollywood: Classic Comedies
DVD 1:
His Girl Friday
Newspaper
editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant) does everything he can to keep his
reporter ex-wife, Hidly Johnson (Rosalind Russell), from marrying Bruce
Baldwin and starting a new life with him in Albany. Walter persuades
Hildy to cover one last story – the execution of murderer Earl Williams –
before she leaves for her wedding. When the convict escapes and
crosses paths with Walter and Hildy, the pair joins forces on their
biggest scoop yet.
Trivia: His Girl Friday was based on The Front Page, a play that was also made into a 1931. The big difference? In The Front Page, the character of Hildy was male. Released in 1940, Black & White, 92 minutes.
My Man Godfrey
While
on a scavenger hunt, socialite sisters Cornelia and Irene Bullock find
themselves at the city dump where they meet a derelict named Godfrey
(William Powell). Irene hires Godfrey as he family butler and soon falls
in love with her protégé. The butler’s secret past, Cornelia’s meddling
antics, and the family’s changing economic circumstances give this
Depression-era film unexpected twists.
Trivia:
Stars, William Powell and Carole Lombard, had been divorced for three
years when they began filming. Released in 1936, Black & White, 94
minutes.
DVD 2:
At War with the Army
Vic
Puccinelli (Dean Martin) and Alvin Korwin (Jerry Lewis) are former
nightclub partners serving in the Army during World War II – and Korwin
now reports to his former partner! Korwin’s goal? To see his family. All
Puccinelli want is to see some action overseas. Both do all they can to
avoid the fearsome Sergeant McVey.
Trivia: At War with the Army was Mike Kellin’s film debut. Released in 1950, Black & White, 93 minutes.
The Flying Deuces
After
finding out that his love interest, Georgette, is already married to a
Foreign Legion officer, Ollie (Oliver Hardy), too, joins the Legion.
While serving, Ollie and his friend Stan (Stan Laurel) get into plenty
of trouble, and charges are brought against them. Will they face the
firing squad or another fate altogether?
Trivia: Hardy met his future wife on the set of The Flying Deuces. Released in 1939, Black & White, 69 minutes.