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Ruggles of Red Gap
Nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award®, Ruggles of Red Gap stars Charles Laughton as a stuffy British butler, Marmaduke Ruggles, who is traded in a poker game from an English Duke (Roland Young) to a wealthy and rowdy American, Egbert Floud (Charlie Ruggles). Ruggles' new home is Red Gap, Washington, where he is introduced by Egbert as "Colonel" Ruggles. The town ladies are quite taken by the sophisticated servant in disguise as he enamors them with fictitious stories of battles gone by...
Belle of the Nineties
Ruby Carter (Mae West), the night club sensation of St. Louis, relocates to New Orleans and becomes the prize attraction of "The Sensation Club." West's risque brand of humor and naughty musical numbers enliven a plot that involves jewel thieves, a fixed boxing match and murder. Directed by comedy expert Leo McCarey ( Duck Soup , 1933, The Awful Truth , 1937) and featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra who provide musical accompaniment for several of West’s songs.
Six of a Kind
Hitch a ride with George Burns and Gracie Allen in Six of a Kind , as they head for California on a madcap journey that takes them from one hilarious adventure to another. Mr. and Mrs. Whinney (Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland) are planning to drive to California for their second honeymoon. Limited by finances, they agree to share the trip's expenses with an unknown young couple (Burns and Allen). When $50,000 mysteriously shows up on their bumper, the hapless honeymooners realize their troubles...
Going My Way
Winner of seven Academy Awards® including Best Picture and Best Director, the unforgettable classic Going My Way lights up the screen as it warms the heart. Best Actor winner Bing Crosby shines as Father O'Malley, a young priest new to an established but financially flailing parish. When his philosophies conflict with those of curmudgeonly Father Fitzgibbon (Best Supporting Actor winner Barry Fitzgerald), the result is a timeless story of patience, compromise and - just maybe - understanding...
Duck Soup
A pointed political satire, Duck Soup is the Marx Brothers' funniest and most insane film. Groucho is Rufus T. Firefly, the hilarious dictator of mythical Freedonia. Harpo and Chico are commissioned as spies by Groucho's political rival, the calculating Trentino (Louis Calhern). The film contains many of the Brothers' famous sequences: the lemonade stand, a masterpiece of slow burn; the Paul Revere parody; the "We're Going To War" number, a beautiful spoof of '30s musicals; the hilarious mirror...
The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection (The Cocoanuts / Animal Crackers / Monkey Business / Horse Feathers / Duck Soup)
The Marx Brothers – Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo – are the reigning kings of comedy and remain one of the most iconic comic teams of all time. From their early days on Vaudeville and Broadway through their wildly popular motion pictures, the Marx Brothers kept audiences of all ages laughing out loud with some of the most hilarious routines ever imagined. The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection captures the very best of the comedy team and includes the only five movies to feature all four...
Here Comes Cookie / Love in Bloom / Six of a Kind Triple Feature
Here Comes Cookie : The incomparable George Burns and Gracie Allen star in this hilariously clever romp. Burns is a wealthy retiree who surprises everyone by deeding his entire fortune to his ditzy daughter (Allen). But when the newly rich young woman becomes convinced the family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy, it sparks a riotous series of side-splitting complications! Six of a Kind : George Burns and Gracie Allen team up with the legendary W.C. Fields in this hilarious road trip where...
Classic Comedy Spotlight Collection (Buck Privates / Duck Soup / Road to Morocco / My Man Godfrey)
Buck Privates: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play con artists who accidentally enlist in the U.S. Army to avoid going to jail and stumble through basic training. Duck Soup: The Marx Brothers - Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo - are at their very best in this political satire which is often regarded as the comedy legends’ funniest and most popular film. Road to Morocco: Bob Hope and Bing Crosby star as survivors of a shipwreck who are Morocco-bound in this rollicking comedy that pairs them with the...
Best Picture Winners Spotlight Collection (Out of Africa / A Beautiful Mind / All Quiet on the Western Front / Going My Way)
Out of Africa Winner of seven Academy Awards®, this true story of a strong-willed woman (Meryl Streep) who cannot help falling in love with a land, its people and a mysterious hunter (Robert Redford) is one of the screens great epic romances. A Beautiful Mind Russell Crowe delivers an astonishing performance as a brilliant mathematician who is on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy in this powerful story that won four Academy Awards®. All...
Mae West: The Essential Collection
Classic, bawdy, seductive and witty, Mae West is one of the most iconic actresses in motion picture history. Notorious for pushing the envelope with her suggestive innuendos and racy persona, she is often cited as a major contributor to the enforcement of the strict Production Code in 1934 that would change the way movies were made for decades to follow. Mae West: The Essential Collection features 9 of her best films including her debut with George Raft in Night After Night , She Done Him Wrong...