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No Man of Her Own
Legendary Hollywood couple Clark Gable and Carole Lombard illuminate the screen in the screwball comedy No Man of Her Own, their only performance together! When New York con man Babe Stewart (Gable) decides to lie low in a small town, he falls for a librarian (Lombard) seeking adventure and a way out of her predictable existence. Gambling on marriage, they head back to the city, where Steward tries to hide his former life from his new bride. Featuring the scandalous "Lombard on a ladder" scene...
True Confession
Screen legends Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray and John Barrymore star in the screwball comedy True Confession . Helen Bartlett (Lombard) would never bore anyone with the truth. A chronic liar married to a struggling lawyer (MacMurray), the aspiring writer claims she is innocent when the cops accuse her of murder. Unable to tell if she is really telling the truth, Helen’s husband pleads self-defense and manages to convince the jury. After her newfound notoriety makes them rich, a mysterious...
I Met Him in Paris
Claudette Colbert stars with Melvyn Douglas and Robert Young in the romantic comedy I Met Him in Paris . After saving enough money for her dream vacation, fashion designer Kay Denham (Colbert) sails to Paris leaving her dull fiancé behind. Once there, she meets a creative playwright (Douglas) and a dashing playboy (Young) and decides to accompany them to Switzerland. Together, the friends indulge in winter sports including tobogganing, skiing and ice skating as Kay must choose between her...
I'm No Angel
Screen legends Mae West and Cary Grant star in the sizzling pre-code comedy, I’m No Angel about a carnival performer with greater aspirations…wealthy men! In addition to circus acts, Tira (West) performs some questionable business maneuvers and takes a job as a lion tamer to escape jail. After Tira’s first show catapults her to stardom, she attracts the attention of the wealthy Kirk Lawrence (Kent Taylor) who happens to be engaged. His business partner, Jack Clayton (Grant), blows his friend’s...
College Humor
Bing Crosby, Richard Arlen and Jack Oakie star in College Humor , an entertaining musical comedy about life and love in college. Mondrake (Arlen) and Barney Shirrel (Oakie) are both friends and football players in college faced with romantic problems. When Mondrake finds out that the woman he loves is in love with her singing teacher (Crosby), he is heartbroken. Trouble ensues at school and with his team when he is unable to put his jilted feelings aside. During the next term, Barney turns to...
Sing You Sinners
Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray and Donald O'Conner star in Sing You Sinners , a charming musical comedy about family sticking together. Joe (Crosby), David (MacMurray) and Mike (O'Conner) are three brothers who disagree about everything and could not be more different from each other. As luck would have it, they make beautiful music when they sing together. When the eldest brother, Joe, who is also a gambler, moves to California, the family follows suit. Upon arrival they are horrified to find...
The Gilded Lily
An often overlooked comedy gem, The Gilded Lily (1935) marks the first teaming of screen legends Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray and is the epitome of a New York City urban fantasy. Newspaper reporter Peter Dawes (MacMurray) and stenographer Marilyn David (Colbert), nicknamed Lynn, meet regularly on a park bench sharing popcorn along with their dreams. Their budding romance is soon threatened by a chance meeting between Marilyn and Charles Gray (Ray Milland), an English nobleman visiting...
The Bride Comes Home
Starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, The Bride Comes Home (1936) is a screwball comedy set against the backdrop of Chicago during the Depression. At the center of a romantic triangle is Jeanette Desmereau (Colbert), a socialite left penniless by the stock market crash who takes a job as a writer for a men's magazine. Her two on-again, off-again suitors just happen to be her hard-boiled editor Cyrus Anderson (MacMurray) and the company's wealthy owner, Jack Bristow (Robert Young)...
The Claudette Colbert Collection
The Claudette Colbert Collection celebrates the career of one of the most popular and versatile actresses of all time. Equally charming in screwball comedies ( It Happened One Night ), epics ( Cleopatra ) and dramas ( Imitation of Life ), Claudette's striking beauty and captivating talent dazzled audiences around the world. This stunning collection of 6 rare films includes Three-Cornered Moon, Maid of Salem, I Met Him in Paris, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, No Time for Love and The Egg and I . Co-...
The Bing Crosby Collection (2010)
One of the most popular entertainers of all-time, Bing Crosby was a superstar of movies, music, radio and television during a spectacular career that lasted over 50 years. He remains beloved around the world for his easygoing charm, mesmerizing voice and on-screen charisma. The Bing Crosby Collection showcases 6 rare films including College Humor, We’re Not Dressing, Here is My Heart, Mississippi, Sing You Sinners and Welcome Stranger. Featuring Bing in top-form singing some of his most...