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The Moon's Our Home
Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan shine as newlyweds - and strangers - in the classic screwball comedy, The Moon’s Our Home . An author (Fonda) and an actress (Sullavan) meet by chance and decide to marry without realizing that the other is famous. Chaos ensues after the wedding as both the bride and groom discover each other’s celebrity. Featuring a great supporting cast including Charles Butterworth, Beulah Bondi and Walter Brennan, the film was made several years after Henry Fonda and...
Hot Saturday
Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll and Randolph Scott star in the Pre-Code classic Hot Saturday about small-town gossip that leads to enormous damage. When a wealthy city man, Romer Sheffield (Grant), hosts a party at his summer lake house, a rumor soon starts that Ruth (Carroll), a lovely small-town girl, spent the night with him. As Ruth seeks someone who will believe her innocence, the scandal rocks her community, forcing the girl to make a desperate decision that will change her life forever.
Up in Central Park
Singing sensation Deanna Durbin portrays a young Irish immigrant in the screen adaptation of the popular Broadway musical comedy Up in Central Park . Set in New York during the 1870s, the promise of America fills the hearts of Rosie (Durbin) and her father, Timothy Moore (Albert Sharpe), as they cross through the gates of Ellis Island. It is not long before a crooked politician entices innocent Mr. Moore to become involved with the notorious racketeer Boss Tweed (Vincent Price). As Mr. Moore is...
I'll Be Yours
Singing sensation Deanna Durbin shines in the musical comedy I'll Be Yours written by Academy Award winner Preston Sturges. Louise Ginglebusher (Durbin) is a small-town girl who goes to the Big Apple looking for work and finds herself in a jam. With the help of her friend, Wechsberg (William Bendix), she crashes a ritzy society party and attracts the attention of an amorous millionaire (Adolph Menjou). Desperate to put the brakes on this Romeo, she tells him she's married to a struggling lawyer...
Pre-Code Hollywood Collection
For the first time ever, Universal opens its vaults to bring you 6 classic films from the most decadent era in motion picture history: Pre-Code Hollywood. In 1934, Hollywood was turned upside down by the enforcement of a strict "Production Code" that would change the way movies were made for the next 34 years. During the "pre-Code" period (1929 to mid-1934), censorship barely existed in Hollywood and filmmakers had free reign to make the movies they wanted and the public demanded. No subject...
The Best of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello: Volume 2
By popular demand, the legendary Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are back in eight brand-new-to-DVD comedy classics! Still one of the greatest comedy teams in the history of show business, their films continue to generate new legions of fans around the world. Now some of their greatest gags and most stellar skits, including the complete version of their signature routine "Who's on First?", are available in this side-splitting collection. It's the boys at their very best and illustrates why Bud and...
Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection
Get ready to laugh out loud with the most popular comedy duo of all time in Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection! Now, for the first time ever, all 28 films produced during the height of their popularity at Universal Pictures are now available in one collection. Featuring their most popular movies such as Buck Privates, Who Done It? and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, this collection is filled with some of the most hilarious routines of all-time including “Who’...
Cary Grant: The Vault Collection
Charming, sophisticated and debonair, Cary Grant is one of the most popular and enduring Hollywood actors ever to grace the silver screen. His illustrious career spanned over 3 decades and included some of the most unforgettable roles in motion picture history. Cary Grant: The Vault Collection focuses on the first 5 years of his career where the man born as Archibald Leach transforms into the iconic persona of Cary Grant that he is associated with today. Featuring 18 films released between 1932...
W.C. Fields Comedy Essentials Collection
W.C. Fields is a true comedy legend and remains one of the most recognizable and beloved actors of all time. From his early days on stage in vaudeville and Broadway through his live appearances on radio, he created an iconic persona that has never been matched. The comic genius of W.C. Fields is best captured forever in his body of films that highlight his notoriously sarcastic quick wit and slapstick routines. The W.C. Fields Comedy Essentials Collection features 18 of his best films that...