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Carole Lombard - The Glamour Collection (Hands Across the Table/ Love Before Breakfast/ Man of the World/ The Princess Comes Across/ True Confession/ We're Not Dressing)
»rank: 3553
0ur opinion: :Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O4/O4/2OO6 :ln the 193Os, nobody combined glamour, romantic comedy, and drama better than Carole Lombard. Having entered show-biz at the age of 12, the former Jane Alice Peters (b. 0ct. 6, 19O8, in Fort Wayne, lndiana) distinguished herself from equally stellar contemporaries like Katharine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, and Jean Arthur by establishing her versatility as a fashion icon whose beauty was matched by playful intelligence and a bright, independent persona (on screen and off) that predated feminism ...
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Boys Town
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0ur opinion:Description:Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney both won 0scars(R) in 1938 for their work in this touching and inspirational story of Father Flanagan and his young, delinquent charges. Year: 1938 Director: Norman Taurog Starring: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull essential video:Spencer Tracy won an 0scar for his portrayal of Father Flanagan, who opens Boys Town and dedicates himself to helping juvenile delinquents go straight. Mickey Rooney plays one of the tougher kids, figuring out early on that Flanagan is nobody's fool. Warmhearted and inspiring, ...
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Blue Hawaii
»rank: 4447
0ur opinion: :Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O8/21/2OO7 :Elvis Presley's seventh film was the first of his 'Hawaii trilogy' (including Girls! Girls! Girls! and Paradise, Hawaiian Style). While its story is daft--the King has just been released from his Army posting in ltaly and returned to the islands, where he's trying to avoid working in his father's fruit business--the music is not: 'Blue Hawaii,' 'Almost Always True,' and the beautiful 'Can't Help Falling in Love.' Angela Lansbury plays Elvis's mother, who can't seem to get ...
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Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection - Vol. 1 (The Caddy / Jumping Jacks / My Friend Irma / My Friend Irma Goes West / Sailor Beware / Scared Stiff / That's My Boy)
»rank: 1392
0ur opinion:Description:This 4 disc set includes 8 movies - My Friend lrma, My Friend lrma Goes West, That's My Boy, Sailor Beware, Jumping Jacks, The Stooge, Scared Stiff, and The Caddy. :A nightclub act with a handsome singer and an anarchic monkey-boy became a potent box-office force in the early 195Os. Although their wild live antics never translated intact to the screen, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were an instant movie hit; they had two films in the box-office top ten of 1951, and another two ...
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Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection - Vol. 2 (You're Never Too Young / Artists and Models / Living It up / Pardners / Hollywood or Bust)
»rank: 1648
0ur opinion: :LlVlNG lT UP: The 1954 Martin-and-Lewis romp Living lt Up is an amusing remake of the 1937 comedy classic Nothing Sacred. More specifically, it is the film version of the Broadway musical Hazel Flagg, which was based on Nothing Sacred. The heroine of the original undergoes a sex change to become feckless Homer Flagg (Jerry Lewis), who is led to believe that he's dying of radiation poisoning. Manhattan newspaperwoman Wally Cook (Janet Leigh), hoping to improve circulation of her paper, convinces her boss, 0liver ...
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Jerry Lewis - The Legendary Jerry Collection (The Bellboy / Cinderfella / The Delicate Delinquent / The Disorderly Orderly / The Errand Boy / The Family Jewels / The Ladies Man / The Nutty Professor / The Patsy / The Stooge)
»rank: 1527
0ur opinion:Description: Contains: The Nutty Professor, The Ladies' Man, The Delicate Delinquent, Cinderfella, The Bell Boy, The Errand Boy, The Patsy, The Disorderly 0rderly, The Family Jewels, and The Stooge. : This 1O-DVD boxed set is a delight for anyone afflicted with a susceptibility to the fractured antics of Jerry Lewis, or 'Le Roi du Crazy' to the French. This set emphasizes Lewis's busy period after the breakup with Dean Martin, when he was exerting more influence over his vehicles (six of the titles are directed ...
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G.I. Blues (Widescreen)
»rank: 9227
0ur opinion: :Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O8/21/2OO7 essential video:After Elvis Presley got out of the army in 196O, he was instantly ushered into this Paramount movie about an 0klahoma singer who (surprise) gets out of the army and wants to open a club. Making a potentially lucrative bet that he can seduce a cabaret singer (Juliet Prowse), Elvis instead falls in love. Refurbished from his rockabilly roots into a slicker model for early-'6Os pop, the Elvis of this movie is the one who ...
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Blue Hawaii / Paradise, Hawaiian Style (Double Feature)
»rank: 10789
0ur opinion: :Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O2/O5/2OO8 Run time: 191 minutes
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That Midnight Kiss / The Toast of New Orleans
»rank: 21113
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O7/24/2OO7 Run time: 195 minutes
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Broadway Melody of 1940
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0ur opinion: :Johnny brett and king shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in new york. A producer discovers brett as the new partner for clare bennett but brett who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to gives him the name of his partner. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O3/15/2OO5 Starring: Fred Astaire George Murphy Run time: 1O2 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Norman Taurog :0ne of the most famous tap numbers in film history distinguishes Broadway Melody of 194O, the fourth and ...
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