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Arsenic and Old Lace
:Description:You'll die laughing! Frank Capra directs Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre and stellar cast in the hit Broadway farce about a nutcase family with well-intentioned homicidal tendencies. essential video:Frank Capra made this film in 1941 before he went off to make films for America's war effort, but it wasn't released until 1944. Adapted from the hit play by Joseph Kesselring, this frantic black comedy shows Capra at his best as a master of mood and timing. Actresses Josephine Hull and Jean Adair reprise ...
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A New Kind of Love
:Description:Sent to Paris to steal fashion ideas, department store buyer Samantha Blake (Woodward) decides a complete makeover is in order so people will stop mistaking her for a boy. Instead, she is mistaken for a Parisian 'Lady of the Night' and decides to play up that role. Meanwhile, American journalist Steve Sherman (Newman) is in Paris to write about the fashion shows, but decides instead to write about this mysterious 'Lady of the Night' and the two find themselves falling in love.
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The Parent Trap (1961) and The Parent Trap II (1986): 2-Movie Collection (2-Disc Set)
: :Two identical twins, separated since their parents' divorce, scheme to switch places in order to get their parents back together; As grownups, a niece convinces one of the twins to help match up her divorced sister with the niece's friend's widowed fatherGenre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: GRelease Date: 27-SEP-2005Media Type: DVD
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Tammy And The Bachelor / Tammy Tell Me True / Tammy And The Doctor (Triple Feature)
: :Two identical twins, separated since their parents' divorce, scheme to switch places in order to get their parents back together; As grownups, a niece convinces one of the twins to help match up her divorced sister with the niece's friend's widowed fatherGenre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: GRelease Date: 27-SEP-2005Media Type: DVD
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The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition)
: :When an American prize-fighter kills a man in the ring, he returns to the Irish village where he was born to find peace and there he meets and falls in love with the sister of the village bully.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: NRRelease Date: 22-OCT-2002Media Type: DVD essential video:Blarney and bliss, mixed in equal proportions. John Wayne plays an American boxer who returns to the Emerald Isle, his native land. What he finds there is a fiery prospective spouse (Maureen O'Hara) and a country greener ...
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The Ghost And Mr. Chicken
: :Remember watching this silly little comedy from your childhood? It may not have aged all that well, but is still goofy, good fun. Okay, so you can spot the stunt double, and Don Knotts's twitches are a little more obvious. Still, fans of his familiar routines will be comforted in knowing they can again watch their skinny underdog hero solve the ghost story while winning the prettiest girl in town. Knotts plays a trembling typesetter hoping to become a reporter by cracking the mystery of ...
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The Philadelphia Story
:Description:Katharine Hepburn reprises her triumphant Broadway role as a spoiled heir on the verge of marrying a snoot...but not if her ex-hubby (Cary Grant) and smitten reporter (James Stewart) can help it! essential video:Re-creating the role she originated in Philip Barry's wickedly witty Broadway play, Katharine Hepburn stars as the spoiled and snobby socialite Tracy Lord in this sparkling 1940 screen adaptation of The Philadelphia Story, one of the great romantic comedies from the golden age of MGM studios. Applying her impossibly high ideals ...
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Special Aniversary Collector's Edition)
: :Winner of two Oscars® the romantic comedy that sparkles like diamonds! The names Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly have become synonymous since this dazzling romantic comedy was translated to the screen from Truman Capote's best-selling novella. Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian Millionaire. George Peppard plays her next-door neighbor a writer who is 'sponsored' by a wealthy Patricia Neal. Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy. Seeing just how that romance blossoms is one ...
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Harvey
:Description:James Stewart stars as Elwood P. Dowd, a wealthy alcoholic whose sunny disposition and drunken antics are tolerated by most of the citizens of his community. That is, until Elwood begins to claim that he has a friend named Harvey who is an invisisble six foot rabbit. Elwood's snooty socialite sister, Veta, determined to marry off her daughter Myrtle to a respectable man, begins to plot to keep Elwood's lunacy from interfering. essential video:It's always a small surprise to revisit this movie and realize ...
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Roman Holiday (Special Collector's Edition)
: :A princess on an official visit to Rome slips away without notice and falls in love with a newspaperman.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: NRRelease Date: 2-JAN-2007Media Type: DVD essential video:Maybe it doesn't quite live up to its sterling reputation, and maybe the leading man and director were slightly miscast. But who cares? Roman Holiday is the film that brought Audrey Hepburn to prominence, and the world movie audience went weak at the knees. The endlessly charming Hepburn had her first starring role in this sweet ...
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