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Erle C. Kenton
Series
W.C. Fields comedy collection volume 2
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works (e.g., a keyhole finder for drunks) have brought him only poverty. His daughter is in love with the son of the town snob. Events conspire to ruin his bullet-proof tire just as success seems near. Another of his inventions prohibits him from committing suicide, so Sam decides to go on living.
Series
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Christian, the unofficial town father, takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music teacher. His interest isn't just in the boy's music career--he believes it would be best for the boy to have his parents back together, and sets out to do just that.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
A brash newspaper reporter (George Murphy) agrees to a marriage of convenience with a manicurist (Jean Arthur) who is facing deportation to Greece. If he'll help her become a New York City resident, she'll provide him with the inside track on a breaking news story, the escape and disappearance of a dangerous racketeer she knows. Nothing proceeds as planned in this fast-paced crime comedy which recalls the cynical humor and streetwise dialogue of the...
Series
Criterion collection volume 586
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sailor finds himself trapped on a remote South Pacific island where a mad doctor conducts gruesome experiments in evolution.
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Keystone Film Company, under the guidance of pioneering producer and director Mack Sennett, was the birthplace of classic American slapstick comedy. This historic studio was at one time home to nearly every major silent screen comedian! Now, for the first time, thanks to FlickerAlley, CineMuseum, and Keystone FIlms, 50 of the best surviving Sennett comedies have been gathered from around the world to be fully restored and digitally remastered...
7) Frankenstein
Series
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Frankenstein (1931): Dr. Frankenstein creates a true monster from dead human parts, but it gets out of control and into trouble.
Bride of Frankenstein (1935): Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.
Son of Frankenstein (1939): Wolf Frankenstein, the doctor's son, returns with his wife to claim his inheritance.
Ghost of Frankenstein (1942): Ygor resurrects Frankenstein's monster and brings...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c[2009].
Language
English
Formats
Description
Six films made before the Production Code. 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. But during the "pre-Code" period (1929-1934), censorship barely existed and filmmakers had free rein to make the movies they wanted and the public demanded. No subject was taboo including adultery, murder or sex.
The cheat (1931): Love, lust, possession,...
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Dracula (1931): The vampire Count Dracula arrives in England and begins to prey upon the young and virtuous Mina.
Dracula's daughter (1936): A hypnotic woman steals the body of Count Dracula and bloodless corpses start appearing in London again.
Son of Dracula: Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the United States by a young and morbid heiress.
House of Dracula (1945): Dracula arrives at Dr. Edelman's office asking for a cure to his vampirism....
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
From his early days on stage in vaudeville and Broadway through his live appearance on radio, W.C. Fields created an iconic persona that has never been matched. The comic genius of Fields is best captured forever in his body of films that highlight his notoriously sarcastic quick wit and slapstick routines. In these ten films, see W.C. Fields at his best.