Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack
Mill Creek Entertainment box set (2007)
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- DirectorIrving PichelStarsCharles CoburnJoan BennettWilliam EytheIn 1940, Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn), a retired Army officer, returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia, and is disturbed at the lack of civic pride. He writes a letter to the editor in the local newspaper and attacks those who would do away with with traditions, especially those moving to tear down the old city hall and those who wish to rename Confederate Square after a local politician.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsOle OlsenChic JohnsonJoyce ComptonAfter being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they find themselves accused of kidnapping a young boy to whom they offered a ride.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsJohnny DownsGale StormMantan MorelandFreckles (Johnny Downs) comes home from college...and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane (Gale Storm), falls in love with a confidence man.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsCharles RugglesVerree TeasdaleSidney BlackmerWealthy Chester is not Phyllis's first husband. And all pay alimony. After the wedding Chester learns that she has had eyes on a British big game hunter who turns out to be a pretender like Phyllis: Actually he is Chester's butler.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsWilliam TracyJoe SawyerJames GleasonColonel Barkley is very proud of his assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, who has a photographic memory. Doubleday shows off his book knowledge on firearms during a class given by Sergeant Ames, embarrassing him.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsJohn CarrollRuth HusseyCharles RugglesMacho pilot is treated by a woman doctor. Complications ensue.Her Favorite Patient
Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment) on Disc 2 Side A - DirectorRalph StaubStarsWalter BrennanMary BrianLyle TalbotCappy Ricks, a crusty old sea captain, returns home from a long voyage to discover that his family and his business are in chaos--his daughter is set to marry a nitwit that he can't stand, and his future mother-in-law has taken over everything and is set to merge his business with that of a rival company. Worst of all, though, is that she--in the interests of "progress"--has completely automated his beloved ship, "Electra"!. He sets out to put an end to all this foolishness and comes up with what he thinks is a foolproof plan.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsOle OlsenChic JohnsonMary HowardTwo zanies try to stage a show in a theater that has a reputation for being being jinxed.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsMarjorie WoodworthTom BrownZasu PittsMargie Blake, who wants to get married young and have two dozen kids, has a flat tire and traveling salesman Tom Wilson, who believes in "loving 'em and leaving 'em" stops to help.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsWilliam TracyJoe SawyerEmory ParnellA newspaper publisher sends his future son-in-law to handle a job that ends up with unexpected trouble.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorAlexis Thurn-TaxisStarsJames EllisonWanda McKayFranklin PangbornA young girl arrives in Hollywood determined to become a star in the movies, but finds that attaining stardom is a lot more difficult than she counted on. However, she does become a star of sorts--as the owner of a dog who DOES become a movie star.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsFranchot ToneAnn RichardsTom ConwayAfter an Englishwoman dies, leaving behind two children, her devoted friend decides to take the children to find the woman's husband, an American serviceman who had returned to the USA. But the father, now a successful architect, claims not to remember ever having gotten married or having any children.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithGeorge CukorStarsAnn HardingLeslie HowardMyrna LoyBased on a play by Philip Barry, this sophisticated comedy is about a man trying to justify his love for both his wife and his mistress.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorGeorge BeckStarsFarley GrangerShelley WintersWilliam DemarestWhen a cute Welsh terrier follows Bill Denny home, little does he know that all gangland has its eye on that dog. Who will be bumbling Bill's undoing - the gangsters, the cops, or his suspicious mother-in-law?Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsEdmond O'BrienWanda HendrixRudy ValleeEx-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorArthur HopkinsStarsRoland YoungLillian GishMontagu LovePriam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden illness, a mix-up leads to the body being identified as Farrel's. The timid artist then assumes the identity of his former servant, but finds himself faced with constant dilemmas as a result.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsBobby JordanLeo GorceyHal E. ChesterStreet kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsBobby BreenKent TaylorMarla SheltonAn American tourist in South America finds love and unexpected trouble.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsIrene WareSidney BlackmerBetty CompsonProblems develop when a girl borrows money from a friend so that she can impress a wealthy man who wants to marry her.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsFrankie DarroMarcia Mae JonesJackie MoranTwo friends take jobs as truck drivers, unaware that the trucking company is being targeted by a gang of saboteurs who will stop at nothing, including murder, to stop them.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsDanny KayeWalter SlezakBarbara BatesA town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceJackie CooganThe Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsGinger RogersJack CarsonJoan DavisAn attorney is hired to keep a dumb cowboy out of trouble.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorLewis D. CollinsStarsStuart ErwinGlenda FarrellRuss VincentStuart Erwin plays a small-town real estate agent who owns much property which, for several generations, has failed to sell even while the town has grown. It becomes known, except to Erwin, that the property is being considered for the new airport and the owner will make a small fortune. He is swarmed upon by an unscrupulous swami (Russ Vincent)and his equally-crooked business partner, and Erwin is soon convinced that he hasn't long to live. With his life a mess, he leaves home and family.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorPhil WhitmanStarsEvalyn KnappJohn WayneReginald BarlowDick Wallace secretly marries a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who thinks she is a gold digger, is opposed. She takes a job with the company under her maiden name to prove she's okay.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorLew LandersStarsSlim SummervilleEl BrendelIris AdrianThe national spotlight falls on Pitchfork, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the ingredient for laughs.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorFrank RossStarsJoan CaulfieldDavid NivenJames Robertson JusticeA woman writes a best-selling book for women warning them about the "dangers" of men. A handsome photographer for a national magazine arrives in her town to do a feature story on her. Complications ensue.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWilliam PowellIrene DunneElizabeth TaylorA straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorRussell MackStarsEdward Everett HortonEsther RalstonLaura La PlanteA lonely husband whose wife has been away hires a lookalike impersonator to fill his place and fool his mother-in-law while he plays around with a pretty coquette. Confusion prevails when his wife returns that evening.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsTommy KellyAnn GillisEdgar KennedyTrouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and before long their antics are causing the circus owner all kinds of problems.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorLeo McCareyRay McCareyNorman Z. McLeodStarsHarold LloydAdolphe MenjouVerree TeasdaleTimid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan (Lloyd), somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsWallace FordGloria SheaEdgar KennedyAt Joe's Roadside, a popular but rundown New York roadhouse where the wealthy and not-so-wealthy hang out, a wealthy Manhattan girl and a struggling Brooklyn boy meet and fall in love. She marries him against the wishes of her family, believing that love can solve everything, but she soon wonders if she made the right choice when she finds herself living in a manner, and with the kinds of people, she hadn't counted on.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsRosalind RussellPaul DouglasMarie WilsonA shallow society matron is urged by her senator father to join the Women's Army Corps.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsCarole LombardFredric MarchCharles WinningerAn eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorMelville W. BrownStarsWallace FordBetty AldenFlorence RobertsBob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen dreams of being in the movies. While Bob is looking for a farm to buy, Helen is taken in by a group of scam artists who promise to make her a star. Helen's brother Willie tries to prevent her and Bob from losing all their money to the scam artists.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsJimmy DuranteLupe VelezStuart ErwinKnobby discovers young hunk Palooka and trains him to fight the reigning champ, also drunken sot, Al McSwatt.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsBetty HuttonJohn LundBilly De WolfeThe real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsDanielle DarrieuxDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Mischa AuerNicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution is to try to snare a rich husband, and she enlists the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre d' to catch the eye of Bill Duncan.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsJoe E. BrownGuy KibbeeFlorence RiceSmugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chicago are vying for the story. Reporter Elmer Lane is out to scoop rival reporter Betty Harrison, and capture her heart in the process.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorHal WalkerStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeDorothy LamourTwo unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsDick HaymesNina FochRoland YoungA gang of con artists disguise themselves as clerics in order to pull off a job, but soon find that even pretending to be religious people is having an effect on them.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorRaymond CannonStarsWallace FordRay MayerIsabel JewellHusky Stone (Ray Mayer), strongest man in the Navy, and as short on brains as he is as long on muscle, has an urge to get married, as his enlistment is up. The object of his affection is Myrtle Montrose (Isabal Jewell), a typical "Sweetheart of the Navy." Seeking to discourage Husky's plans is his pal, Pete Kelly (Wallace Ford), who uses Husky to fight his battles and do his work. Pete frames Husky and he is confined to the brig, as their ship docks in San Francisco. Pete goes ashore, courts the fickle and ever-ready Myrtle and makes her forget Husky. The latter, when he finds out, knocks Pete out cold and refuses to have anything to do with him. Pete and Husky are sent on a working party during aerial bombing practice. They board a floating target to repair it and, unknown to the others, Husky is knocked out by a loose timber. Heading back to the ship, Pete discovers that Husky is missing, jumps overboard from the launch and swims back to the target to rescue Husky.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorIrving ReisStarsEve ArdenRuth WarrickVanessa BrownWhen a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of three husbands.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsHugh HerbertAnita LouiseAlan MowbrayA widow and her daughter are threatened with eviction by an unscrupulous lawyer.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsAnne NagelWarren HullHenry MollisonA stood-up bride uses her lawyer as a stand-in for her absent, unreliable fiancé, hoping to get a quick divorce after the media interest dies down. In time, she realizes that she might have wed the right man--but it might be too late.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsReginald DennyEsther RalstonVince BarnettTwo petty gangsters trying to elude their enemies join the French Foreign Legion.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorRalph CederStarsFrank FayRuth HallNat PendletonAn elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.Meet the Mayor
Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment) on Disc 12 Side A - DirectorRussell HaydenStarsRobert LoweryMarvin MillerJackie CooganA comic look - at Cuba after the Castro regime take-over.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorBernard B. RayStarsNeil HamiltonJune LangJoyce ComptonRichard Sutton and Linda Pearson are secretly engaged but unable to marry because of financial problems. Crooked promoter Gibbons offers Richard a deal but, in order to get rid of him, Richard says a rich uncle in Brazil has died and left him a fortune. The news soon spreads all over town and perks up his wealthy-and-ailing grandmother and her doctor warns Richard against telling her the truth. Granny Sutton tricks him into an engagement with a beautiful young nitwit, Gwenny Miller, of whom she is very fond. Barbara Cartwright, daughter of the town's richest man, suggests she has an idea to get him out of his difficulty and Richard, suffering from an overdose of sleeping pills, visits her. He is too sleepy to realize that her plans calls for marrying her instead, and when her father catches them in an embrace, Richard finds himself engaged to a third woman. Linda walks out and Richard goes on a drinking spree and wakes up in the apartment of playboy Chester Wannamaker, who had lent him his keys before leaving town. Chester's chorus girl fiancée, Lorraine O'Reilly, arrives and proceeds to make herself at home. Gwenny and Barbara also show up as does Lorraine's gangster brother Spike O'Reilly who insists, at the point of a gun, that Richard "do right" by his sister. And then it gets confusing.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyBobby JordanJoan BarclayA group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents.Included in Comedy Kings 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek Entertainment)