Mack Sennett
Author
Language
English
Description
Certain she was dying, Hazel (Carole Lombard) is happy to learn it was a false alarm. But when New York City reporter Wally Cook (Fredric March) shows up looking for a story about a young girl braving terminal illness, Hazel decides that she's sick again. Wally whisks her off to Manhattan, where her "courage" wins her many admirers and he falls in love with Wally and dreads being discovered.
Series
Criterion collection volume 79
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
This compilation of films pays tribute to America's cantankerous comedy genius, W.C. Fields. Legendary one-liners and slapstick routines are preserved in these early shorts that chronicle the development of Fields' irascible screen persona.
Publisher
Kino
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In 1934, Keaton signed a contract with Earle W. Hammons' Educational Pictures, which specialized in comedy short subjects. This move was a return to his roots, crafting a stream of two-reel comedies in rapid succession, as he had done in the early 1920s, when he first refined his cinematic craft. Contains all sixteen films made at Educational Pictures.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
One of the most recognizable faces in the history of cinema, his renowned acting, directing, composing, and writing career spanned more than fifty years. He was an Academy Award winning silent screen star. He left a legacy that modern artists and filmmakers still study today. A comprehensive collection that pays tribute to Hollywood's greatest star.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Molly Adair is a toiling stage actress in New York City. She aspires to make it big in the fledgling motion picture business. As the years pass, Molly's star continues to rise. Hollywood director Michael Linnet Connors discovers Molly and takes her from a Broadway understudy to a 1913 Hollywood star. She marries her co-star thinking Connors is not in love with her. Connors fires both of them, damaging his career.
Publisher
Dollar Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Includes the Stolen jools (1931), a promotional fund-raising film featuring cameos by many stars; Ghost parade (1931), an early Mack Sennett talkie; la Cucaracha (1934), a Latin themed romance; and four silent shorts starring Fatty Arbuckle, originally released in 1913, 1914, and 1915.
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A comedy of manners in which two people marry on the condition that each will retain his or her individual freedom. But when each subsequently flaunts their extra-marital escapades in the face of the other, it precipitates an amusing battle of the sexes.