Greatest Classic Films Collection: Comedy On DVD

Actor :       Cary Grant, Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Spencer Tracy
Director:   Frank Capra, Vincente Minnelli, Sam Wood
Genre:       Comedy
Year:          N/A
Studio:       Turner Classic Movie
Length:      106
Released: November 3, 2009
Rating:       Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:      DVD
Misc:          NTSC, Black & White, Color
Language: English
subtutles:  English, French

DESCRIPTION:

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Cary Grant and a stellar cast romp through this classic farce based on the Broadway hit and breezily directed by Frank Capra. A frazzled drama critic’s two maiden aunts put a secret ingredient in their elderberry wine – and the resulting circus is howlingly hilarious, with a comically rubber-faced, rubber-legged Grant in the center ring. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Grand opera equals grand comedy as the Marx Brothers cram a ship’s stateroom and more with wall-to-wall gags, one-liners, musical riffs and two hard-boiled eggs – all while skewering pompous schemes to sabotage an opera production. “Arguably their finest film” (4 Star Rating! - Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide). THE LONG, LONG TRAILER Anyone know how to park this thing? Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz play newlyweds who hit the honeymoon road with a 40-foot house trailer in tow in this slaphappily-ever-after comedy directed by Vincente Minnelli. FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950) Spencer Tracy is the father and Elizabeth Taylor the bride in this comic celebration of an American rite (and wrongs) of passage. Here comes the bride, there goes dad’s wallet…and everyone’s heart. What sparkling fun!