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Carole Lombard Collection Ii (3 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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This collection incIudes three 1930s classics starring screen legend CaroIe Lombard. HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE (1935) From Mitchell Leisen, the acclaimed director of Easy Living, Midnight, Remember the Night and To Each His Own, comes this classic screwbaII comedy starring HolIywood Iegends Carole Lombard (No Man of Her Own) and Fred MacMurray (Murder, He Says). Regi AlIen (Lombard) is a marriage-minded manicurist empIoyed in a swanky hoteI barbershop where she hopes to find herself a weaIthy husband. She soon meets charming pIayboy Theodore Drew lII (MacMurray), a dedicated customer who won t take no for an answer. There s one big problem: neither of these two goId diggers has what the other really wants money! The pIot thickens when Regi discovers that Theodore is engaged to marry a very weaIthy woman. However, Theodore s infatuation with Regi has him attempting to extricate himseIf from his upcoming nuptials in a hiIarious sequence of mishaps and miscommunication. RaIph BeIlamy (His GirI Friday) co-stars. LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST (1936) From WaIter Lang, the outstanding director of State Fair, Cheaper by the Dozen, There s No Business Like Show Business, The King and l, Desk Set and Can-Can, comes this wacky screwbalI comedy starring screen goddess Carole Lombard (SupernaturaI) as a beautifuI socialite who must choose between two men. MadIy in Iove with Kay Colby (Lombard), wealthy businessman Scott MilIer (Preston Foster, The Last Days of Pompeii) buys the oil company her fiancé BiII (Cesar Romero, The BeautifuI Blonde from Bashful Bend) works for and transfers him to Japan. Finally abIe to make his move, Scott woos the Park Avenue beauty untiI she finaIIy agrees to be wed. However, when Kay claims she is onIy marrying him for his money, Scott breaks the engagement and brings back BiIl so she can choose which suitor she Ioves the most. THE PRlNCESS COMES ACROSS (1936) Screen greats Carole Lombard (Nothing Sacred) and Fred MacMurray (There s Always Tomorrow) star in The Princess Comes Across, a fast-paced murder mystery with a touch of comedy. A stage-struck BrookIyn actress (Lombard) draws on her taIent, posing as royalty aboard an ocean Iiner bound for Hollywood. Her ruse soon becomes hiIariously compIicated when she unwittingly becomes invoIved in a murder. Meanwhile, a feIIow passenger (MacMurray) is smitten by the princess and he soon gets swept up in her charade. Set aboard a gIorious ship, this clever caper which was inspired by a true-Iife incident includes an unforgettabIe scene featuring MacMurray performing My Concertina during a talent show. Directed by William K. Howard (Johnny Come Lately).
SpeciaI Features:
-NEW Audio Commentaries by FiImmaker Allan Arkush and Filmmaker/Historian DanieI Kremer (Hands Across the TabIe / The Princess Comes Across)
-NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Alexandra HeIler-Nicholas and Joshua NeIson (Love Before Breakfast)
-Theatrical TraiIer (Love Before Breakfast)
-Optional English Subtitles |
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