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Classic Horse-Racing Comedies

07.15.22 | Constance Metzinger | Tags: Allen Jenkins, Arthur Shileds, Barry Fitzgerald, Bob Hope, Bud Abbott, Chico Marx, Cyril Cuscak, Dean Martin, Donald O'Connor, Dorothy Moore, Francis the Talking Mue, Glenn Ford, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, James Gleason, Jed Prouty, Jerry Lewis, Joan Blondell, Lou Costello, Lucille Ball, Martita Hunt, Otto Kruger, Peggy Cummins, Piper Laurie, Rudy Vallee, Terence Morgan, The Marx Brothers, The Ritz Brothers, Wilfred Hyde-White | no comments

In today’s Guest Post, Constance Metzinger explores some of the funniest horse-racing comedies ever made! Three Men on a Horse (1936) – Frank McHugh stars as a meek salesman who has an uncanny ability to pick horses. For that skill…

Liam Neeson in “The Marksman” Leads the Latest New Releases

05.13.21 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Amy Heckerling, Basil Rathbone, Bob Hope, Budd Boetticher, C. Thomas Howell, Cameron Crowe, Cameron Diaz, Charles Bronson, Charles Grodin, Chris Evans, Christina Applegate, Christopher Lloyd, Colm Meaney, Criterion Collection, DC Comics, Disney, Eddie Murphy, Esai Morales, Fred MacMurray, Fredric March, Gregory Peck, Ice Cube, James Arness, James Cromwell, James Garner, James Marsden, Jane Wyman, Jean Smart, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jessica Lange, John Carradine, John Lithgow, John Wayne, Judge Reinhold, King Kong, Lana Turner, Liam Neeson, Linda Cardellini, Lon Chaney Jr., Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mike Epps, Mike Myers, Paula Prentis, Raymond Burr, René Auberjonois, Robert Young, Rock Hudson, Sean Penn, Shirley Jones, Shrek, Susan Hayward, Sylvia Sidney, The Hallmark Channel, Warner Archive, William Shatner | no comments

Welcome to a new week full of stunning Blu-ray and DVD releases! The latest bunch of new releases include recent theatrical releases, archival favorites from the Criterion Collection, the Warner Archive and Shout Factory, cult classics making their HD debuts,…

These Classic Movies Are Now Available from KL Studio Classics

09.20.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1930s Films, 1940s Films, Anthony Quinn, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Henry Fonda, Keye Luke, KL Studio Classics | no comments

The Ghost Breakers

A quartet of film favorites are now available from KL Studio Classics, take a look: Spawn of the North (1938) The hazardous life of Alaskan salmon fishermen was vividly brought to life in this rugged drama. Jim Kimmerlee (Henry Fonda)…

“Roman Holiday” and Other Classics are Now Available!

09.15.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winner, Alfre Woodard, Allison Janney, Anna Faris, Anthony Quinn, Audrey Hepburn, Bob Hope, Claire Denis, Criterion Collection, Daniel Stern, David Cronenberg, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Herrmann, Fred Savage, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Howie Mandel, John Barrymore, John Wayne, Killing Eve, Kris Kristofferson, Muhammad Ali, Natalie Wood, Ossie Davis, Paulette Goddard, Robert Wagner, Roman Holiday, Sandra Oh, Warner Archive Collection, William Wyler | no comments

Take a trip into the heart of entertainment with this week’s new Blu-rays and DVDs. As you’ll see in the titles showcased below, this is a week where classics — both from the golden age of Hollywood and more recent…

Star-Packed New Releases Include Bruce Lee, The Marx Brothers and Other Legends

07.14.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Alan Ladd, Bob Hope, Bruce Lee, Burt Lancaster, Chico Marx, Criterion Collection, DC Comics, Edmund Gwenn, Emily Hampshire, Greer Garson, Groucho Marx, Hallmark Channel, Harpo Marx, Hoot Gibson, Jane Austen, Jane Russell, Joan Fontaine, John Ford, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Cattrall, Laurence Olivier, Lego, Mark Strong, Maureen O'Sullivan, Michael J. Pollard, Pete Postlethwaite, Preston Sturges, Robert Armstrong, Robert Carlyle, Rutger Hauer, Sean Astin, W.C. Fields, Warner Archives, Warner Archives Collection, William Bendix | no comments

Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits

There are few things in life as joyful as sitting down to watch a beloved film. This week’s new DVD and Blu-ray releases offer up plenty of those, packed with Hollywood legends past and present, talents whose works on screen…

Check Out These Comedy Hits at Great Prices!

11.08.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Christopher Lloyd, Cloris Leachman, Eileen Brennan, Gene Wilder, Humphrey Bogart, Ian McShane, Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Marty Feldman, Mel Brooks, Michael McKean, Murray Hamilton, Neil Simon, Normal Fell, Peter Boyle, Peter Ustinov, Robert Redford, Rosalind Russell, Sandy Dennis, Suzanne Pleshette, Teri Garr, Tim Curry | no comments

Are you ready to laugh? There’s plenty of huge chuckles to be found in the following hits, all of which are featured in our Colossal Comedy sale! Spanning from the 1920s to the 2010s, we have thousands of your favorite…

Bob Hope and Lucille Ball: A “Critic’s Choice” for Laughter!

07.29.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1960s films, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Rip Torn, Warner Archive Collection | no comments

Coming to DVD via the Warner Archive Collection on August 20th, Critic’s Choice marked the fourth and final silver screen teaming of Bob Hope and Lucille Ball. Based on the 1960 Broadway play of the same name by Ira Levin…

This Week’s New Releases Include “Aquaman,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and “The Glass Bottom Boat”

03.26.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Anthony Quinn, Aquaman, Barry Jenkins, Basil Rathbone, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Boris Karloff, Criterion Collection, Djimon Hounsou, Dolph Lundgren, Dorothy Lamour, Douglas Sirk, John C. Reilly, Johnny Mack Brown, Mary Pickford, Meat Loaf, Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Ralph Forbes, Raw Dawn Chong, Regina King, Robert Wise, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Coogan, Temuera Morrison, Val Lewton, Warner Archive Collection, Willem Dafoe, William Shatner, Woody Strode, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | no comments

From Oscar-winners to classics from the vaults, there’s an incredible amount of new releases this week. We’ve got a little bit of everything hitting Blu-ray and DVD this week. Check out what you’ll be watching next! Aquaman Jason Momoa returns…

Join Bob Hope on a Madcap “Paris Holiday”

06.20.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Anita Ekberg, Bob Hope, Fernandel, Preston Sturges | no comments

Bon jour! The 1958 comedy classic Paris Holiday hit DVD and Blu-ray earlier this year via KL Studio Classics. In this frenetic farce, “the City of Lights” becomes “the City of Laughs” when screen comic Robert Leslie Hunter (Bob Hope)…

Dorothy Lamour is Bob Hope’s “Favorite Brunette”

04.16.18 | Rick29 | Tags: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, My Favorite Brunette | no comments

Confession: I sometimes get the plots of Bob Hope’s three My Favorite… movies mixed up. While recently viewing My Favorite Brunette (1947) again, I kept waiting for the scene where the baddies give Bob truth serum–with predictably silly results. However,…

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