Preston Sturges
Language
English
Formats
Description
A small-town girl goes overboard with war-time patriotic zeal and marries a soldier she's only met once. He disappears after one night, then she thinks she's pregnant... but she just can't remember her husband's name. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** *"Great verbal gags and non-sequiturs, fast paced action, and a thorough irreverence for all things deemed respectable...make it a lasting delight." - Geoff Andrew, **Time...
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume V. 2
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 68 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Hope springs eternal when an office clerk (Dick Powell) mistakenly believes he's won a coffee slogan challenge and spends the 'prize money'."
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume V. 7
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A quirky soldier (Eddie Bracken) gets an unexpected homecoming when a group of uproarious Marines decides to 'make' a hero out of the comic misfit."
Series
Criterion collection volume 292
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A world-famous symphony conductor, consumed with the suspicion that his wife is having an affair, entertains elaborate visions of vengeance, set to three separate orchestral works.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Classy shoplifter Lee Leander, on trial for swiping a diamond bracelet, has her case postponed by Assistant District Attorney John Sargent until after Christmas. Taking pity on her, he bails her out of jail. He's driving home to Indiana for the holidays, and when he finds Lee's a Hoosier too, offers to drop her at her mother's on the way. When she's rejected by her mother, he brings her home to his place where his mother, his aunt and their farmhand,...
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume V. 1
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"An opportunist (Brian Donlevy) turns corruption into a promising political career but struggles to stay on top when he tries to go honest."
9) The Lady Eve
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume V. 3
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"It's the ultimate battle of the sexes when a wealthy heir (Henry Fonda) falls (literally!) for a con woman (Barbara Stanwyck) with a shady past."
10) The great moment
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume V. 6
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This stirring biopic follows the fascinating life of W.T.G. Morton (Joel McCrea), a 19th century dentist who successfully develops the first anesthesia."
Series
Criterion collection volume 118
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter.
12) Easy living
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mary Smith is a poor working girl who literally has a fortune dropped in her lap when a wealthy financier tosses a sable coat out a window and it lands on her. Everyone automatically assumes she's his mistress, and soon her fairytale-like rags-to-riches lifestyle threatens a very real romance with an inept waiter.
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume V. 5
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Money makes the world go 'round, or so Gerry (Claudette Colbert) believes when she decides to divorce her struggling husband (Joel McCrea) to support him by marrying a millionaire."
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume V. 4
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In this comedic masterpiece, a wealthy director (Joel McCrea) wants to find 'real' people for his next great film ... "
Series
Preston Sturges the filmmaker collection volume DVD 3
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full frame.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"It's the ultimate battle of the sexes when a wealthy heir (Henry Fonda) falls (literally!) for a con woman (Barbara Stanwyck) with a shady past."