Twenty comedies from Hollywood's Golden Age
Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 09/14/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The COMEDY KINGS 20 MOVIE PACK from MILL CREEK is primarily a repackaging of titles previously available on their FAMILY CLASSICS 50 and 100 MOVIE PACK sets. Included here are five silent films, an early talkie (with Jack Benny), and comedy teams like Hope & Crosby, Laurel & Hardy and Abbott & Costello. It's a solid program of classic public domain comedies.
Please note the manufacturer lists 23 titles on this 20-pack.
FAMILY CLASSICS 100 MOVIE PACK is an enormous and eclectic collection of vintage films sure to keep you entertained for a long time to come.
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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.
(6.2) Africa Screams (1949) - Abbott & Costello/Clyde Beatty/Max Baer/Shemp Howard/Joe Besser
(7.0) Angel On My Shoulder (1946) - Paul Muni/Anne Baxter/Claude Rains
(5.4) Bangville Police (silent-1913) - Mabel Normand/Edgar Kennedy/Al St. John
(6.8) The Flying Deuces - Laurel & Hardy/Jean Parker/James Finlayson (in support)
(6.7) The Great Rupert (1950) - Jimmy Durante
(5.2) Her Painted Hero (silent-1915) - Slim Summerville/Polly Moran
(8.0) His Girl Friday (1940) - Cary Grant/Rosalind Russell
(5.7) His Private Secretary (1933) - John Wayne/Evelyn Napp/Al St. John
(6.8) The Inspector General (1949) - Danny Kaye/Walter Slezak/Elsa Lanchester/Alan Hale (in support
(8.1) The Kid (silent-1921) - Charlie Chaplin/Edna Purviance/Jackie Coogan
(5.5) Love Laughs At Andy Hardy (1946) - Mickey Rooney/Bonita Granville
(5.1) Love, Speed And Thrills (silent-1915) - Mack Swain/Chester Conklin
(5.5) The Medicine Man (1930) - Jack Benny
(6.4) Mr. Wise Guy (1942) - East Side Kids
(5.8) My Dear Secretary (1949) - Laraine Day/Kirk Douglas/Keenan Wynn/Rudy Vallee
(6.9) My Favorite Brunette (1947) - Bob Hope/Dorothy Lamour/Peter Lorre/Lon Chaney Jr.
(8.1) My Man Godfrey (1939) - William Powell/Carole Lombard
(5.8) Pot O' Gold (1941) - James Stewart/Paulette Goddard
(6.8) Road To Bali (1952) - Bob Hope/Bing Crosby/Dorothy Lamour/Michael (minor role)
(6.4) Smart Alecks (1942) - East Side Kids
(6.3) The Time Of Your Life (1948) - James Cagney/William Bendix/Broderick Crawford/Ward Bond
(5.5) The Town Went Wild (1944) - Freddie Bartholomew/Jimmy Lydon/Edward Everett Horton
(5.4) Wife And Auto Trouble (silent-1916) - William Collier Sr./Blanche Payson/Mae Busch"