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Laurel and Hardy Collection, The (The Bullfighters; The Dancing Masters; Great Guns; A-Haunting We Will Go; The Big Noise; Jitterbugs) (1941-1945)- Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
- Six late–period comedy gems from Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, available to buy as a box–set or for rental as separate titles. Great…
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond… - An interesting departure for Alfred Hitchcock, this airy screwball comedy follows a happily married couple in New York who are shocked to learn that…
Road to Zanzibar (1941)- Dir. Victor Schertzinger
Feat. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour - The second in the 'Road to...' series sees the classic trio (Hope, Crosby and Lamour) down Africa–way in darkest Zanzibar.
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)- Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed… - Yet another relaxing weekend for sweethearts Nick and Nora turns into a head–scratcher, as the crime–stopping couple divert from a day at…
Strawberry Blonde (1941)- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth… - Winning 40's rom–com based on the play "One Sunday Afternoon" by James Hagan. Set in 1890's New York City, with James Cagney playing a…
That Night in Rio (1941)- Dir. Irving Cummings
Feat. Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda - Comedy musical about an American entertainer who impersonates a wealthy aristocrat, but generates the romantic attentions of the man's wife as a…
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)- Dir. Sidney Lanfield
Feat. Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, John Hubbard… - Generally amusing showbiz comedy has Fred Astaire play a star Broadway dancer who helps his boss (Benchley) out of trouble with his wife over a…
Bank Dick, The (1940)
- Dir. Edward Cline
Feat. W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, Cora Witherspoon - W.C. Fields last great outburst of lunatic humour, playing a not–particularly–interested–in–the–job bank–guard,…
Best of Abbott and Costello, The - Volume 1 (One Night in the Tropics, Buck Privates, In the Navy, Hold that Ghost, Keep 'Em Flying, Ride 'Em Cowboy, Who Done It?, Pardon My Sarong) (1940-1942)- Dir. A. Edward Sutherland, Arthur Lubin, Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello - The first eight movie comedies with duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in their patented roles. After careers in variety, silent films and radio, they…
Christmas in July (1940)- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn… - Dir. Sturges second film is a short, sweet and sharp satire on 'success', in which a gullible office clerk (Powell) is fooled by his colleagues into…
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