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Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945)

Director, S. Sylvan Simon. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Frances Rafferty, Robert Stanton, Jean Porter, Warner Anderson, "Rags" Ragland, Mike Mazurki. Bud and Lou turn Hollywood inside out with their pranks and comedy as they play the role of two barbers who want their own shop in Hollywood and try to raise money by becoming talent agents. 83 min. DVD 7449

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Adam's Rib (1949)

Director, George Cukor. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell. A romantic comedy in which husband and wife are lawyers on opposite sides of an attempted murder case. 61 min. DVD 2320; vhs 999:100

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The Adventurer (1917)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. In "The Adventurer," Charlie is an escaped convict on the run who borrows a tuxedo and mingles with the rich at a posh party. 31 min. DVD 8; Video Disc 147

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Affairs of Anatole(1921)

Director, Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Gloria Swanson, Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniels, Monte Blue. A New York socialite becomes bored with his newlywed bride and attempts to broaden his romantic horizons by rescuing a series of damsels in distress. 117 min. DVD X353

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Africa Screams (1949)

Directed by Charles Barton. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello. Starving cannibals, ferocious lions and awesome apes terrorize Abbott and Costello in this African adventure. 79 min. DVD 1299

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Airplane (1980)

Directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker. Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Robert Hays, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves. In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a bad fish meal. Now, it is up to him to land the airplane safely, before the poisoning starts causing casualties. But Ted Striker's aversion to piloting is a serious psychosis, which needs to be cured--right now. 87 min. DVD 4976

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Amazing Grace (1974)

Directed by Stan Lathan. Cast: Moms Mabley, Slappy White, Moses Gunn, James Karen, George Lee Miles, Gary Bolling, Dolph Sweet, Jon Richards, Stepin Fetchit, Butterfly McQueen. A black pious church-going widow and grandmother takes over the political campaign of a neighbor running for mayor of Baltimore, transforming him from a white man's pawn into a serious challenger of Baltimore's blue-blood establishment. 97 min. DVD 3499

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American Pie (1999)

Directed by Paul Weitz. Cast: Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Seann W. Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy. Takes a hysterical look at the hapless adventures of four "unlucky in love" high school friends as they gear up for the prom. 96 min. DVD 2259

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American Slapstick. Vol. I

In this anthology of silent classic comedies expect to find exploding cars, innocent bystanders smacked in the head with hammers, half-naked underware models chased by cross-dressing villains, auctioneers crawling across airplane wings to retrieve false teeth, memory-impaired lovers, somnambulists, drunken reprobates, deranged acrobats, and the Keystone Kops. DVD X427

Disc 1: Caught in the rain / directed by Charlie Chaplin (1914, 14 min.) -- Laughing gas (1914, 11 min.) -- A submarine pirate (1915, 27 min.) -- Cupid's rival (1917, 28 min.) -- The bond (1918, 9 min.). Featuring: Charley Chaplin, Syd Chaplin, Billy West, Oliver Hardy.

Disc 2: Golf (1922, 27 min.) -- Lizzies of the field (1924, 14 min.) -- Heavy love : the ton of fun (1926, 20 min.) -- Uppercuts / producer, Al Christie (1926, 11 min.) -- Beauty and the bump (1927, 16 min.) -- Reckless Rosie (1929, 11 min.). Featuring: Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy, Billy Bevan, Stan Laurel, Jack Duffy, Perry Murdock, Frances Lee.

Disc 3: Originally released as motion pictures between 1916 and 1927. Luke's movie muddle (1916, 10 min.) -- Pay your dues (1919, 13 min.) -- The nonskid kid (1922, 11 min.) -- Sold at auction (1923, 22 min.) -- Smithy (1924, 14 min.) -- Forgotten sweeties (1927, 21 min.). Featuring: Harold Lloyd, Eddie Boland, Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, Snub Pollard, Stan Laurel, Charlie Chase.

American Slapstick. Vol. II

An anthology of comedy shorts that have been mastered from archival elements and rare collections. They were the bad boy superstars of the Jazz Age. They told jokes without words, with punchlines made from brickbats and cream pies. DVD X428

Disc 1: Luke joins the Navy (1916) (4:29) -- By the sad sea waves (1917) (6:03) -- Bliss (1917) (11:45) -- Hey there (1918) (18:06) -- Don't shove (1919) (9:39) -- Dodge your debts (1921) (10:24) -- Looking for trouble (1919) (9:08) -- Whirl o'the west (1921) (5:21) -- The dippy dentist (1920) (8:49) -- Shiver and shake (1922) (3:34) -- Post no bills (1923) (9:51) -- A fresh start (1920) (16:59) -- Kid speed (1924) (18:32) -- Jonah Jones (1924) (13:48) -- Breezing along (1927) (16:28).

Disc 2: Luke joins the Navy (1916) (4:29) -- By the sad sea waves (1917) (6:03) -- Bliss (1917) (11:45) -- Hey there (1918) (18:06) -- Don't shove (1919) (9:39) -- Dodge your debts (1921) (10:24) -- Looking for trouble (1919) (9:08) -- Whirl o'the west (1921) (5:21) -- The dippy dentist (1920) (8:49) -- Shiver and shake (1922) (3:34) -- Post no bills (1923) (9:51) -- A fresh start (1920) (16:59) -- Kid speed (1924) (18:32) -- Jonah Jones (1924) (13:48) -- Breezing along (1927) (16:28).

Disc 3: Be reasonable (1921) (15:39) --At your service (1921) (7:13) -- Call the wagon (1923) (19:12) -- Cinderella Cinders (1920) (18:50) -- Hold still (1926) (9:57) -- A hash house fraud (1915) (11:30) -- Faro nell (1929) (18:04) -- Hollywood runaround (1932) (17:24) -- Playboy number one (1937) (16:56)

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (1993)

Director, Adam McKay. Cast: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Chris Parnell, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Fred Willard. It's the 70's and Ron Burgundy is the king of San Diego. He's the most popular news anchor in town. He and his all male news team rule the city with their sauve looks, minimal IQ's and unbelievably bad hair. In Ron's world, women don't belong in the newsroom. So when rising star reporter Veronica Corningstone fills in for Ron one night and the ratings soar, it becomes more than a battle ... it becomes war. Special features: Outrageous bloopers and outtakes; over 15 minutes of side-splitting deleted scenes; Bill Kurtis interviewing Ron Burgundy; Ron Burgundy Biography - an A & E special; Ron Burgundy's MTV Music Award interviews; "Afternoon delight" music video; behind-the-scenes of "Afternoon delight" music video; ESPN audition. 102 min. DVD 6444

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And God Spoke: The Making of ...a Documentary (1993)

Director, Arthur Borman. Cast: Michael Riley, Stephen Rappaport, Soupy Sales, Lou Ferrigno, Eve Plumb, Michael Medved, Andy Dick. A "mockumentary" about the making of a big budget Bible picture. Producer Steve Rappaport and director Michael Riley have been given carte blanche to make a multimillion-dollar epic based on the Old Testament. One day into production, they blow their budget and are forced to cut corners with a scythe and to scout around for cheap locations in the L.A. area, making do with whatever stars they can afford. 82 min. DVD 3181

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Animal Crackers (1930)

Directed by Victor Neerman. Cast: The 4 Marx Brothers, Lillian Roth, Margaret Dumont. In this classic comedy, Groucho Marx stars as the immortal Captain Spaulding. The plot concerns a stolen painting, with the zany Marx Brothers quartet swinging into action to solve the mystery. 98 min. DVD 5581; DVD 82; VHS 999:105

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(National Lampoon's) Animal House (1978)

Directed by John Landis. Cast: John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Thomas Hulce, Cesare Danova, Peter Riegert, Karen Allen, Kevin Bacon. In this spoof of 1960's college life, members of the Delta fraternity offend the straight-arrow people on campus in a comedy which irreverently mocks college traditions. 109 min. DVD 1874

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Annie Hall (1977)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon. A romantic and sensitive comedy revolving around the diverse and diverting relationships of two nervous New Yorkers, Alvie Singer and Annie Hall. 99 min. DVD 56; VHS 999:263

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Another Fine Mess (1930)

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy keep running away from trouble, but it keeps finding them. This time they hide in an abandoned mansion owned by a big-game hunter. Includes rare home movie footage and photographs of the boys at work and play collected and narrated by Stan's daughter, Lois Laurel. DVD includes Another fine mess (restored black & white version, 1930, 28 min.) -- Another fine mess (computer-colour version) -- From soup to nuts / director, Edgar Kennedy (restored b&w version, 1928, 18 min.) Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard (Another fine mess) ; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin (From soup to nuts) 28 min. DVD X306; vhs 999:1309

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Another Gay Movie (2006)

Directed by Todd Stephens. Cast: Michael Carbonaro, Jonathan Chase, Mitch Morris, Jonah Blachman. In this raunchy, spoof of gay teen movies, a group of high school grads swear they will lose their virginity before going to college. 92 min. DVD X1001

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Anything Else (2003)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Stockard Channing, Danny Devito, Jimmy Fallon, Christina Ricci, Anthony Arkin, David Conrad, Adrian Grenier. When an aspiring young writer falls head-over-heels in love with a free-spirited, hard-to-please young woman, he soon discover's he is going to have to work doubly hard to make their love work. 108 min. DVD 4947

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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Directed by Frank Capra. Cast: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Peter Lorre, Priscilla Lane, Edward Everett Horton. An easy going drama critic discovers that his kind and gentle aunts, Abby and Martha, have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar. 120 min. DVD 2205 (b&w); vhs 999:747 (colorized)

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Assisted Living (2002)

Directed by Elliot Greenebaum. Cast: Michael Bonsignore, Maggie Wise Riley, Gail Benedict, Nanci Jo Boone, Clint Vaught, Jose Albovias, Elsie Albright, Malorie Boone. Todd is a pot-smoking janitor at a nursing home who takes pleasure in toying with the senile residents. But when one of the residents mistakes him for her son, he finds himself becoming emotionally attached to his work for the first time. Shot in an actual nursing home, using real residents as many of the actors with mixed footage from a documentary that was made at the facility, lends the film a realistic fly-on-the-wall quality. 75 min. DVD 5127

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Auntie Mame (1958)

Directed by Morton DaCosta. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark, Jan Handzlok, Roger Smith. In 1928, 10-year old impressionable Patrick Dennis is left in the care of his eccentric Auntie Mame when his millionarie father drops dead. Young Patrick is quickly indoctrinated into his aunt's philosophy that "Life is a banquet -- and most poor suckers are starving to death." Social-climbing executor Dwight Babcock does his best to raise Patrick as a stuffy American aristocrat, but Mame battles Babcock to allow the boy to be as free-spirited as she is. 143 min. DVD 4601

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Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery (1997)

Directed by Jay Roach. Cast: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Fabiana Udenio, Mindy Sterling, Paul Dillon, Charles Napier. Frozen in the 60's, secret agent Austin Powers is thawed back into action to once again battle his archenemy Dr. Evil. With his sexy sidekick Ms. Kensington, Austin must stop Dr. Evil's outrageous plot to control the world. But first, this time-warped swinger must get hip quick and discover that there's no free love in the 90's. Special features: Commentary by Mike Myers and Jay Roach ; 7 deleted scenes including 2 alternate endings ; star highlights ; animated interactive menus ; "Music to shag to" original animated sequence ; original theatrical trailer ; cameo menu ; cast biographies and filmographies ; spy genre retrospective. 90 min. DVD X844

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Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Directed by Jay Roach. Cast: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Rob Lowe, Robert Wagner, Seth Green and Elizabeth Hurley. Intent on world domination, diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back to 1969 and steals Austin's "mojo". Now Austin must return to the swingin' sixties, recover his mojo and stop his nemesis from liquidating the world. Special features: Almost 20 min. deleted scenes; feature length commentary with Mike Meyers, director Jay Roach and co-writer Michael McCullers; behind the scenes documentary; Dr. Evil's "Hidden" special features page: jump to the Dr. Evil song; Comedy Central's canned ham: "The Dr. Evil Story"; music videos: Madonna "Beautiful Stranger"; Lenny Kravitz "American Woman"; Mel B (aka Scary Spice) "Word Up"; four theatrical trailers. Audio commentary and behind the scenes documentary produced by Mark Rance. 95 min. DVD X845

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Austin Powers, Goldmember (2002)

Directed by Jay Roach. Cast: Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Seth Green, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Verne Troyer, Michael Caine. The "sshhh!" hits the fan when Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape from prison. Joining forces with superfreaky Goldmember, they kidnap Austin's father, master spy Nigel Powers in a dastardly time-travel scheme to take over the world. So Austin cruises to 1975 and teams up with Foxxy Cleopatra to stop Dr. Evil and Goldmember from their mischievous mayhem. Special features: Beyond the movies features: documentaries: MI-6: International men of mystery; fashion vs. fiction; disco fever; fact track - trivia subtitle with direct access to additional features; All-access pass features: filmmaker commentary - Jay Roach and Mike Myers; the world of Austin Powers: Jay Roach & Mike Myers: creative convergence; confluence of characters: Goldmember, Foxxy Cleopatra, Nigel Powers, Master Powers & Dr. Evil; opening stunts; the cars of "Austin Powers in Goldmember"; anatomy of three scenes: dancing at the gates; roller disco; sumo battle; visual FX; deleted/alternate scenes with optional director commentary; music videos: Beyoncé Knowles "Work it out"; Britney Spears "Boys"; Ming Tea "Daddy wasn't there"; Dr. Evil and Mini-Me "Hard knock life"; theatrical and teaser trailers. 105 min. DVD X846

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Avanti! (1972)

Directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews. A stuffy Baltimore millionaire falls in love with the daughter of his late father's mistress when he comes to Italy to claim the old man's body after he dies in an automobile accident. 144 min. DVD 1759

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The Awful Truth (1937)

Directed by Leo McCarey. Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy. Comedy in which a divorcing couple do their best to spoil each other's plans for remarriage and eventually wind up reconciling. 91 min. DVD 6534; DVD 6635; vhs 999:41

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B.A.P.S (Black American Princesses) (1997)

Director, Robert Townsend. Cast: Halle Berry, Martin Landau, Ian Richardson, Natalie Desselle. Nesi and Mickey are two waitresses at a crossroads. Underpaid and unappreciated, they dream of owning a combination restaurant/hair salon. There's a problem: they're broke. So when the chance to audition as dance girls for a music video pops up, the girls head to L.A. They fail to get the part, but Nesi lands in the most improbable role of all, impersonating the granddaughter of an ailing billionaires long-lost love for $10,000 and full use of his Beverly Hills estate. 90 min. DVD 4208

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The Bachelor and the Bobby-soxer (1947)

Director, Irving Reis. Cast: Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Myrna Loy, Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins, Harry Davenport. A playboy is sentenced to date a judge's teenage daughter as punishment for disturbing the peace. The judge hopes it will eradicate the girl's crush for the older man, but the judge's daughter and the playboy fall for each other. Special features: June 13, 1949 Lux Radio Theater Radio production starring Grant and Temple; cartoon Little Tinker; Cary Grant trailer gallery. 95 min. DVD 8218

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Ball of Fire (1941)

Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Dana Andrews, Dan Duryea, Henry Travers. When a serious-minded professor and his high brow colleagues begin work on a new encyclopedia, the professor enlists the aid of a beautiful but shady night club queen to explain slang, unaware that she is on the run from the mob. 22 min. 999:3279

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Balloonatic (1923)

Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. Cast: Keaton and Phyllis Haver. An afternoon at an amusement park provides a multitude of comic adventures for Buster Keaton, from a hair-raising hitchhike in a balloon to an accident-prone camping escapade. 22 min. DVD 293; vhs 999:911; 999:908

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Bananas (1971)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban. Absurd humor borders on insanity as a tester of strange gadgets quits his Manhattan job and flees to South America to eventually become leader of a rebel army in a mythical Latin American banana republic, San Marco. 83 min. DVD 224; VHS 999:937

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Bank Dick (1940)

Directed by Eddie Cline. Cast: W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, Cora Witherspoon, Franklin Pangborn, Shemp Howard, Grady Sulton. Egbert Souse accidently foils a bank robbery and is hired as a bank guard. 73 min. DVD 4556; also DVD 291; VHS 999:110

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Barbershop (2002)

Director, Tim Story. Cast: Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity, Michael Ealy, Leonard Earl Howze, Keith David, Lahmard Tate, Cedric the Entertainer. Calvin never wanted to take over the family business, a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. One morning he decides to sell the shop to Lester. Calvin spends the day cutting heads at the shop, and starts to understand the importance of the legacy left to him. Calvin learns to appreciate his barber friends, and discovers that the place where they work is more than just a place to get a haircut. Calvin gradually changes his mind about selling the shop, but it may be too late. 102 min. DVD 1521

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Battling Butler (1926)

Directed by Buster Keaton. To 'make a man' of Keaton, his father sends him on a hunting trip, where he falls in love with a mountain girl. When her family laugh at him, he says he is Alfred "Battling" Butler, the well-known championship fighter. 71 min. DVD 256; Video Disc 117:2

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Be Big! (1931)

Directed by James W. Horne. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Isabelle Keith, Baldwin Cooke. The boys duck out on a vacation with their wives in order to attend a stag party at the lodge, but when the wives return home unexpectedly, they discover the deception and come after their husbands with shotguns. 28 min. DVD 6016; DVD X323

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Be Yourself! (1930)

Directed by Thornton Freeland. Cast: Fannie Brice, Robert Armstrong, Harry Green, Gertrude Astor, Marjorie Kane. A nightclub singer falls in love with a boxer and becomes his trainer. When he becomes successful, will it be the beginning or the end for this lovestruck pair? 66 min. DVD 8364

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Beau Hunks(1931)

Directed by James W. Horne. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Charles Middleton, Tiny Sandford, James Horne. Jilted by his girlfriend, "Jeanie-Weenie," Oliver joins the Foreign Legion to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching desert sun and under the harsh discipline of the Commandant. On a long march to reinforce remote Fort Arid, the boys get lost in the sands, finally reaching the Fort only to find it besieged by the fearsome Riffs. 37 min. DVD X309

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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee, Olga San Juan, Sterling Holloway, Hugh Herbert, El Rendel, Porter Hall, Pati Behrs. A wild musical six gun farce set in the old West about a hot-tempered saloon entertainer who's as quick with a pistol as she is to kick up her heels. When her boyfriend with a wandering eye, casts too many amourous glances in the wrong direction, she tries to gun the varmint down, only to wind up running from the law and getting caught in the middle of a mining town feud. 77 min. 999:3137

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Bedazzled (UK, 1967)

Directed by Stanley Donen. Cast: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch, Michael Bates. A short-order cook is hopelessly in love with a waitress who barely knows he's alive. Enter the Devil, who grants him seven wishes in order to win her over, but his efforts are hampered by the Seven Deadly sins including the insatiable Lillian Lust! Special features: Peter and Dud: an interview with the devil ; Peter Cook and Dudley Moore on the Paul Ryan show ; a "Bedazzled" conversation with Harold Ramis ; original theatrical trailer ; still gallery. 104 min. DVD 7840

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Beer and Pretzels (1933)

Directed by Jack Cummings. Cast: Ted Healy and his Stooges. "This is the second Three Stooges short and it's obvious that MGM Studios had no idea what to do with the boys. Part of this confusion may have been because the Stooges still were not the same lovable team we have all come to know. Instead, they were essentially the vaudeville team of Ted Healy and His Stooges--with the obnoxious and totally untalented and unlikable Healy as the front man. In real life, Healy was an alcoholic and bitter man--leading to his being beaten to death in a bar fight shortly after the Stooges decided to quit the act." [IMDB] 92 min. Supplementary short feature on DVD 6713

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Beetlejuice (1988)

Directed by Tim Burton. Cast: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder. A couple of likable ghosts contact the afterlife's bio-exorcist to rid their home of a trendy New York family that moves in. 92 min. DVD 3998

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Behind the Screen (1916)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman, Lloyd Bacon, Charlotte Mineau. Three movies are being shot simultaneously and Charlie is an overworked scene shifter. The foreman is waited on hand and foot until all the shifters but Charlie go on strike. A girl looking for work pretends to be a man and helps Charlie. Charlie discovers her gender and falls in love with her. The foreman thinks they are homosexual and in the ensuing fight they become involved in a long pie throwing scene from one of the movies in production. The frustrated workers dynamite the studio. A satire of life at a silent movie studio, a thinly veiled satire of Mack Sennett's Keystone Company. 15 min. DVD 9; VHS 999:695

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[Benchley, Robert]Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin

This special collection of rare short films pays homage to the great American satirist Robert Benchley and two other witty literati who shared his company at the Hotel Algonquin's legendary round table and personified the sophisticated literary scene of New York in the 1920's and 1930's. Contents: The witness / directed by Leslie Roush ; photographed by William Steiner (1941) -- The trouble with husbands / directed by Leslie Roush ; photographed by William Steiner (1940) -- The man's angle / directed by Leslie Roush ; photographed by William Steiner (1942)-- Mr. W's little game / directed by Lynn Shores (1934) -- The treasurer's report / directed by Thomas Chalmers (1928) -- Traffic regulations (1929) -- Sex life of a polyp (1928) -- Humorous flights / directed by Fred Fleck (1929) -- Crime control / produced and directed by Leslie Roush ; photographed by William Steiner. Robert Blauvelt (1941). Video/C 999:3224

[Benchley, Robert]Robert Benchley Shorts

How to Be a DetectiveSupplement on DVD 4155

How To Sleep Supplement on DVD 2662

Benchley explains the Depression. Supplement on DVD 1677

A Night At the Movies Supplement on DVD 2661

That Inferior Feeling Supplement on DVD 3635

Why Daddy? Supplement on DVD 4158

Best In Show (2000)

Directed by Christopher Guest. Cast: Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard. A comic look at dog show participants and their pooches. Join the fun as Mayflower Kennel Club competitors -- a fly-fishing shop owner from North Carolina, squabbling yuppies, a dim-bulb trophy wife and her ace handler, and others -- vie for the top prize. 90 min. DVD 3174

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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Directed by Martin Brest; featuring Eddie Murphy, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff, Judge Reinhold, Ronny Cox. Axel Foley is a brash, street smart Detroit detective who follows the trail of a friend's murderer to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills. And before Axel gets his man, he gets up to his neck in an international network of smugglers and drug peddlers. 105 min. 999:3181

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Bhaji on the Beach (UK, 1995)

Directed by Gurinder Chadha. A comedy about a group of Indian women, living in England, who are brought together by a day at the beach. In the course of their day together , their ordinary lives become an extraordinary celebration. A unique look at female friendship. 100 min. 999:1331

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Big (1988)

Directed by Penny Marshall. Cast: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton. A 12-year-old boy's wish comes true when he asks a mechanical carnival genie to make him 'big' only to awake the next morning and discover he is! He manages to land a job at a toy company where he experiences the complications of being an adult, but eventually he begins to long for the simple joys of childhood. 104 min. DVD 1814

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The Big Black Comedy Show.

Host: Mo'Nique ; co-host: Rodney Perry ; performers: Esau Ali, Doug Williams, DeRay Davis, Chris Spencer. series of large venue, live comedy concerts showcasing the talent of today's most popular African-American stand-up comedians. 2005.

Vol. 1. 88 min. DVD 6922

Vol. 2. 92 min. DVD 6923

Vol. 3. 94 min. DVD 6924

Vol. 4. 94 min. DVD 6925

Vol. 5. 94 min. DVD 6926

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by Joel Coen. Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, John Turturro. "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for another Lebowski who is rich and owes some thugs a lot of money. After Dude comes home one day to find that the thugs have broken in and ruined his favorite carpet, he vows to get even. 98 min. DVD 2062

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Big Momma's House (2000)

Directed by Raja Gosnell. Cast: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Paul Giamatti, Jascha Washington, Terrence Dashon Howard, Anthony Anderson, Ella Mitchell, Carl Wright, Phyllis Applegate. A tough-talking FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a single mom and her son from an escaped convict. He goes incognito by disguising himself as the woman's grandma. 98 min. DVD 5550

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The Big Noise (1944)

Directed by Mal St. Clair. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Doris Merrick, Arthur Space, Veda Ann Borg, Bobby Blake, Frank Fenton, James Bush. Laurel & Hardy play janitors accidentally hired as sleuths to protect a new super-bomb destined for the War Department in Washington, DC. Through a series of crazy misadventures, our heroes end up in a remote-controlled airplane, along with the bomb, and headed straight for trouble. 74 min. DVD 5661

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The Big Store (1941)

Directed by Charles Riesner. Cast: Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Tony Martin, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont, Douglass Dumbrille. The brothers reduce an enormous inventory of upscale merchandise into a multilevel disaster as they pursue and evade villains via bicycles, skates, unicycles, broad jumps, shipping chutes, elevator cables, high wires, pole vaults and pseudo-Tarzan chandelier swinging. 83 min. DVD 2664

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The Birdcage (1996)

Directed by Mike Nichols. Cast: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest. The story of a middle-aged gay couple's comic encounter with a self-righteously straight and conservative family. Armand and Albert reluctantly accept young Val's intention to marry the daughter of a conservative Senator, but when the fiancee's family comes to visit, the whole household is turned upside down. Based on the stage play La cage aux folles by Jean Poiret. 119 min. DVD 1614

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The Blacksmith (1922)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Virginia Fox. In "The Blacksmith", Keaton tries his hand at the forge. Film is a parody of Longfellow's poem, The village blacksmith. 20 min. DVD 255; VHS 999:910

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Blazing Saddles (1974)

Directed by Mel Brooks. Cast: Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman. In this spoof on western films the new sheriff and his sidekick, retired gunfighter Waco Kid, protect the town of Rock Ridge from the men who want to run the railroad through the town. DVD includes a new, exclusive 55-minute interview with Mel Brooks. 148 min. DVD 891

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Block-heads (1938)

Directed by John G. Blystone. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert, Patricia Ellis, James Finlayson, Minna Gombell. Unaccustomed as we are: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Thelma Todd, Edgar Kennedy. During WWI, Stan is left to guard a trench. Twenty years after the war, Stan if found at his post and brought back to America. Ollie, now married, goes to visit Stan in the Old Soldiers' Home and invites him for a meal, but Mrs. Hardy walks out in protest. Stan and Ollie's disastrous attempts to cook bring them into contact with attractive neighbor Mrs. Gilbert -- and her shotgun-wielding husband. 148 min. DVD X312

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Blotto (1930)

Directed by James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Tiny Sandford, Frank Holliday, Charlie Hall (Blotto) Blotto: Stan purloins his wife's secret bottle of liquor to have a wild night out at the Rainbow club with Ollie. However Mrs Laurel has replaced the booze with a noxious mixture of cold tea, mustard power and other hot ingredients. This doesn't prevent the boys from getting tipsy on the contents! DVD also contains La vida nocturna: Blotto in an extended Spanish language edition. 64 min. DVD X323

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The Blues Brothers (1980)

Directed by John Landis. Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Henry Gibson, Steve Lawrence, The Blues Brothers Band. Jake and Elwood Blues, two hoodlum brothers searching for redemption, set out to locate and reenlist the members of their defunct rhythm and blues band in to raise some honest money to save an orphanage. They may be on a "mission from God," but they're making enemies everywhere they go. 148 min. DVD 1563

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The Boat (1921)

Directed by Buster Keaton. "The Boat" is a slapstick comedy about the adventures of a land-lubber in a sailboat. 22 min. DVD 135; VHS 999:1901, and 999:1910

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The Bohemian Girl (1936)

Directed by James W. Horne and Charley Rogers. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Antonio Moreno, James Finlayson, Darla Hood, Thelma Todd. Based on the opera by Michael W. Balfe. Stan and Ollie play gypsies in Europe as it was centuries ago, earning their living by picking pockets. When they are camped outside the walls of Count Arnheim's palace Oliver's wife kidnaps the Count's daughter Arline, then leaves the child and runs off with her lover, Devilshoof. Not knowing her true identity, Oliver, with the help of "Uncle" Stanley, raises the girl as his own. Years later, Arline, still unaware of her noble birth, is caught trespassing on the Count's grounds and is thrown into the dungeon. Just when Oliver needs his help to rescue Arline, Stanley gets drunk while siphoning wine into bottles. 71 min. DVD X314

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The Book of Life (1998)

Directed by Hal Hartley. Cast: Martin Donovan, P.J. Harvey, Thomas Jay Ryan, Dave Simonds, Miho Nikaido, D.J. Mendel, James Urbaniak. In this dark comedy about the Apocalypse, Jesus arrives at JFK Airport with his assistant, Magdalena. He transfers the "Book of Life" to computer disk and battles the Devil for human souls, with second thoughts about whether these lives are worth saving. 63 min. DVD 3783

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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Directed by Larry Charles ; screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen; produced by Sacha Baron Cohen, Jay Roach. Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Pamela Anderson. Fictional Kazakhstani TV personality Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the "greatest country in the world." With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson than in pursuing his assignment. In this mockumentary film his ignorance, prejudice, and boorish behavior produce humorous results. Special features: Censored footages (8 deleted scenes); Propaganda ("Global propaganda tour", "Musics infomercial", "Coming Kazakhstan in 2028"). 84 min. DVD 7632

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Born in East L.A. (1987)

Directed by Cheech Marin. Cast: Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriquez, Jan Michael Vincent, Kamala Lopez, Tony Plana. Cheech Marin is accidentally deported to Mexico without I.D. or knowledge of Spanish, and can't convince U.S. officials to let him back in. Film follows Cheech's repeated comic attempts to get back home. 85 min. DVD 1872; vhs 999:163

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Born Yesterday (1950)

Directed by George Cukor. Cast: Judy Holliday, William Holden, Broderick Crawford. Billie, the ignorant chorus-girl mistress of Brock, a corrupt millionaire junk dealer, rebels against her role as a pawn in his business deals after she falls in love with the man whom Brock has hired to teach her "culture." 103 min. DVD 419; vhs 999:741

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Bowfinger (1999)

Director, Frank Oz. Cast: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Christine Baranski, Terence Stamp, Heather Graham, Jamie Kennedy. A group of wanna-be filmmakers and actors concocts a scheme to make a movie with a major star without having to pay him in this comedy. With the help of Jiff Ramsey, brother to Hollywoods biggest star, Hollywood's least successful director stops at nothing to get him into his latest low-budget film. 97 min. DVD 3383

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Brewster's Millions (1945)

Directed by Allan Dwan. Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Helen Walker, June Havoc, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. A soldier returns from war to marry his girl and is informed that he has inherited 8 million dollars, but there are stipulations. He must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest. But since he cannot tell anyone about him spending the money as part of the agreement, everyone thinks that Brewster has flipped when he practically knocks himself out on a spending spree. 79 min. vhs 999:3840

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Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)

Directed by Gene Saks. Cast: Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey, Jonathan Silverman, Brian Drillinger, Stacy Glick, Lisa Waltz. Fifteen-year-old Eugene Jerome is trying to uncover life's mysteries in this adaptation of a Broadway hit about growing up in Brooklyn during the late 1930's. 110 min. DVD 5897

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Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charlie Ruggles, Walter Catlett, Barry Fitzgerald, May Robson, Fritz Feld. Crazy comedy about an heiress who is determined to catch a stuffy zoologist, and uses her pet leopard, Baby, to help get his attention. 102 min. DVD 3636; vhs 999:885

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Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte. Comedy about an agent Broadway Danny Rose and his attempt to revive the sagging career of the overweight, aging lounge singer, Lou Canova. Danny has finally booked Lou at the Waldorf, but Lou won't go on unless his girlfriend Tina is there on opening night. It's Danny's quest to round up Tina, an attempt that lands him right in the middle of a gangland battle. 85 min. DVD 1024; vhs 999:883

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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Jim Broadbent, John Cusack, Harvey Fierstein, Chazz Palminteri, Mary-Louise Parker, Rob Reiner, Jennifer Tilly, Tracey Ullman, Joe Viterelli, Jack Warden, Dianne Wiest. David Shayne is an idealistic young writer who'll do anything to get his first Broadway play off the ground -- even if it means teaming up with the mob! Surrounded by a wacky cast of characters, including a gangster's ditzy girlfriend, a tipsy actress and a mob hit man, Shayne's got to pull it all off before the curtain falls, and the bullets start to fly. 95 min. DVD 110; VHS 999:1874

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Buster Keaton Collection (1939-1941)

Directed by Jules White, Del Lord. Featuring: Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Bud Jamison, Harry Semels, Dorothy Appleby, Monte Collins, Harley Wood, Beatrice Blinn, Ned Glass, Lorna Gragy, Gino Corrado, Matt McHugh, Eddie Fetherston, Don Beddoe, Richard Fiske, Eddie Laughton. Presents ten comedic shorts from the Great Stone Face himself, Buster Keaton. Teamed with the brilliant comediennes Dorothy Appleby and Elsie Ames, Keaton bumbles from one mishap to another, always maintaining his famously blank expression. Contents: Disc One: 1. General nuisance (1941) -- 2. His ex marks the spot (1940) -- 3. Mooching through Georgia (1939) -- 4. Nothing but pleasure (1940) -- 5. Pardon my berth marks (1940) -- 6. Pest from the West (1939) -- Disc Two: 7. She's oil mine (1941) -- 8. So you won't (1941) -- 9. The spook speaks (1940) -- 10. The taming of the snood (1940)-- Special features. 176 min. DVD 5260

Busy Bodies (1933) See: Laurel and Hardy at Work DVD 6031; vhs 999:1308

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La Cage aux folles (France / Italy, 1979)

Directed by Edouard Molinaro. Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claire Maurier, Remi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitti, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri. A farce involving a flamboyant homosexual couple's attempt to appear to be conventional parents in front of the prospective in-laws of the son of one of the men. 99 min. DVD 782; VHS 999:976

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Sikov, Ed. "Homosexuals, Bandits, and Gangsters: Gay Images in La Cage aux Folles." Cineaste, vol. 11 no. 4. 1982. pp: 30-35.

Tavernier-Courbin, Jacqueline. "La Cage aux Folles as Comedy of Manners: From the Play to the Film." Thalia: Studies in Literary Humor, vol. 7 no. 2. 1984 Fall-Winter. pp: 44-50.

La Cage aux folles II (France / Italy, 1981)

Director, Marcello Danon. Featuring Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paola Barboni, Giovanni Vettorazzo, Benny Luke. Continues the story of Albin and Renato, a gay couple who are proprieters of a transvestite nightclub. When Albin feels his attractiveness to Renato is waning, he sets out to make Renato jealous, with the disasterous yet hilarious result of embroiling them in a spy caper. 100 min. DVD 783

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California Suite (1978)

Directed by Herbert Ross. Cast: Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Richard Pryor, Maggie Smith. Five couples have come to the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles for diverse reasons, and they must all confront some rather amusing personal dilemmas. 103 min. DVD 6066

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The Camerman (1928)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey, Harry Gribbon. Keaton plays a lovestruck tintype photographer who falls for a pretty girl, an employee of MGM News service. Buying an antiquated movie camera, he sets out to film news events in the streets of New York so he can win a job and the girl's affection. 70 min. DVD 5437; 999:144

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Car Wash(1976)

Director Michael Schultz. Cast: George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Franklyn Ajaye, Professor Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, the Pointer Sisters. An irreverent but affectionate look at a typical day in a Los Angeles car wash. But what a day! There's a would-be robbery and an assembly line of the weirdest, baddest characters you've ever met and lots of booty-bumping music to pass the hours. 97 min. DVD 2573

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Cat Ballou(1965)

Director Elliot Silverstein. Cast:Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, Nat King Cole, Stubby Kaye. Cat(herine) Balou's family farm is being threatened by the railroad. She hires a has-been gunfighter Kid Shelleen, but finds him to be the drunkest gunfighter in the West. When her father is killed by the railroad magnate's gunman, she vowes to fight on. 96 min. DVD X857

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Cavalcade of Comedy: U.S. 1929-31

In the late 1920s and early 30s, when the movie industry was just learning to talk, Paramount wisely turned to the New York stage for a new crop of entertainers who had already mastered the nuances of verbal comedy. This anthology serves as a time capsule of the brightest lights of vaudeville, showcasing the early works of such American legends as Jack Benny, Burns & Allen, George Jessel, Eddie Cantor and others. Contents: Fit to be tied (1930), with George Burns & Gracie Allen -- Getting a ticket (1929), with Eddie Cantor -- A Broadway Romeo (1931), with Jack Benny -- What price, pants? (1931), with Smith & Dale -- It might be worse (1931), with George Jessel -- The African dodger (1930), with Tom Howard -- Cleaning up (1930), with Chester Conklin, Mack Swain, Gibson Gowland -- 100% service (1931), with George Burns & Gracie Allen. 111 min. DVD X2036; vhs 999:2637

Celebrity (1998)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Hank Azaria, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Winona Ryder. Following their divorce, the lives of a restless writer and his inhibited ex-wife take off in unpredictable directions. While Lee explores the wilder side of his newfound freedom, Robin begins an improbable transformation from neurotic schoolteacher to high-profile TV talk show host where she encounters movie stars and the cream of high society. 113 min. DVD 109; VHS 999:2504

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Charleys Tante (1963)

Director, Geza von Cziffra. In this comedy of errors and misunderstandings, a young man is forced by circumstances to dress up as a middle-aged women. Dr. Otto's friends Charley and Ralf, are expecting female visitors but the girls won't show up without a chaperone, so Otto is inveigled into disguising himself as "Charley's Aunt." 81 min. 999:2993

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The Chaser(1928)

Directed by Harry Langdon and Alfred de Gaetano. Cast: Gladys McConnell, Harry Langdon, Helen Hayward, William Jaimison, Charles Thurston. A dark, slightly kinky comedy in which carousing Harry is cast as a philanderer who is hauled into court by his disgruntled wife. As punishment, the judge orders Langdon to assume his wife's household duties, leading to the film's funniest moments. 63 min. DVD 9788

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Check and Double Check (Amos n' Andy) (1930)

Directed by Melville Brown. Cast: Freeman Gosden, Charles J. Correll, Sue Carol, Irene Rich. Cab drivers Amos 'n' Andy (characters from the radio show Amos 'n' Andy) contract to transport Duke Ellington and his band out to Blair estate, where they meet Richard Williams who is in love with Jean Blair. Richard must find the deed to his family property before he can marry Jean. Meanwhile, Amos 'n' Andy, after spending the night in a haunted house, find the deed. Notable as the only motion picture produced staring the radio comedy team, Amos n' Andy. 85 min. 999:793

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Christmas in Connecticut(1945)

Directed by Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner, S. Z. Sakall, Robert Shayne. "Smart housekeeping" columnist Elizabeth Lane's publisher, Sydney Greenstreet, invites himself and a handsome war hero to her fictitious Connecticut home for Christmas. Lane quickly rounds up a cottage, husband, baby and cook before the guests arrive, but real trouble begins when 'married' Lane begins to fall in love with engaged navy man Jones. Notable is the film's "delightful focus on food. Everyone seems to be either eating or talking about food here, from Jeff and his pal detailing the meals they can't wait to eat once they get out of the hospital, to the rotund Yardley's total dismissal of the concept of diet while at the farm, to Felix arguing over cooking and use of the farm's kitchen with the cook, Nora (Una O'Connor: Cavalcade). Christmas in Connecticut is so unrepentant and downright brazen in its love of food that it seems practically sinful from our point of view today, when denying the sensuous pleasures of food is supposedly a virtue." [quoted from the Film Filosopher] 102 min. DVD X913; vhs 999:3459

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Christmas in July (1940)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn, Alexander Carr, William Demarest, Ernest Truex, Franklin Pangborn. A go-getter clerk in a coffee company is fooled into thinking he has won a fortune. 67 min. DVD 6592; 999:77

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A Christmas Story (1983)

Directed by Bob Clark. Cast: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley. A young boy must convince his parents that a toy rifle is the only Christmas gift that will make Christmas worthwhile. Not only do his parents face what many other parents must deal with during the holiday, but their actions reflect the classic All-American response to Christmas. 98 min. DVD 1695

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A Chump at Oxford(1940)

Directed by Alfred Goulding. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wilfred Lucas, Forbes Murray. Street sweepers Stan and Ollie thwart a bank holdup and are rewarded with an education at Oxford. There, a bump on the head resulting in amnesia gives Stan an ironic alter identity and Ollie becomes his resentful butler. 68 min. DVD X306; vhs 999:3832

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The Circus (1928)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Featuring Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia, Harry Crocker. Chaplin won the Academy Award for writing, acting, directing and producing this film set in a small traveling circus. Special features: Introduction by David Robinson (6 min.) ; Chaplin today: The circus / by Francois Ede with Emir Kusturica (documentary, 26 min.) ; deleted sequence (10 min.) ; October 7-13, 1926: outtakes from a week of shooting on The Circus (26 min.) ; Mountbatten home movies (7 min.) ; Hollywood premiere (1928) (6 min.); Camera A, camera B., shots made simultaneously from the two cameras used in shooting The Circus (1 min.); 3-D test footage by Roland Totheroh (2 min.); Jackie Coogan: excerpts (12 min.); photo gallery; film posters; trailers (8 min.); Chaplin collection (12 min.) 72 min. DVD 2911

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City Lights (1931)

Written, directed, and scored by Charles Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers. Considered by many to be his masterpiece, City lights presents the perfect balance of comedy and pathos that is Charlie Chaplin's trademark. The Little Tramp befriends a blind flower girl and tries to restore her sight. Includes Chaplin's own score. Cast: recorded digitally; Interview with composer-conductor Carl Davis; story notes and production data. 86 min. DVD 217; VHS 999:121

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Clueless (1995)

Directed by Amy Heckerling. Featuring Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Justin Walker, Wallace Shawn. It's not easy being the most popular and glamorous girl at Beverly Hills High, yet somehow 15-year-old Cher manages, even finding time for extracurricular projects like finding a love match for her debate teacher and giving a dowdy friend a fashion makeover. But Cher's tidy world starts to unravel with the sudden appearance of a sexy, stylish new classmate and Cher's square but cute "ex-stepbrother" 97 min. DVD 979; VHS 999:1403

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The Coca-Cola Kid (Australia, 1985)

Directed by Dusan Makavejev. Cast: Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr. Becker, a wiz-kid marketing man, is sent to Australia to boost the famous soft drink's wavering sales. T. George McDowell is the ruling soda czar in this mini "pop monopoly." When Becker's offer to merge in the hope of tripling profits is rejected, an unlikely chain of events ignites and leads to an amusing solution to the cola war. 94 min. 999:942

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Cocoanuts (1929)

Directed by J. Santley & R. Florey. Cast: he Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo), Oscar Shaw, Mary Eaton, Margaret Dumont. Classic Marx Brothers comedy with Groucho as a hotel owner, Chico and Harpo as con men and the inestimable Margaret Dumont as a wealthy matron. Contains music by Irving Berlin. 94 min. DVD 5581; vhs 999:1137

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Cold Comfort Farm (UK, 1995)

Directed by John Schlesinger. Cast: Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Sheila Burrell, Stephen Fry, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Miriam Margolyes, Rufus Sewell. Recently orphaned, Flora ignores the sage advise of Mrs. Smiley and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives, where she finds ample material for the novel she wishes to write. 105 min. DVD 4820

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College (1927)

Directed by James W. Horne. Featuring Buster Keaton. Ronald, an idealistic freshman who attends Clayton College finds himself embroiled in a war of athletics as he fights for the heart of his beloved coed, Mary. 66 min. DVD 255; Video Disc 117:3

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Comedy, Spectacle and New Horizons. (The Movies Begin; 5)

P. Freres: Policemen's little run (1907); Troubles of a grass Widower (1908). -- A. Ambrosio: Nero, or the Fall of Rome (1909). -- L. Gaumont: Onesime, Clock-maker (1912). -- Vitagraph Co. of America: Windsor McCay or Little Nemo (1911). -- Solax Company: A.G. Blache. Making an American Citizen (1912). -- Biograph Company: D.W. Griffith: Girl and Her Trust (1912). -- Keystone Film Co.: H. Lehrman: Bangville Police (1913). DVD 1100; VHS 999:1010

Coming to America (1988)

Directed by John Landis. Featuring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley. Murphy plays a very wealthy and pampered African prince who comes to America in search of a bride. Accompanied by his closest companion, Murphy quickly finds a job, new friends, new digs, new enemies--and lots of trouble. 116 min. DVD 7106; vhs 999:2123

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Olaniyan, Tejumola. "'Uplift the Race!' Coming to America, Do the Right Thing, and the Poetics of 'Othering'." Cultural-Critique, 1996 Fall, 34, 91-113.

Comrade X (1940)

Directed by King Vidor. Cast: Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oscar Homolka, Felix Bressart, Eve Arden. When the Russian chief of police tells Moscow's foreign correspondents that one of them is the anonymous writer Comrade X, it doesn't worry American reporter McKinley Thompson. He's positive no one would know it's him until Vanya, his bumbling valet, finds his secret camera. Threatening to reveal his identity, Vanya blackmails McKinley into taking his revolutionist daughter out of Russia before she is executed. All he has to do is lure the diehard Communist from the country she loves, get her to marry him and live in Brooklyn. 90 min. 999:3526

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A Connecticut Yankee (1931)

Directed by David Butler. Cast: Will Rogers, Maureen O'Sullivan, William Farnum, Myrna Loy. A radio man visits a spooky old house at night. There he briefly meets the strange inhabitants, including a mad scientist who tries to use radio waves to tune into the past. An accidental bang on the head sends the radio man back to King Arthur's Court. Based on Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. 95 min. Video/C 999:3867

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Convict 13 (1920)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline, Joe Keaton. Buster gets knocked out while playing golf with Sybil, and an escaped prisoner changes clothes with him. Buster goes to prison and learns that he is to be hanged. He changes clothes with a guard just as prisoner Roberts attacks all the guards. 25 min. DVD 113

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The Cook (and Other Treasures) (1917-1920)

Contents: The cook / presented by the Norsk Filminstitutt in cooperation with George Eastman House and the Netherlands Filmmuseum ; directed by Roscoe Arbuckle (22 min, 1918) -- A reckless Romeo / presented by the Norsk Filminstitutt in cooperation with George Eastman House ; directed by Roscoe Arbuckle (23 min, 1917) -- Number, please / directed by Hal Roach (23 min, 1920) Performers: The cook: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake. A reckless Romeo: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Corinne Parquet, Agnes Neilson, Alice Lake, Al St. John. Number, please: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks. The Cook : When a tough guy annoys the pretty cashier, the waiter and a feisty dog come to her defense. A reckless romeo : A philandering husband is caught when his attempts at indiscretion are filmed by a newsreel camerman. Number please: A man chases his girlfriend's dog around a seaside resort, on the roller-coaster and merry-go-round. DVD 1609

Cops (1922)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Edward F. Cline. After several instances of mistaken identity Buster finds himself in the middle of parade of policemen with a load of furniture into which is tossed an anarchist's bomb. He lights his cigarette with it, tosses it into the ranks of police, and when it explodes they chase him all over town. 19 min. DVD 112; VHS 999:909

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County Hospital (1932)

Directed by James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Stan's visit to Ollie, in the hospital with a broken leg, wrecks havoc on both Ollie and his doctor. Ordered out, Stan tried to drive Ollie home, unaware he's been injected with a powerful sedative. 19 min. DVD 6031; vhs 999:1307; also DVD X307 [PAL format]

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The Court Jester (1955)

Directors, Melvin Frank, Norman Panama. Cast: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick. In 12th century England a hapless performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful king. 101 min. vhs 999:3821

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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt, Brian Markinson, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers, Charlize Theron. Someone is stealing millions in jewels from New York City's upper crust. It's up to insurance investigator C.W. Briggs to find out who is stealing the goods. Feeling that the heists are an inside job, he uses his instincts to discover which "insiders" are actually responsible. 102 min. DVD 1039

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Dance, Girl, Dance(1940)

Directed by Dorothy Arzner. Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy, Mary Carlisle, Katharine Alexander, Edward Brophy, Walter Abel, Harold Huber, Maria Ouspenskaya. Bubbles loves to dance. But she also likes to eat. Her friend Judy may choose to suffer for her art, but not Bubbles. She swaps her ballet shoes for a G-string-- and turns patrons' fantasies into dollars as burlesque sensation Tiger Lily White. Vintage comedy short "Just a cute kid"; classic cartoon "Malibu Beach party." 89 min. DVD 8232

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The Danger Girl (1916)

Directed by Clarence G. Badger. Cast: Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Monroe Owsley, Barbara Kent, Arthur Lake. A society comedy set against a background of the famous Los Angeles hotels of the World War I period. Gloria stars as a lovesick girl who dresses up as a man in order to seduce a rival femme away from her beau. 27 min. DVD X353

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Day at the Races (1937)

Directed by Sam Wood. Cast: Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont. In this comedy Groucho is Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush, a veterinarian somehow put in charge of a sanitarium for wealthy hypocondriacs. When he gets involved with a demented duo from the racetrack - Harpo the jockey and Chico the tipster - Marxmania breaks loose and the sanitarium nearly collapses. 109 min. DVD 2661; vhs 999:1136

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A Day Without a Mexican (Dia Sin Mexicanos) (2004)

Directed by Sergio Arau. Cast: Yarelli Arizmendi, John Getz, Maureen Flannigan, Muse Watson, Fernando Arau, Eduardo Palomo. California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage. 95 min. DVD 3148

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Daydreams (1922)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Ren?e Ador?e, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline. Buster goes to the city to prove he can succeed to his girl's father. He writes her of his job, which she glorifies in her imagination, seeing a surgeon, a vet's assistant, Buster cleaning up on Wall Street. He's really a janitor. 21 min. DVD 113; VHS 999:911

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Directed by Carl Reiner. Cast: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Reni Santoni, Carl Reiner. Private eye Rigby Reardon investigates the death of a wealthy scientist with a little help from his "friends." Searching for answers, Rigby encounters assorted low-lifes: dangerous men and women who were the hallmarks of the classic detective movies of the 40's and 50's. Filming in black and white allows scenes from old movies to be cut into this film. It is through this process that Rigby's assistant is none other than Philip Marlowe himself. 89 min. DVD X865

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Death at a Funeral (USA / Germany / UK / Netherlands, 2007)

Directed by Frank Oz. Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan, Alan Tudyk, Jane Asher, Kris Marshall, Rupert Graves, Peter Vaughan, Thomas Wheatley, Peter Egan, Peter Dinklage. When Daniel's father dies, it his up to him to organize his funeral. On the morning of the funeral, with a suitably grave expression on his face, Daniel is ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the dignity inherent in such a circumstance will be a hard task. Particularly with an undertaker who botches his work; his famous, but selfish brother has returned from the USA; his cousin's fiance has accidentally ingested drugs; a man takes advantage of the sad event to win back the heart of a woman who is about to marry another; a handicapped old uncle who is also the most unbearable pain in the neck. To cap it all, Daniel notices the presence among the mourners of a mysterious dwarf nobody else seems to know. 91 min. DVD 9484

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Deconstructing Harry (1997)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Kirstie Alley, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Eric Bogosian, Billy Crystal, Judy Davis, Mariel Hemingway, Amy Irving, Julie Kavner, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Demi Moore, Elisabeth Shue, Stanley Tucci, Robin Williams. Harry Block has gone through three wives, six psychiatrists and dozens of girlfriends during his long literary career. But when Harry writes a bestseller about his best friends, his best friends become his worst enemies. Now, instead of going back to his old school to be honored for his literary achievements, Harry's going straight to hell. 96 min. DVD 105; 999:2015

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Delirious

Eddie Murphy pontificates in his own vulgarly hilarious fashion on everything from bizarre sexual fantasies to reliving the family barbecue. Peppered with Eddie's one-of-a-kind wit, laugh along as he reminisces about his childhood days and the ice cream man intermixed with classic vocal parodies of top American entertainers. Taped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in August, 1983. 70 min. DVD 7491

Desk Set (1957)

Directed by Walter Lang. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell. A classic Hepburn-Tracy romance, about the head of the research department at a TV network and an absent-minded computer genius. Sumner, inventor of the Electromagnetic Memory And Research Arithmetical Calculator, is hired by the network to help computerize operations, with orders to keep his mission secret. Soon the rumor mill is working overtime as everyone fears being replaced by the computer. 103 min. DVD 8322; vhs 999:1520

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Deliver Us From Eva (1957)

Directed by Gary Hardwick. Cast: LL Cool J, Gabrielle Union, Duane Martin, Essence Atkins, Robinne Lee, Meagan Good, Mel Jackson, Dartanyan Edmonds, Dorian Gregory. Eva is a very uptight young woman who constantly meddles in the affairs of her sisters and their husbands. Her in-laws, who are tired of Eva interfering in their lives, decide to set her up with someone so she can leave them alone. They end up paying Ray, the local "playboy," $5,000 to date her. The plan goes by smoothly, but troubles comes when Ray actually falls in love with Eva. Special features: Behind-the-scenes featurette; director's commentary; LL Cool J's "Paradise" music video; K-Ci and JoJo's "This very moment" music video. 105 min. DVD 8322; vhs 999:1520

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Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

Directed by Darren Grant. Cast: Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Tamara Taylor, Lisa Marcos, Tiffany Evans, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry. Helen McCarter would seem to have it all. She's married to Charles who is one of Atlanta's most successful attorneys. But despite having wealth and prestige, things are not as they seem in the McCarter home. On the evening of their anniversary, Charles drops a bombshell on Helen - he's divorcing her for another woman. Thrown out of the house with nowhere to go, Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, a sassy woman with no shortage of opinions and a gun that she's not afraid to use. As Madea helps Helen get back on her feet emotionally, she meets Orlando, a nice and handsome man who is obviously attracted to her. But after her experiences with Charles, Helen isn't sure if she's ready to trust a man again. 117 min. DVD 4084

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Dinner at Eight (1933)

Directed by George Cukor. Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, Billie Burke, Madge Evans, Jean Hersholt, Karen Morley, Phillips Holmes. Screen play by Frances Marion and Herman J. Mankiewicz. A Park Avenue snob gives a dinner party for a visiting English peer. Little does she realize that her shipping magnate husband is bankrupt and that her daughter is having an affair with an older man. 111 min. DVD 3637

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Dinner Rush (2000)

Directed by Bob Giraldi. Cast: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, Vivian Wu, Mike McGlone, Kirk Acevedo, Sandra Bernhard, John Corbett. At New York's hottest restaurant, things are really heating up. Owner and bookie Louis Cropa lost a friend to a mob hit and now his chef's gambling problem has brought the unwelcome mobsters into their restaurant. 97 min. DVD 1694

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Disaster Movie (2008)

Directed by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer. Cast: Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Gary 'G Thang' Johnson, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan, Kimberly Kardashian, Ike Barinholtz, Carmen Electra. This parody of disaster films follows the comic misadventures of a group of ridiculously attractive twenty-somethings during one fateful night as they try to make their way to safety. All the while every known natural disaster and catastrophic event, including asteroids, tornadoes and earthquakes, all hit the city. As they strive to overcome the disasters in their path, they must solve a series of mysteries to end the rampant destruction. Special features: "Girl fight" ; "High school muscial" sing-along ; "I'm f**king Matt Damon" sing-along ; "Sitting down with a stand-up" ; Cast & crew audio commentary ; "G-Thang's tour" ; "Straight from the ladies" ; "Who's spoofing who" ; "This is how we do it" 88 min. DVD X841

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Dog's Life (1921)

Featuring Charlie Chaplin, Carl Miller, Jack Coogan, Edna Purviance (The Kid). Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Tom Wilson, Sidney Chaplin, Albert Austin (A Dog's life). The Little Tramp rescues a mutt from a dog fight and is extravagantly repaid for his kindness. 103 min. DVD 284; DVD 13

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Don't be a Menace to South Central while Drinking your Juice in the Hood (1996)

Directed by Paris Barclay. Cast: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans. From block parties and beepers to high tops and high-powered weapons, it's everything that's funny about growing up in the 'hood ... the Wayans Brothers' neighborhood, that is! 89 min. DVD 1058

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Don't Change Your Husband (1919)

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Lew Cody, Julia Faye, Sylvia Ashton. Leila Porter, tired of her dull husband, leaves him for another man who turns out to be a two-timing playboy. She encourages her first husband to pursue her again and luckily for Leila, he is happy to have her back. 71 min. DVD 1058; also DVD 5033

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Double Wedding (1937)

Directed by Richard Thorpe. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice, John Beal, Jessie Ralph, Edgar Kennedy. A bohemian painter butts heads with his girlfriend's sister, before they admit their feelings for each other. Special features: Musical short "Dancing on the ceiling"; classic cartoon "The hound and the rabbit"; theatrical trailer. 72 min. DVD 1367

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Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

Directed by Paul Mazursky. Cast: Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss, Evan Richards, Elizabeth Pena. Rescued from drowning in the swimming pool of a Beverly Hills couple, a disconsolate bum brings startling and hilarious changes to the entire household, including the family dog, Matisse. 103 min. DVD 6065

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Down Argentine Way (1940)

Directed by Irving Cummings. Cast: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood, J. Carroll Naish, Henry Stephenson, Katharine (Kay) Aldridge, Leonid Kinskey, Chris-Pin Martin, Nicholas Brothers. A musical romance about Glenda, a rich New Yorker who collects fine horses and Ricardo, an Argentine rancher renowned for his prize jumpers. Their families have been feuding for years so they have to conduct a Romeo and Juliet romance. Special features: Commentary soundtrack by film historian Sylvia Stoddard; featurette "Betty Grable: behind the pin-up"; photo gallery; 4 lobby cards; theatrical trailer; trailer for Betty Grable film "The Dolly sisters." 88 min. DVD 7485

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Dracula, Dead and Loving It (1995)

Directed by Mel Brooks. Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Mel Brooks, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck, Lysette Anthony. Another spoof from the mind of Mel Brooks. This time he's out to poke fun at the Dracula myth. Basically, he took "Bram Stoker's Dracula," gave it a new cast and a new script and made a big joke out of it. The usual, rich English are attacked by Dracula and Dr. Van Helsing is brought in to save the day. Special features: Commentary by director/co-writer Mel Brooks, co-stars Steven Weber and Amy Yasbeck and co-writers Rudy DeLuca and Steve Haberman; theatrical trailer. 90 min.DVD X864

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Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

Director, Michael Patrick Jann. Cast: Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Allison Janney, Sam McMurray, Brittany Murphy. The Sarah Rose Princess America Pageant is a beauty contest to die for. And that's exactly what the contestants in Mount Rose, Minnesota are doing. Ever since the vivacious but vicious former beauty queen, Gladys, has been pushing her charm-challenged daughter, Rebecca, to win at all costs, the competition has been dropping like flies. 98 min. DVD 3179

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Duck Soup (1933)

Directed by Leo McCarey. Cast: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres, Edgar Kennedy. As Prime Minister Firefly of Freedonia, Groucho soon reduces the kingdom to shambles. Harpo and Chico are secret agents disguised as peanut vendors and Zeppo is Firefly's secretary. 70 min. DVD 5581; DVD 80; VHS 999:128

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Easy Street (1917)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin. A love-smitten and reformed Charlie the Tramp becomes a policemen in the city's toughest neighborhood, and starts to clean it up. 29 min. DVD 8

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Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)

Directed by Wayne Wang. Cast: Cora Miao, Russell Wong. In New York's Chinatown of the late 1940's, young Ben Loy, fresh out of the service, has his whole life spread out before him - including a job, an apartment and a marriage arranged by his father. 104 min. 999:394

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Eat the Rich (1987)

Directed by Peter Richardson. Cast: Ronald Allen, Sandra Dorne, Jimmy Fagg, Lemmy, Lanah Pellay, Nosher Powell, Fiona Richmond, Ron Tarr. A trendy London restaurant is suddenly taken over by maniacal subversives. Surly but sensitive waiter Alex has assembled a small band to join the people's uprising, while suave Commander Fortune, a Soviet double agent, and his sidekick Spider, are plotting the downfall of the second in command to the Prime Minister. 92 min. 999:3491

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The Egg and I (1947)

Director, Chester Erskine. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Louis Allbritton. "For better or worse" begins on their wedding night when a man tells his bride he's quit the brokerage business and plans to raise chickens on a rustic farm miles from civilization. 108 min. 999:3102

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The Egptian Mummy (1914)

Director, Lee Beggs. Cast: Billy Quirk, Constance Talmadge, Lee Beggs, Joel Day. The fourth in a series of rare silent films from the early film-making period of 1911-1915. In order to make money, a man hires a bum to pretend to be a mummy, so he can sell the "body" for scientific experiments. DVD 8450

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Election (1999)

Director, Alexander Payne. Cast: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves. In this satirical comedy, a hotly contested high school election becomes a metaphor for the current state of American politics. Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter is determined to become president of Carver High's student body. Popular teacher Jim McAllister decides to derail Tracy's obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate. 103 min. DVD 620

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The Electric House (1922)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Joe Keaton, Myra Keaton, Louis Keaton. Buster mistakenly gets a degree in electrical engineering (not botany). When he is hired to wire a new home he installs lots of fanciful gadgets, which are then rewired by the vengeful guy who should have received the degree. All havoc breaks loose. 23 min. DVD 255; VHS 999:910

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Epic Movie(2007)

Directed by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer. Cast: Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Jayma Mays, Faune A. Chamber, Crispin Glover, Tony Cox, Héctor Jiménez, Darrell Hammond, Carmen Electra, Fred Willard, David Carradine. In this satire of epic movies four troubled orphans from four separate movie scenario's who bind together in a wacky chocolate factory, receive golden tickets to go on an 'epic adventure.' After they escape from the clutches of a very scary Willy Wonka they discover the magical world of 'Gnarnia' through an enchanted wardrobe. There they must seek the help of a randy lion, a hoard of mutants from the x academy, students of witchcraft and wizardry, funky swash-buckling pirates and a mischievous beaver to defeat the army of the evil White Bitch! 93 min. DVD X869

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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Drew Barrymore, Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts, Tim Roth. Romance meets comedy in Woody Allen's first movie a fun-filled story of one wealthy, eccentric and romantically challenged extended family from New York's Upper West Side. 101 min. DVD 108; VHS 999:1872

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The Extra Girl (1923)

Directed by F. Richard Jones. Cast: Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves, Vernon Dent, Anna Hernandez. A small town girl and would-be star wins a beauty contest through a mix-up and goes to Hollywood. When she arrives the mistake is discovered and she starts working in the props department of the studio instead. Her parents then come out to California and invest some money with a very shifty individual. Film is notable for the sets of a typical studio of the 1920s. 68 min. DVD 9789

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi, Louise Lasser, Anthony Quayle, Tony Randall, Lynn Redgrave, Burt Reynolds, Gene Wilder. A comedy divided into seven segments, each dealing with a sexual question or concern derived from one of Dr. Reuben's questions. 89 min. DVD 225; VHS 999:781

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Directed by Amy Heckerling. Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus, Ray Walston, Nicolas Cage, Forest Whitaker. Twenty-four-year old first-time screenwriter Cameron Crowe went undercover in early 1980s as a high school student to glean an insider's perspective on the struggles of teenagers as they dealt with independence, success, sexuality, money, maturity, school, and particularly with just making it through the formative years. 92 min. DVD 6058; vhs 999:3085

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Fear of a Black Hat (1992)

Directed by Rusty Cundieff. Cast: Rusty Cundieff, Larry B. Scott, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Kasi Lemmons. A filmmaker infiltrates rap band NWH in this satire of gangsta rappers, which focuses on the hip hop trio Tasty-Taste, Ice Cold, and Tone Def. The movie irreverently pokes fun at white rappers, the L.A. riots, as well as violence in rap. 95 min. 999:3220

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The Fearless Vampire Killers: or Pardon me, But Your Teeth are in My Neck (USA / UK, 1967)

Directed by Roman Polanski. Cast: Jack MacGowran, Sharon Tate, Alfie Bass, Ferdy Mayne. This spoof on old vampire films finds a young maiden kidnapped by a Jewish vampire and his gay son. 111 min. DVD 8548; vhs 999:1025

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Film Geek (2005)

Directed by James Westby. Cast: Melik Malkasian, Tyler Gannon, Matt Morris, John Breen. When Scotty, a movie nerd trying to get a life, is fired from his video store job for annoying his customers, he hits rock bottom. Then he meets free-spirited Niko, who just may be the one to save him from his hopeless existence. 72 min. DVD 6243

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The Fireman (1916)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon. Charlie is a clumsy but eager apprentice fireman. ca. 32 min. DVD 9

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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Directed by Charles Crichton. Cast: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken. A Comedy about a sexy American criminal intent on the theft of diamonds who sets out to seduce her boyfriend and partner in crime's lawyer, a polite, poised and nearly comatose Englishman. 25 min. DVD 10

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The Floorwalker (1916)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell. After causing havoc on the sales floor Charlie goes to the office floor. There he runs into the store inspector (who looks exactly like him) who has just robbed the safe and knocked out the manager. Charlie thinks he is in front of a mirror till he notices he holds a stock and his "image" the bag of loot. 25 min. DVD 10

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Flying Deuces (1939)

Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner, Charles Middleton, James Finlayson. Complications arise as Stan and Ollie join the Foreign Legion to help Ollie forget his troubled romantic past. Fast-paced good comedy has Ollie ending up reincarnated as a mule. 69 min. DVD 2825

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A Florida Enchantment (1914)

Directed by Sidney Drew. Cast: Sidney Drew, Edith Storey, Charles Kent. The unusual fable about a woman who discovers magic seeds that transform women into men (and men into women). 63 min. 999:1022

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For Your Consideration (2006)

Directed by Christopher Guest. Cast: Catherine O'Hara, Ed Begley, Jr., Eugene Levy, Harry Shearer, Christopher Moynihan, Christopher Guest, Jennifer Coolidge, Parker Posey, Michael McKean, Bob Balaban, John Michael Higgins, Fred Willard, Jane Lynch. It's about an indie movie called "Home for Purim," a somewhat inane drama about a dysfunctional Jewish family living in the South during World War II. But while the film is still in production, a reporter for an online entertainment site drops the word -- based on a brief visit to the set -- that one of the ensemble cast performers may be an Oscar contender. It goes on to chronicle how the Oscar buzz affects the director, additional cast members, writers, an agent, a publicist, and the hosts from an Hollywood entertainment-type television program. 86 min. DVD 7294

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The Fortune Cookie (1966)

Directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond, Judi West. A TV cameraman, trampled by a half-back while shooting a football game, and his shyster brother-in-law team up to defraud an insurance company in a million dollar law suit. 126 min. DVD 1760

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Free and Easy (1930)

Directed by Edward Sedgwick. Cast: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Robert Montgomery, Trixie Friganza, Fred Niblo. Keaton departs with the newly crowned Miss Gopher City and heads for Hollywood determined to turn her into a star. 93 min. DVD 5437

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From Soup to Nuts (1928)

Director, Edgar Kennedy. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin. The newly rich Mrs. Culpepper, eager to make an impression in high society, has planned a big dinner party. Her husband is less than enthusiastic, but her worst problem is that the two waiters whom she has hired turn out to be clumsy and inexperienced bumblers. DVD includes From soup to nuts / director, Edgar Kennedy (restored b&w version, 1928, 18 min.) Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard (Another fine mess) ; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin (From soup to nuts) 28 min. DVD X306; vhs 999:1309

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The Frozen North (1921)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil Seely, Bonnie Hill, Freeman Wood, Edward F. Cline. This satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic films finds Buster in the frozen north. A wanted poster is used as his "partner" in robbing a gambling house. Thinking he spies his wife making love to another man he shoots them both only to learn it isn't his cabin after all. 20 min. DVD 256; VHS 999:910

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Fun With Dick and Jane (1977)

Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Cast: George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon, Richard Gautier, Allan Miller. Dick Harper and his wife have always lived way beyond their means. Just because Dick has just lost his high-paying job is no reason for Jane to stop spending like there's no tomorrow. To make ends meet, Dick and Jane take up a new career: burglary. 95 min. 999:3835

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Funny Bones (UK / USA, 1994)

Directed by Peter Chelsom. Cast: Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, Richard Griffiths, Oliver Reed, George Carl, Leslie Caron, Jerry Lewis. Struggling in the shadow of his famous father (Jerry Lewis), a young comic (Oliver Platt) retreats to his hometown when his act bombs in Las Vegas. He's in for more than a few suprises before learning that his own eccentric family has the best material for a perfect act. 128 min. DVD 8254

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Funny Ha Ha (2003)

Directed by Andrew Bujalski. Cast: Kate Dollenmayer, Christian Rudder, Myles Paige, Jennifer L. Schaper, Lissa Patton Rudder, Marshall Lawy, Vanessa Bertozzi, Victoria Haggblom, Justin Rice. Marnie just graduated from college, drinks like she's still in school, and is looking for a temp. job after being fired. Drifting through a series of men and jobs, Marnie just can't seem to get it together...it would be sad if it weren't so funny. 90 min. DVD 4379

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

Directed by Richard Lester. Cast: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton. A bawdy comedy set in early Rome concerning a slave who can win his freedom if he can hook up his innocent young master with the virgin courtesan next door. 98 min. DVD 623; VHS 999:232

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Galaxy Quest(1999)

Directed by Dean Parisot. Cast: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, Robin Sachs, Patrick Breen. For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector-- 'Commannder Peter Quincy Taggart, ' 'Lt. Tawny Madison, ' and 'Dr. Lazarus'-- set off on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space-- and then their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for 'historical documents' and beamed up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives. Special features: On locaton in space featurette ; deleted scenes ; Thermian language audio track ; theatrical trailer ; cast & filmmakers' bios ; production notes. 102 min. DVD X870

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The Garage (1919)

Directed by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. Buster and Fatty try to run a service station resulting in many hilarious misadventures. 18 min. 18 min. DVD 674; 999:911, 999:1901

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The Geisha Boy (1958)

Directed by Frank Tashlin. Cast: Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa, Barton MacLane. The Great Wooley and his lop-eared partner Harry Hare plan to dazzle audiences with magical feats during their USO tour of Japan and Korea. An orphaned Japanese boy is drawn out of his shell by the magicians humor and caring. 98 min. 999:2205

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The General (1927)

Directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman. Cast: Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes. Engineer Johnnie loves Annabelle Lee and his train, "The General". But when the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer, Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board, and Johnny must rescue both his loves. Special features on DVD X638: three musical scores; video tour of the authentic General; behind-the-scenes home movie footage; filmed introduction by Gloria Swanson; filmed introduction by Orson Welles; "The Buster Express": a brisk montage of train gags from throughout Keaton's career. 75 min. DVD X638; copy 2: DVD 112; VHS 999:58

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn. Two show girls set sail on a cruise ship in hopes of catching wealthy husbands. 92 min. DVD 705; VHS 999:135

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George Lopez, America's Mexican (HBO, TV, 2007)

Comedian/actor George Lopez makes his HBO solo debut live in front of a packed house in Arizona. Among the bits he riffs on are: immigration and naturalization, "minute men," dysfunction, modern-day kids, old-school values, hybrid cars, cars that run on corn, interracial relationships, dementia and the future. Performed live at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. Bonus features: Never-before-seen footage from the HBO Comedy Special; "A conversation with George Lopez." 63 min. DVD 8080

Ghostbusters (1984)

Directed by Ivan Reitman. Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis. When ghosts go on a rampage, only three men can save the world. Soon every spook in the city is loose and our heroes face the supreme challenge If you want your spirits raised, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! 105 min. DVD 8150

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Ghostbusters 2 (1956)

Directed by Ivan Reitman. Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, William Atherton, Ernie Hudson. Doctors Venkman, Stantz and Spengler regroup to nuke the spooks in this high-spirited comedy. Sidelined after their spectacular save of New York City five years ago, the heroes of the hereafter once again answer the call when an underground river of ghoulish goo threatens to rot the Big Apple to the core. Special features: 2 episodes from the animated series "The real Ghostbusters : Citizen ghost" and "The real Ghostbusters : Partner in slime". 124 min. DVD 8151

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The Girl Can't Help It (1956)

Directed by Frank Tashlin. Cast: Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Ray Anthony, Barry Gordon. Jayne Mansfield plays a blonde who is being coached to become a nightclub singer by her racketeer boyfriend. To help her along, he hires a hungry talent agent to boost her career into the big time. Non-US format DVD (PAL). 93 min. DVD 4124

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Girl Shy (1924)

Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels, Carlton Griffin. Feeling confident after having his collection of romantic stories published, a tailor's shy apprentice furiously pursues a rich girl and rescues her from marriage to the wrong man. 82 min. 999:1456

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Give Me a Sailor (1938)

Directed by Elliott Nugent. Cast: Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable, Jack Whiting, Clarence Kolb, J.C. Nugent. A comedy about mixed-up relationships. Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim is also in love with Nancy so he begs Nancy's ugly duckling sister, Letty to help break Walter and Nancy up. Letty agrees only under one condition, he help her to win Walter! 78 min. 999:3850

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The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Directed by Frank Tashlin. Cast: Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver, Paul Lynde, Edward Andrews, Eric Fleming, Dom De Luise, Dick Martin. When colleagues think she's an espionage agent, a Girl Friday at a top-secret aeronautics think-tank chaotically sets out to clear her name. 110 min. DVD 8877

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Go West (1923)

Written and directed by Buster Keaton. Heeding the expansionist call of Horace Greeley, a hapless young man idealistically hops a freight train to meet his destiny, with hilarious results. 69 min. DVD 254;

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Go West (1940)

Directed by Edward Buzzell. Cast: Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Tony Martin, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont, Douglass Dumbrille. It's 1870 and the Marx Brothers are out to get rich in Dead Man's Gulch. Highlights include the $1 scam, the stagecoach ride, Chico and Harpo bellying up to the bar and the train-chase finale. 80 min. DVD 2664

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Go West Young Man (1936)

Directed by Henry Hathaway. Cast: Mae West, Warren William, Randolph Scott, Alice Brady, Elizabeth Patterson, Lyle Talbot, Jack LaRue, Xavier Cugat and his orchestra. Amorous movie star Mavis Arden gets involved with a politician despite her watchdog publicist Morgan. Planning to meet her beau again at the next stop on her personal appearance tour, Mavis is stranded at a remote rural boarding house, with a pretentious landlady, sensible old maid, rabid film fan waitress ... and a strapping young mechanic Bud Norton whom, to Mavis, is just the plaything of an idle hour... 80 min. DVD 9686

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The Goat (1921)

Directed by Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair. Cast: Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Clair, Edward F. Cline. Buster is mistaken for the outlaw Dead Shot Dan, and pursued through the city by the police chief, using disguises and quick-thinking to elude the lawman. He goes to his friend Virginia's home to visit and hide out, only to discover that her father is the police chief. 23 min. DVD 134

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Goin' To Town (1935)

Directed by Henry Hathaway. Cast: Mae West, Paul Cavanagh, Gilbert Emery, Marjorie Gateson, Tito Coral. When her fiancee Buck Gonzales is killed, dance hall queen Cleo Borden inherits his wealth. Included are oil wells supervised by British engineer Carrington, whom Cleo sets out to win by becoming a "lady." She races her horse in Buenos Aires, gains social position by a loveless marriage to bankrupt Colton, and even sings in an opera. But when she meets Carrington again, he's become the Earl of Stratton... 81 min. DVD 9686

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Gold Rush (1925)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Malcolm Waite, Georgia Hale, Henry Bergman. The Little Tramp searches for gold and romance in the Klondike in the mid-1800's. This film features the dance of the rolls, the pantomime sequence of eating the shoe, and Chaplin's lovely music. Laser Disc 143 includes an interview with Lita Grey Chaplin, never-before-seen production photographs taken on location, and an original scenario by Chaplin called "The Lucky Strike", that he wrote in preparation for The Gold Rush. 110 min. DVD 1780; DVD 1089; VHS 999:60

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Good Night, Nurse (1918)

Directed by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. Cast: Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake. To cure Roscoe of his drinking, his wife commits him to the No Hope Sanitarium. He is greeted by blood spattered, cleaver-wielding Buster and a barely clad female patient. 26 min. DVD 674; 999:912

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The Great American Broadcast (1941)

Directed by Archie Mayo. Cast: Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Cesar Romero, The Four Ink Spots, James Newill, the Nicholas Brothers, the Wiere Brothers. After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she moves on after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together again. Special features: Radio waves: the real history of The great American broadcast featurette ; restoration comparison ; original theatrical trailer ; advertising gallery ; still gallery. 91 min. DVD X406

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Great Dictator (1940)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell. Chaplin plays the dual role of a persecuted Jewish barber as well as Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania. 126 min. DVD 1781; DVD 243; VHS 999:44

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Great Guns (1941)

Directed by Monty Banks. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Dick Nelson, Edmund MacDonald,Charles Towbridge. Laurel & Hardy play a chauffeur and a gardener whose hypochondriac employer, a wealthy young man with little experience, is drafted. Convinced that he needs them in order to survive in the service, they join up as well. The Texas cavalry post to which they're all assigned is made far worse for the wear by the presence of these well-meaning troublemakers. 73 min. DVD 5662

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The Great Library Misery (1938)

Directed by Lloyd French. Comedy short. A man desiring to join the Grouch Club describes the terrible experience of trying to check out a book from a public library. 12 min. Supplementary feature on DVD 3509

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Great McGinty (1940)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff. In this comedy Dan McGinty is a hungry hobo who wows the ballot-stuffers by voting 37 times in an election for mayor. He immediately becomes the protege of a political boss. The boss guides and schemes McGinty to alderman, mayor and ultimately governor. McGinty flees the country and winds up as a bartender in a seedy Central American dive where the tale has a gleeful surprise ending. 82 min. DVD 6582; 999:810

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Green Card (1990)

Directed by Peter Weir. Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman, Robert Prosky. Two strangers agree to a marriage of convenience. She gets the apartment of her dreams, and he gets a green card to live in the U.S. Before they know it, the two encounter difficulties. And worst yet, they just might be falling in love. 107 min. 999:2736

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Great Guns (1941)

Directed by Monty Banks. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Dick Nelson, Edmund MacDonald,Charles Towbridge. Laurel & Hardy play a chauffeur and a gardener whose hypochondriac employer, a wealthy young man with little experience, is drafted. Convinced that he needs them in order to survive in the service, they join up as well. The Texas cavalry post to which they're all assigned is made far worse for the wear by the presence of these well-meaning troublemakers. 73 min. DVD 5662

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Groundhog Day (1993)

Directed by Harold Ramis. Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott. A romantic comedy about a TV weatherman on the worst day of his life. Phil Connors is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities. Caught in a giant blizzard--which he failed to predict--and forced to stay in the small town, he awakes to find that he must relive Groundhog Day over and over and over... 101 min. DVD 8441; vhs 999:1392

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Gung Ho (1986)

Directed by Ron Howard. Cast: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro. A young American auto exec persuades a Japanese auto firm to reopen his home town's defunct auto factory, but when the Japanese hire him to enforce their policies among his American co-workers, he goes from hero to zero in seconds flat. 112 min. DVD 1772

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Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, Bill Edwards. Unable to face his home-town folks who think he's gone off to war, Woodrow Layfayette Pershing Truesmith takes a ship-yard job and has his friends help him keep up the deception. 101 min.DVD 6582; 999:787

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Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991)

Directed by Joseph Vasquez. Cast: Doug E. Doug, Mario Joyner, John Leguizamo, Nestor Serrano. Four Bronx buddies head to Manhattan for a wild night on the town that takes them from an uptown house party to an exclusive downtown nightclub, from peep show to police station, and finally to a latenight controntation in this urban comedy. 89 min. 999:1317

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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Hershey, Lloyd Nolan, Max Von Sydow, Dianne Wiest. The story of the relationship between three sisters centering around Hannah, a devoted wife, mother and successful actress. A loyal supporter of her two aimless sisters Lee and Holly, she's also the emotional backbone of a family that seems to resent her stability almost as much as they depend on it. 107 min. DVD 1020; vhs 999:775

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Hard Luck (1921)

Directed by Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline. Follows the story of a suicidal Buster as he makes a final effort at fitting in with society at a swank country club. 22 min. DVD 255; Video Disc 117:3

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Hardware Wars(1977)Directed by Ernie Fosselius. Cast: Frank Robertson, Scott Mathews, Geoff Hale, Cindy Furgatch, Bob Knickerbocker, Ernie Fosselius. Voices: Sonny Buddy Jr., Cindy Furgatch, Walt Kraemer, Ernie Fosselius. A spoof of the space epic, Star Wars, created with special effects made from household appliances available in any hardware store. Features flying toasters in pursuit of a flatiron space station and a robot vacuum cleaner who foils the supreme force of evil. 60 min. DVD X1087

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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

Directed by Danny Leiner. Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Anthony Anderson, Fred Willard. Two twenty-somthing stoner roommates, one a Korean-American investment banker, Harold and the other, an Indian-American medical school candidate, Kumar, go through a life changing journey. They are on a quest to satisfy their cravings for burgers and spend the night roaming the state of New Jersey in search of White Castle hamburgers running into one screwy obstacle after another. 88 min. DVD 3373

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Harry and Tonto (1974)

Directed by Paul Mazursky. Cast: Art Carney, Ellen Burstyn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Larry Hagman, Chief Dan George. Comedy about a man evicted from his apartment who decides to take his cat, Tonto, and head cross country to live with one of his children. He has many 'encounters' with an assortment of people he meets on the way. 115 min. vhs 999:3828

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Harvey (1950)

Directed by Henry Koster. Cast: Jimmy Stewart, Josephine Hull, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White, Victoria Horne, Wallace Ford, Peggy Dow. Comedy about a good-natured fellow whose constant companion is a six-foot tall invisible rabbit. His sister is determined to marry her daughter off and decides to commit her brother to a mental hospital to get him out of the way. Due to a mix-up the sister is committed instead, and it is up to the kindly brother and his imaginary friend to straighten things out! 105 min. DVD 954

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Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952)

Directed by Douglas Sirk. Cast: Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie, Charles Coburn, Gigi Perreau. In this musical comedy Rock Hudson plays a faithful soda jerk who finds his attentions to the lovely Millicent turned down after her family gains a large sum of money. 88 min. DVD 8144

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Haunted House (1921)

Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Kline. Cast: Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Kline. Bank clerk Buster gets overturned glue on everything, mostly the money. He can't "stick 'em up" when robbers turn up because his hands are stuck in his pockets. They take him to their hideout, a haunted house designed to scare off police. 21 min. DVD 256

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Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn, Laird Cregar. Deceased turn-of-the century playboy Henry Van Cleve presents himself to the outer offices of Hades, where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter the gates of hell. Though the devil doubts that Henry's sins qualify him for eternal damnation, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime of wooing and pursing women, his long, happy marriage to Martha notwithstanding. 112 min. DVD 4679

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Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Directed by Warren Beatty, Buck Henry. Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, Jack Warden. In this romantic fantasy a Los Angeles Rams quarterback accidently goes to heaven after a car accident, and returns to earth in the body of a wealthy corporate giant. Here he has to cope with a beautiful Englishwoman, a treacherous wife and a scheming secretary. 112 min. DVD 552

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The Hebrew Hammer (2003)

Directed by Jonathan Kesselman. Cast: Andy Dick, Adam Goldberg, Judy Greer, Mario Van Peebles, Nora Dunn, Peter Coyote. Comedy Central presents a wildly satirical and politically incorrect comedy about a psychotic Santa who tries to destroy Chanukah by hypnotizing Jewish children with bootlegged copies of the Christmas film, "It's a Wonderful Life." Its up to semitic super stud Hebrew Hammer, together with Mohammed, head of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front, to hunt down the renegade Santa and make the holiday season safe for all. 85 min. DVD 3197

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Hellzapoppin' (1941)

Directed by H.C. Potter. Cast: Ole Olsen (Ole), Chic Johnson (Chic), Martha Raye (Betty Johnson), Hugh Herbert (Quimby), Jane Frazee (Kitty Rand), Mischa Auer (Pepi), Robert Paige (Jeff Hunter), Richard Lane (the director), Lewis Howard (Woody Taylor), Clarence Kolb (Andrew Rand), Elisha Cook, Jr. (Harry Selby), Shemp Howard (Louie), Harlem Congeroo Dancers (i.e. Congaroos) [including Ann Johnson and Frankie Manning], Olive Hatch Water Ballet, others. Musical combining lighthearted romance with slapstick comedy by Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, and others. Includes swing dancing; a water ballet; and the lindy hop, performed by African-American dancers and musicians costumed in uniforms of various service professions. The closing show-within-a-show sequence includes a semi-serious waltz ballet, a dog act, the production number "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee," and a conga finale. 84 min. DVD X393; vhs 999:3767

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Helpmates (1932)

Directed by James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Blanche Payson, Robert Callahan. Oliver's house is in a shambles after a wild party, and his wife is due home at noon. He calls Stanley to help him fix the place up, and the typical catastrophies ensue. Somehow, however, Stanley manages to complete the job by the time Oliver leaves to pick up his wife at the train station. As a finishing touch, Stan decides to start a nice fire in the fireplace, using a can of gasoline to hurry the process along. 20 min. DVD X309; vhs 999:1307

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Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)

Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone. Cast: Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, June Havoc, Ward Bond, Aubrey Mather. A talented singer starring on the Barbary Coast is abandoned by her ambitious saloon-owner beau for a heartless socialite. After becoming a huge star in England, she returns to San Francisco when his marriage crumbles, hoping that he still loves her. Special features: Isolated score track ; Hello again: the remaking of Alice Faye featurette ; restoration comparision, original theatrical trailer, advertising gallery, still gallery. 99 min. DVD X405

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High and Dizzy (1920)

Directed by Hal Roach. Cast: Lloyd, Roy Brooks, Mildred Davis, Wallace Howe. Our tipsy hero (Lloyd) rescues the sleepwalking Davis from a building ledge, high above the street. 26 min. 999:1453

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High Anxiety (1977)

Directed by Mel Brooks. Cast: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Howard Morris, Dick Van Patten. Mel Brooks portrays Dr. Richard Thorndyke, a neurotic psychiatrist with acrophobia who is unable to fulfill his aspirations to "derring-do," in this satire of Hitchcock thrillers. 94 min. DVD X804

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The High Sign (1921)

Written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. Buster becomes unwittingly involved in a radical secret society known as the Blinking Buzzards. 21 min. DVD 253; Video Disc 117:1

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His Girl Friday (1940)

Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mark, Porter Hall. A re-make of "The Front Page" with the main character as a woman reporter (Rosalind Russell). The editor (also her ex-husband, Cary Grant) wants his top reporter to cover the impending execution of a murderer rather than get married and leave the job. 92 min. DVD 240; DVD 6635; VHS 999:334

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His New Job (1915)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Gloria Swanson, Charles Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Charlotte Mineau, Leo White, Robert Bolder, Charles J. Stine The little tramp applies for a job as an actor at a film studio. When he is mistaken for the property man, disaster befalls the Hollywood production. (Look for an 18-year-old Gloria Swanson in one of her earliest appearances). 32 min. DVD X353

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History of the World, Part 1 (1981)

Directed by Mel Brooks. Cast: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Ron Carey, Gregory Hines, Pamela Stephenson, Andreas Voutsinas, Shecky Greene, Sid Caesar, Mary-Margaret Humes. A humorous look at the ages of man. Includes eras through the French Revolution and some parts of history that never quite made it into the textbooks. 93 min. DVD X807; vhs 999:3845

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Hit the Deck (1955)

Directed by Roy Rowland. Cast: Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Pidgeon, Vic Damone, Gene Raymond, Ann Miller, Russ Tamblyn. Sailor Danny Xavier Smith and two other gobs try to save his sister Susan's virtue. She wants to get a role in the show "Hit the Deck". After wrecking the producers hotel suite, they land in the brig. But Danny's father is a Rear Admiral... Special features: Film short "The Fall Guy", cartoon "Field and Scream", Sometimes I'm Happy audio outake (audio only), and theatrical trailer. 112 min. DVD 8322; vhs 999:1520

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Hog Wild (1930)

Directed by James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Putting up a radio aerial requires a trip to the roof and several more down. 19 min. DVD X319; vhs 999:1307

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Holiday (1938)

Directed by George Cukor. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Edward Everett Horton. In love with a socially prominent (& rich) Julie Seton, the more Johnny finds out about her aspirations for him, the more he becomes attracted to her noncomformist sister Linda. 94 min. DVD 6635; vhs 999:653

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Hollywood Ending (2002)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, George Hamilton, Tea Leoni, Debra Messing, Mark Rydell, Treat Williams. Val Waxman, a one-time cinematic genius down on his luck, receives a script for a period noir set against the backdrop of 1940s New York City. His ex-wife has managed to convince a high-powered studio head, to take a chance on Val's "unique vision." Just when the cameras are ready to roll, however, Val finds that unique vision in jeopardy as he's struck with a psychosomatic case of blindness. When efforts to cure him fail, Val contrives a scheme to forge ahead with the picture, for fear of blowing his one last chance at greatness. 112 min. DVD 1402

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Hollywood Shuffle (1987?)

Directed by Robert Townsend. Bobby Taylor waits for his big break as an actor and dreams of leading roles, Academy Awards, stretch limos and adoring fans. 81 min. Video 999:422

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Home Alone (1990)

Director, Chris Columbus. Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara. When eight-year-old Kevin McCallister's family left for vacation, they forgot one minor detail: Kevin. He's left home alone overnight with two bumbling burglers trying to break in so he rigs a bewildering battery of boobytraps to welcome them. 105 min. vhs 999:3877

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House Party (1990)

Directed by Reginald Hudlin. Cast: Christopher Reid, Robin Harris, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, A.J. Johnson, Paul Anthony, Kid 'N' Play, Full Force. A fast and fresh look at one teenager's pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. Kid has three things going for him...a tall fade, a wide grin and a way with women, but against him are an over-protective father and a trio "Full Force" as the pumped-up punks who want to put an end to Kid's fun. 100 min. 999:1318

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How I Won the War (1967)

Directed by Richard Lester. Featuring Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague. Black comedy about war, revolving around an inept and idiotic lieutenant who is first assigned to North Africa to construct a cricket pitch in the middle of the desert, and then to Europe to capture a bridge over the Rhine, which he accomplishes by making a deal with a German officer. 111 min. 999:2919

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I Love You Again (1940)

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke II. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe. A bump on the head reminds a boring husband he was once a con-man, and he sets out to win back his disillusioned wife. Special features: "Crime doesn't pay" series short "Jackpot"; classic cartoon "Tom Turkey and his Harmonica Humdingers"; theatrical trailer. 99 min. DVD 9066

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I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)

Directed by Hy Averback. Cast: Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young, Joyce Van Patten. One day you're a career 9-to-5er with a pending marriage, and then next you know, you chuck it all for beads, bell-bottoms and free love. This is the life of Harold Fine, a dedicated lawyer about to become a more dedicated dropout. 94 min. DVD 5898

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I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

Director, Howard Hawks. Cast: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart, William Neff. During a postwar mission in Germany, French army officer Herni Rochard and American WAC lieutenant Catherine Gates find that their mutual antagionism changes into love. They decide to marry just when Catherine is ordered home, which presents a far greater obstacle to Henri than a postponed honeymoon. They soon learn the only way he can enter the U.S. is through the Congressional act governing war brides which leaves the resourceful Catherine only one alternative: disguise her husband as a sister WAC. 105 min. DVD X888; vhs 999:3134

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Idiocracy (2006)

Directed by Mike Judge. Cast: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, Anthony Campos. Joe Bowers is an average Joe. He is not the sharpest tool in the shed. He becomes part of a government experiment to go into hibernation. The experiment goes awry and Bowers awakens in the year 2505 to find a society so dumbed-down by mass commercialism and mindless TV programming that he's become the smartest guy on the planet. Now it's up to this average Joe to get human evolution back on the right track. 87 min. DVD 7604

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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)

Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. Featuring Bernie Casey, Jim Brown, Isaac Hayes, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Janet Dubois, Antonio Fargas. In this ultra-slick, urban action comedy Mr. Slade comes out of retirement along with Jack Spade to try to clean up Mr. Big's neighborhood from crimes, drugs and the over use of gold chains as they take on the local gang boss in his hangout, the Big Brim Bar. 89 min. DVD 484

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I'm No Angel (1933)

Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold, Gregory Ratoff. The bold Tira works as a dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction the circus makes it to New York and Tira can persue her dearest occupation: flirting with rich men. Among the guys she searches for the love of her life, from whom she only knows from a fortune-teller that he'll be rich and have black hair. When she finally meets him, she becomes a victim of intrigue. "West, more imposing than coquettish as Tira the Lion Tamer, wields physical presence like a boxer and sexuality like a gunslinger throughout the film. From her opening scene, where she's introduced to a carnival crowd as "the girl who discovered you don't need feet to be a dancer," until the end, when she gets her man (Cary Grant, 29 years old and looking about 14, as upstanding society fellow Jack Clayton), Tira owns the screen. It's not hard to imagine either why I'm No Angel, often considered the last film of pre-code Hollywood, was the breaking straw for the Hays Office, or why Depression-era audiences loved it so much. Tira violates conventions of race, class, and (of course) sex, and she goes entirely unpunished by the plot of the film. Instead, West, who took sole credit for the story, screenplay and dialogue, is careful to give herself the last laugh--the real currency of a film like this one--in every scene. In the climactic trial, she cross-examines much of her romantic history to prove, to a judge and jury with whom she flirts hilariously, that she's "no angel" but that she is, indisputably, a heroine. Here at SFist, we are hard pressed to think of a recent studio film in which a hypersexual female lead gets away with so much." [SFist site] 88 min. DVD 9686

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I'm Not Rappaport (1996)

Director, Herb Gardner. Cast: Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson, Martha Plimpton. Eighty-one year old Nat Moyer is a compulsive and fanciful talker, a feisty philosopher, and a troublemaker given to assuming personalities. His daily companion on a bench in New York's Central Park is Midge Carter, a half-blind apartment house superintendent. Midge's approach to life is realistic and down-to-earth, making him the perfect foil for Nat. With vaudevillian flair, these appealing oldsters outrageously take on the world and its multiple threats--drug dealers and muggers, enlightened children, forced retirement, and the spector of the old folks' home. 137 min. 999:3518

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I'm The One That I Want (2000)

Directed by Lionel Coleman. Comedian Margaret Cho's raunchy and hysterically funny stand-up concert. As one of the country's most visible Asian Americans, she has a unique perspective on identity and acceptance. Filmed live at The Warfield in her hometown of San Francisco, this film is Cho at her very best--funny, shocking and irreverent. 96 min. DVD 1066

The Immigrant (1917)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Edna Purviance. Charlie and Edna are immigrants in the land of Liberty. 30 min. DVD 8

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International House (1933)

Directed by A. Edward Sutherland; featuring W.C. Fields, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Rudy Vallee, Stuart Erwin, Sari Maritza, Col. Stoopnagle, Budd, Cab Calloway and his orchestra, Baby Rose Marie, Bela Lugosi. A zany scientist in China invents a radio you can see: television. Every country wants to buy the rights, so characters from around the world converge on China and collide into a free-wheeling double-dealing variety show. 108 min. DVD 4556; vhs 999:2209

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Irma La Douce (1963)

Directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell, Herschel Bernardi. Nestor, business manager for a proud and profitable lady of the streets, unexpectedly falls in love with her. But she is in love with Nestor-in-disguise, who is playing the part of an elderly English nobleman. 143 min. DVD 1761

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It Happened One Night (1934)

Directed by Frank Capra. Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert. Colbert plays a runaway heiress and Gable is an unemployed journalist who helps her in the cross country flight via bus and by hitchhiking. 105 min. DVD 175; VHS 999:11

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Cavell, Stanley. "Knowledge as Transgression: It Happened One Night." In: Pursuits of happiness : the Hollywood comedy of remarriage / Stanley Cavell. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1981. (Main Stack PN1995.9.C55.C38; Moffitt PN1995.9.C55.C38; PFA PN1995.9.C55.C38 1981)

It's a Gift (1934)

Directed by Norman McLeod. Cast: W.C. Fields, Baby LeRoy, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julien Madison. W.C. Fields plays a hen-pecked husband who packs up his family and sets off across the country to a California orange plantation which he has purchased with the proceeds from his late uncle's will. 69 min. DVD 4556

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Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Directed by Jean Yarbrough. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello. Abbott and Costello present their version of the classic fairy tale. 78 min. DVD 1299

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Jekyll and Hyde Together Again (1982)

Directed by Jerry Belson. Cast: Mark Blankfield, Bess Armstrong, Tim Thomerson, Krista Errickson, Michael McGuire. Inside the antiseptic walls of a Los Angeles hospital a surgeon, Dr. Jekyll, noses around and discovers the secret to man's alter ego in a white powder. Nodding off one day, Dr. Jekyll accidentally snorts a sampling of the snuff which quickly transforms this shy man into a wild disco deviant with New Wave tendencies. A modern comic spoof on the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story. 87 min. 999:1539

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Jitterbugs (1943)

Directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivian Blaine, Robert Bailey, Douglas Fowley, Lee Patrick. Laurel & Hardy are a traveling two-man jitterbug band who operate out of a dilapidated jalopy and form an unlikely partnership with a likable con man. When the trio joins a carnival, they meet Susan, a naive young singer, whose mother has been swindled by grifters. 74 min. DVD 5660

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Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Directed by Amy Heckerling. Cast: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Glynnis O'Connor, Dom DeLuise, Richard Dimitri, Danny Devito. In this satire of thirties gangster films an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills while, his brother, an assistant D.A, is trying to stop Johnny's criminal activities. 90 min. DVD X871

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[Kauffmann, Andy] The Real Andy Kaufmann (1979)

Contains rare footage filmed at a live Andy Kaufman performance in the Catskills, New York in 1979. The real Andy was also caught off guard speaking candidly in and out of character interviewed backstage after the show. Includes commentary by the people who knew him best. 56 min. DVD 4480 [see also The Andy Kaufman Show DVD 4479]

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The Kid (1918)

Featuring Charlie Chaplin, Carl Miller, Jack Coogan, Edna Purviance (The Kid). Chaplin as The Tramp, finds an abandoned infant in an alley and, unwittingly at first, becomes the child's foster parent. In the bittersweet end, the child's mother takes him home with her. DVD 284; DVD 13

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A King in New York (1957)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Dawn Addams, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston, Sid James. A king fleeing a revolution takes refuge in the USA. While there he is led by an advertising agent to make commercials, is suspected of being a communist, testifies before the Un-American Activities Committee and eventually returns to Europe. 110 min. DVD 5758

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Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

Directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston, Cliff Osmond, Felicia Farr. Two would-be songwriters hijack Dino as he passes through their town. Their attempts to charm him into listening to their songs encounter a problem when one man's wife is the head of Martin's fan club. A substitute wife is hired to help lure the carousing star into a song-buying mood but things do not exactly work out as planned. 125 min. DVD 1762

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L.A. Story (1991)

Directed by Mick Jackson. Cast: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker. A wacky television weatherman thinks his life is perfect except for an erratic relationship with a style-conscious girlfriend. Then, one bright and smoggy L.A. day, an electronic freeway sign changes his life, when its advice leads him into a frivolous romance with a young and beautiful blond and, ultimately, to true love with the woman of his dreams. 98 min. DVD 1365

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Lady Eve (1941)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn. Lady Eve (Barbara Stanwyck), a calculating card shark, falls for one of her victims, a young millionaire (Henry Fonda). When he finds out that she has been giving him a fast shuffle his fondness fades but she works hard to win him back. 93 min. DVD 864; DVD 6592; VHS 999:875

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The Lady Is Willing (1942)

Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray, Aline MacMahon, Stanley Ridges. Comedy about a glamorous Broadway star who wants to be able to adopt a child, so she arranges a marriage of convenience with a pediatrician. 91 min. DVD X2068

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The Lady Killers (2004)

Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen. Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst. Marva Munson is a spry, elderly woman who is looking for a tenant for the spare room in her house. Goldthwait H. Dorr moves in and gains Munson's permission to use the basement for rehearsals with his "medieval music ensemble." Dorr is masterminding the robbery of a riverboat casino, and the fellow musicians in his ensemble are actually the crew he's assembled to pull off the job. Despite their best efforts, Munson finds out about their scheme and Dorr decides the best solution is to silence her permanently. After, all how hard can that be? 104 min. DVD 3333

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Larceny, Inc. (1942)

Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Edward Brophy, Anthony Quinn. On release from Sing Sing, 'Pressure' Maxwell wants to go into legal business; his pal 'Jug' Martin would rather join fellow inmate Leo's bank robbery scheme. A compromise is reached when Pressure buys a luggage shop next to the bank and they begin to build a tunnel. Pressure, Jug, and their friend Weepy prove the most incompetent burglars ever seen, but their biggest problem is keeping paying customers out of the store as it gains unexpected success! Based upon a play by Laura and S.J. Perelman. Special features: Commentary by historians Haden Guest and Dana Polan; Warner Night at the Movies 1942 short subject gallery: vintage newsreel; John Huston's Oscar-nominated patriotic short "Winning your wings;" classic cartoons: "Porky's pastry pirates" and "The wabbit who came to supper;" trailers. 95 min. DVD X511

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Late Bloomers (1996)

Directed by Julia Dyer. Cast: Connie Nelson, Dee Hennigan, Gary Carter, Lisa Peterson, Esteban Powell, Joe Nemmers. A romantic comedy in which high school basketball coach Dinah Groshardt falls for school secretary Carly Lumpkin, creating uproar from classroom to locker room and from the principal's office to the PTA. 104 min. DVD 1909

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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case(1930)

Directed by James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Fred Kelsey, Del Henderson, Tiny Sandford, Dorothy Granger. When Stanley's rich uncle Ebenezer Laurel dies, leaving a large estate Stan and Oliver arrive for the reading of the will, but then learn that Ebenezer was murdered, and that Stan, along with all the other relatives, is a prime suspect. DVD also includes Noche de duendes: The Laurel-Hardy murder case and Berth marks combined into a special Spanish-language edition, with Laurel & Hardy speaking their own dialogue. 30 min. DVD X311

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Leave 'Em Lauging(1928)

Director: Clyde Bruckman. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Edgar Kennedy, Viola Richard and Dorothy Coburn.Leaving the dentist's office, where Hardy's teeth have been extracted by mistake, the boys, still under the influence of laughing gas, meet up with a traffic cop and cause a huge traffic jam. 20 min. DVD X307

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Legally Blonde (2001)

Director, Tom Shadyac. Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland Taylor, Ali Larter. When a blonde sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to follow him to law school to get him back and, once there, learns she has more legal savvy than she ever imagined. Special features: Deleted scenes ; 2 featurettes: "Inside Legally Blonde," & "The hair that are Hollywood," 2 audio commentaries featuring Robert Luketic, Reese Witherspoon, Marc Platt & film crew ; hit music video "Perfect day" by Hoku ; trivia track ; original theatrical trailer. Based on the characters created by Amanda Brown. 92 min. DVD X113

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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)

Director, Charles Herman-Wurmfeld.. Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce McGill, Dana Ivey, Bob Newhart, Luke Wilson. When she's fired from her job at an upscale law firm for voicing her stance against the testing of cosmetics on animals, Elle heads to Capitol Hill to fight for her cause before Congress. Once there, she runs into plenty of adversity and red-tape and can't seem to find anyone who will listen to her proposals. She meets and befriends an elderly bellman who's been around long enough to know the ins and outs of the political machine. With his help, Elle attempts to convince disillusioned U.S. Representative Rudd to help her get her voice heard in front of the stodgy old coots of the legislative branch. Special features: Deleted scenes; gag reel; outtakes; "We can" music video with LeAnn Rimes; audio commentary by the cast; "Welcome to Delta Nu" interactive quiz; "Blonde ambition" featurette; photo gallery ; trailers. 95 min. DVD X114

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Liar Liar (1997)

Director, Tom Shadyac. Cast: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Jennifer Tilly, Swoosie Kurtz, Justin Cooper, Cary Elwes. Fletcher Reed is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday cake, he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his biggest asset - his mouth - has become his biggest liability. 87 min. DVD 1107

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

Directed by Wes Anderson. Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge. Internationally reknown oceanographer Steve Zissou and his crew - Team Zissou - set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, always elusive, possibly non-existant Jaguar Shark that supposedly killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. On this journey, Steve's crew are joined by a young airline co-pilot, who may or may not be Zissou's son, a beautiful journalist who has been assigned to write a profile of Zissou, and Eleanor, Zissou's estranged wife and co-producer. They face overwhelming complications including pirates, kidnapping, and bankruptcy. 118 min. DVD 3815

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Limelight (1952)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Buster Keaton, Sidney Chaplin, Nigel Bruce. Set in London, in 1914, the film stars Chaplin as an aging music hall comic who's convinced he can no longer move people to laughter. But he gets a final opportunity to shine when he saves a young, equally desperate ballet dancer from suicide, then guides her to triumph on the stage. 137 min. DVD 1779; DVD 671; VHS 999:2924

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The Little Giant (1933)

Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Russell Hopton, Shirley Grey. Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help. Special features: Commentary by historians Daniel Bubbeo and John McCarty; Warner Night at the Movies 1933 short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel; musical short "Use your imagination;" classic cartoon "The dish ran away with the spoon;" trailers. 75 min. DVD X510

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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Cast: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston. Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence. And Olive's grandfather is a loser with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in California. Special features: Side A: audio commentary with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and writer Michael Arndt ; 4 alternate endings with optional commentary by directors Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris ; "Till the end of time" performed by DeVotchka ; trailers -- Side B: audio commentary with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and writer Michael Arndt ; 4 alternate endings with optional commentary by directors Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris ; "Till the end of time" performed by DeVotchka ; forced trailer combo. 101 min. DVD 7165

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Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Directed by Frank Oz. Cast: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, James Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray. In this musical-comedy set in the Mushnik's Flower Shop basement a timid employee discovers a ferocious, talking, rapidly-growing plant, which forces him to lure victims to satisfy its taste for human flesh. 96 min. DVD 9113; vhs 999:1674

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Livin' Tha Life (2003)

Directed by Joe Brown; story by Joe Brown, improvised by the cast. Cast: Jarell Jackson, Edward D. Smith, Rooney Perry, Shawn Harris, Archie Howard, Zai Wilburn. Just another day in the 'hood. Ride with two homies, Jamal and Peanut, as they cruise through the streets of Compton and come face-to-face with some of the stranges characters you'll ever meet. 84 min. DVD 1659

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Living on Tokyo Time (1986)

Directed by Steven Okazaki. Cast: Minako Ohashi, Ken Nakagawa, Kate McConnell, Judy Nihel, Mitzie Abe, Bill Bonham. In this drama a rock guitarist with no talent feels little connection to his Japanese heritage until he marries a Japanese girl who wants to stay in America but maintain a Sushi attitude. 85 min. 999:396

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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)

Director, Albert Brooks. Cast: Albert Brooks, John Carroll Lynch, Sheetal Sheth, Jon Tenney, Fred Dalton Thompson, Amy Ryan. In this offbeat satiric comedy, the U.S. Government sends comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to find out what makes the over 300 million Muslims in the region laugh, but Brooks' activities lead to many political and cultural misunderstandings. 130 min. DVD 1286

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Lost in a Harem (1944)

Director, Charles Reisner. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell, John Conte, Douglass Dumbrille, Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra. Peter Johnson and Harvey Garvey, bumbling magicians stranded in the desert domain of Barabeeha, are asked by handsome prince Ramo to help him regain his throne from wicked Uncle Nimativ. This perilous task takes them deep inside the sultan's inner sanctum, where the madcap adventure really begins. 89 min. DVD 7449

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The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)

Directed by Larry Blamire. Cast: Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Susan McConnell, Brain Howe, Jennifer Blaire, Larry Blamire, Dan Conroy, Robert Deveau. In this spoof of 1950's B sci-fi movies a scientist tries to save the world from an assortment of aliens, monsters, an evil scientist and a crabby skeleton. Special features: Retro-style trailer, classic Skeleton frolic cartoon, cast and crew commentaries, Q & A at the American Cinemathéque, "Obey the lost skeleton!" featurette, blooper reel (in color), virtual skelectables. 90 min. DVD X862

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Love and Death (1975)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton. Boris Grushenko, a timid soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, becomes entangled in a plot to assassinate Napoleon and after a hilarious confrontation with the Angel of Death, finds himself facing a firing squad. 82 min. DVD 227; VHS 999:824

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Love Crazy (1941)

Directed by Pandro S. Berman. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick, Jack Carson, Florence Bates, Sidney Blackmer. When Steve's mother-in-law convinces his wife that he is cheating on her, she files for divorce. Steve has one solution to save his marriage ... he pretends to be crazy to delay divorce proceedings. Special features: Classic cartoon "The alley cat"; audio-only bonus: radio adaptation with William Powell; theatrical trailer. 99 min. DVD 9066

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The Love Nest (1923)

Directed by and featuring Buster Keaton. Buster sets out to sea, forlorn about a lost love. 24 min. DVD 135; VHS 999:914

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The Loved One (1965)

Directed by Tony Richardson. Cast: Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer with cameo guest stars Dana Andrews, Milton Berle, James Coburn, John Gielgud, Tab Hunter, Margaret Leighton, Liberace, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Barbara Nichols, Lionel Stander, Rod Steiger. A bemused would-be poet gets himself entangled with an unctuous cemetery entrepreneur, a mom-obsessed mortician and other bizarre characters. 121 min. DVD 5762

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Lover Come Back (1961)

Directed by Delbert Mann. Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen. Business gets mixed with pleasure when two advertising executives go after the same account. 117 min. DVD 8875

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A Lucky Dog (1921)

Directed by Jess Robbins. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jack Lloyd, Florence Gillet. In their first screen appearance together, Stan plays a penniless dog lover and Oilver plays a crook who tries to rob him. Silent with English intertitles and musical accompaniment. 17 min. DVD 6016

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Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)

Director, Charles Lamont. Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Patricia Alphin, Esther Dale, Barry Kelley, Harry Antrim, Ida Moore, Emory Parnell. In this hilarious adventure, Ma and Pa's farm house, a building so rickety it's about to be condemned, is replaced by an ultra-modern prefab that Pa wins by dreaming up a slogan for a tobacco company. 76 min. 999:3105

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Mabel's Married Life (1914)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Charlie must confront a beefy prizefighter to win back his wife Mabel. 17 min. DVD 65

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Mad Wednesday (aka The Sin of Harold Diddlebock) (1947)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee, Frances Ramsden. Harold Diddlebock, former football star, leads a boring and mundane life as a bookkeeper for twenty years. After being fired, he goes on a wild fling of drinking and gambling, and wakes up as the owner of a bankrupt circus. 83 min. DVD 4293; vhs 999:3138

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Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

Series chronicling how comedy has defined the nation's character with commentary by film historians, comedians, writers and producers, spotlighting comedians through the generations who broke the rules to advance the genre. 2008. DVD X828

Would Ya Hit a Guy with Flasses?: Nerds, Jerks, and Oddballs

Episode one focuses on the comedy type "The misfit" and includes clips by silent film legend Harold Lloyd, Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters, Andy Kaufman, Robin Williams, Cheech & Chong, Woody Allen and Steve Martin.

Honey I'm Home!: Breadwinners and Homemakers

Episode two focusing on television sitcoms starts with George Burns and Gracie Allen, the married couple who moved their popular radio program to television, then continues with clips from The Goldbergs (the first American sit-com), I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, All in the Family, The Cosby Show, Roseanne, Seinfeld and The Simpsons.

Slip on a Banana Peel: The Knockabouts

Episode three looks at physical comedy, with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, the Three Stooges, Martin and Lewis, Lucille Ball and Jim Carrey.

When I'm Bad, I'm Better: The Groundbreakers

Episode four looks a the work of controversial comedians. For the groundbreaks fo comedy getting a laugh and getting at the truth were the same. Looks at the comedy of not only Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin and the Smothers Brothers, but also Mae West, Moms Mabley and Richard Pryor.

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: The Wiseguys

Episode five looks at the comedy of W.C. Fields, Groucho Marx, Jack Benny, Phil Silvers, Joan Rivers, Paul Lynde, Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock and Larry David.

Sock it to Me? Satire and Parody

Episode six includes clips and discussions of Will Rogers, Abbot and Costello, Sid Caesar, Johnny Carson, Tom Hehrer, Alan Sherman, song lyrics by Tom Lehrer and Allan Sherman, Carol Burnett, Mel Brooks, Laugh In, Saturday Night Live, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Includes commentary on the current practice of politicians using appearances on talk shows to promote their political careers.

Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)

Directed by Clyde Bruckman. Cast: W.C. Fields, Mary Brian, Kathleen Howard, Grady Sutton, Vera Lewis, Lucien Littlefield. Ambrose Wolfinger wants the afternoon off to go to a wrestling match. He tells his boss he needs to attend his mother-in-law's funeral. A series of mishaps lead his boss to send flowers to the house and notify papers of the death. 67 min. DVD 7430

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Manhattan (1979)

Directed by Woody Allen Allen, featuring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Anne Byrne. Woody Allen portrays Isaac Davis, a successful comedy writer whose wife, having left him for another woman, is now embarking on writing a book about their failed marriage. 96 min. DVD 228; VHS 999:828

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Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Anjelica Huston, Diane Keaton. In this comic romp bursting with wry one-liners and inspired sight gags, a bored Manhattan housewife becomes convinced her next-door neighbor has committed a murder. When her husband Larry rejects the idea, she turns to a flirtatious friend to help her search for clues. Spurred by jealousy, Larry reluctantly joins the chase, only to learn that much more than his marrige is at stake. 108 min. DVD 46; 999:1877

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March of the Wooden Soldiers (Babes in Toyland) (1934)

Directed by Gus Meins and Charles Rogers. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Virginia Karns, Charlotte Henry, Felix Knight, Florence Roberts, Henry Kleinbach. Musical comedy with Laurel and Hardy in a story that takes them to Toyland where they try to pay off the mortgage on Widow Peep's shoe. 77 min. DVD 6015

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Marriage on the Rocks (1965)

Director, Jack Donohue. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, Dean Martin. Dan and Valerie plan a romantic second honeymoon to put the spark back in their relationship. While in Mexico, they find themselves accidentally divorced. Then, Valerie gets marries her husband's bachelor best friend in order to make him jealous. 109 min. DVD X1495

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Mars Attacks! (1996)

Director, Tim Burton. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, Sylvia Sidney. Mean, green invaders from the angry red planet attempt to take over the Earth ... armed with insta-fry ray guns, endowed with slimy, humungous brains, and enlivened with state-of-the-art special effects. Thrill!... as Earth fights back with an unexpected weapon. 106 min. DVD 1013

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Max Headroom (1985)

Directed by Annabel Jankel & Rocky Morton. Cast: Matt Frewer. Television is the only growth industry, with networks grappling with one another in an unrelenting ratings battle. Network 23 is a top station - cynical, manipulative creators of "Blipverts" - compressed TV commercials. There is an appalling side effect for avid viewers ; and ace reporter Edison Carter discovers the truth about blipverts and the network. Due to an "accident" Carter winds up as the first computer generated TV host -- Max Headroom. 60 min. 999:879

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Me and My Pal (1933)

Directed by Lloyd French and Charles Rogers. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Blanche Payson, Robert Callahan. Oliver's house is in a shambles after a wild party, and his wife is due home at noon. He calls Stanley to help him fix the place up, and the typical catastrophies ensue. Somehow, however, Stanley manages to complete the job by the time Oliver leaves to pick up his wife at the train station. As a finishing touch, Stan decides to start a nice fire in the fireplace, using a can of gasoline to hurry the process along. 20 min. DVD X309; vhs 999:1307

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Meet the Spartans (2008)

Directed by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer. Cast: Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, Kevin Sorbo, Diedrich Bader, Method Man, Jareb Dauplaise, Travis Van Winkle, Nicole Parker. In this parody of epic movies, the heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of 13 warriors to defend their homeland against the invading Persians, whose ranks include Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and Paris Hilton. 84 min. DVD X847

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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Jose Ferrer, Tony Roberts, Mary Steenburgen. Andrew and his wife, Adrian, are having company this weekend: Cousin Leopold and his fiancee Ariel, and Andrew's best friend Maxwell is bringing his latest flame. Just a quiet country get-together with three loving couples...but everyone seems to be loving the wrong person. 88 min. DVD 1021; vhs 999:936

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Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Woody Allen, Claire Bloom, Helena Bonham Carter, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, David Ogden Stiers, Jack Warden, Peter Weller. In this comic feature a sportswriter tries to track down the mother of his adopted son and discovers she is a prostitute and pornographic film star. 95 min. DVD 107; VHS 999:1881

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A Mighty Wind (2003)

Directed by Christopher Guest. Cast: Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, Paul Dooley, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Don Lake, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey, Jane Lynch, Catherine O'Hara. In this mockumentary, three folk groups from the 60's -- Mitch and Mickey, the Folksmen, and the New Main Street Singers -- reunite for a memorial concert in New York City following the death of a legendary folk manager. 92 min. DVD 3175

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The Millionairess (1960)

Directed by Anthony Asquith. Cast: Peter Sellers, Sophia Loren, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica, Dennis Price. In this comic film a beautiful, spoiled heiress has everything money can buy, except a husband. After a disastrous first marriage, she sets her sights on a dedicated but poor Indian doctor who has saved her from suicide. 90 min. DVD 818

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Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest, Diana Lynn. A spoof on motherhood. Trudy attends a farewell party for local servicemen and is shocked when she discovers her unfortunate condition after that hazy night. Her 4-F idolater offers himself as a substitute father. 98 min. DVD 4299; vhs 999:161

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Mister Roberts (1955)

Directed by John Ford & Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond, Phil Carey. A comedy-drama about life aboard a Navy cargo ship in Pacific waters during World War II. The monotonous non-combat duty of a fun-loving crew is enlivened by a feud between the petty, intolerant captain and an impetuous, highly-respected cargo officer whose continuous efforts to get a transfer to combat duty are blocked by the captain. 120 min. DVD 6217; vhs 999:821

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Modern Times (1936)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Stanley Sandford, Chester Conklin, Hank Mann, Allan Garcia, Stanley Blystone, Dick Alexander, Cecil Reynolds, Myra McKinney. The Little Tramp is an oppressed assembly-line factory worker who is used as a guinea pig for his employer's test of a new "Automatic Feeding Machine". He battles it out with technology, unemployment, jail, burglars, demanding customers and bosses. In the midst of his tribulations, he meets up with the girl of his dreams, "The Gamin". They win some and lose more but, at the end, they walk undaunted into the sunrise. 103 min. DVD 1778; DVD 195; VHS 999:47

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Mon Oncle (1953)

Directed by Jacques Tati. See French cinema

Monkey Business (1931)

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Cast: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd, Rockcliffe Fellowes, Ruth Hall, Harry Woods. The four Marx Brothers head for high seas hilarity in this classic film comedy. While hiding from the authorities on a luxury liner the quartet of stowaways become bodyguards to rival gangsters, with the usual hilarious results. 77 min. DVD 5581; DVD 3946 (PAL); vhs 999:1105

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Monkey Business (1952)

Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe. A chimpanzee gets loose in Dr. Fulton's lab and accidentally completes the youth formula he has been working on for years. But the chimp also dumps the potion into the office water cooler -- which becomes clear when Fulton's staff mysteriously grows younger and younger. The chemistry really explodes when his voluptuous secretary gets a taste of the potion. 97 min. DVD 1198

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Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)

Directed by Jacques Tati. See French cinema

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Martha Raye, Mody Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis. In this dark comedy first released during WWII, Henri Vedoux, played by Charlie Chaplin, supports his family by first marrying, and then killing wealthy widows. On another level the film is an indictment of war in which mass murder is legalized, celebrated and paraded. "Killing is the enterprise by which your system prospers," Verdoux says. "As a mass killer, I am an amateur by comparison." 124 min. DVD 322; VHS 999:48

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1983)

Directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. Animation and special sequences, Terry Gilliam. Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. he quest for the Holy Grail by King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table is retold in this hysterical, historical tour-de-farce. Watch as the knights wage battle against the fierce Killer Rabbit. Can they pass the test of valor and cut down yon tree with herring? Or will they blow themselves to smithereens with the Holy Hand Grenade? 92 min. DVD 504

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(Monty Python's) Life of Brian (1983)

Directed by Terry Jones. Animation and special sequences, Terry Gilliam. Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. The Pythons satirize religion, capital punishment, revolutionary politics, terrorism, graffiti, science fiction, and a host of other topics through the story of Brian, a first-century Judean. 107 min. DVD 1873

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(Monty Python's) The Meaning of Life (1983)

Directed by Terry Jones. Animation and special sequences, Terry Gilliam. Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. This last full length movie by the English comedy group Monty Python takes a bawdy, satirical and irreverent look at birth, birth control, religion, gluttony, war, sex, and death. 107 min. DVD 1873

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Moscow on the Hudson (1984)

Directed by Paul Mazursky. Cast: Robin Williams, Alejandro Rey, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks. Circus saxophonist Vladimir Ivanoff suddenly defects from his touring troupe in that temple of "Western decadence" -- Bloomingdale's. Fleeing the K.G.B., Vladimir wins asylum and moves into the crowded Harlem flat of Black security guard Lionel Witherspoon. Though Vladimir learns that life in America can be cold and even painful, he grows to love this strange and wondrous new land. 159 min. 999:1479

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The Mouse That Roared (1959)

Directed by Jack Arnold. Cast: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg. The Duchess and the Prime Minister (both played by Peter Sellers) of the tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick have come up with a brilliant plan to keep their country from going broke--make war on the United States, lose, then collect lots of American post-war aid. Their only mistake is not telling their invasion force leader (Sellers again, in chain mail!) that he's supposed to lose. 83 min. DVD X1047; vhs 999:3184

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson, Philip Merivale, Lucile Watson. Because of a legal hitch, a young couple discover thattheir marriage is void. The couple separate and decide to give single life a go, reluctantly on the husband's part, as he hopes to win his "un-wife" back. 95 min. DVD X1049; vhs 999:2545

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Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House (1948)

Directed by H.C. Potter. Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny, Sharyn Moffett. Cary Grant plays a successful New York advertising executive who wants to escape his current living situation. He decides to design his own dream house in the suburbs and the project turns wrong when the bills never end and the problems never stop. Special features: 2 radio productions: the October 10, 1949 Lux Radio Theater broadcast starring Grant and Irene Dunne and the June 9, 1950 screen directors playhouse broadcast starring Grant and Betsy Drake; cartoon the House of Tomorrow; Cary Grant trailer gallery. 94 min.

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Multiplicity (1996)

Directed by Harold Ramis. Cast: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur. Michael Keaton takes on four hilariously distinct roles in this comedy about a man who clones himself to save his marriage and then almost loses his wife to himself. 84 min. DVD 3533

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The Music Box(1932)

Directed by James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. "The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself. But the biggest problem is the force of gravity, which repeatedly pulls the piano back down to the bottom of the stairs. Finally, the irate Professor explodes in fury to discover the "mechanical blunderbuss" in his home, not knowing it was a surprise birthday present from his wife." [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0023251/plotsummary] Winner of 1932 Academy Award for Best Short Subject. 29 min. DVD 6031; DVD X319; vhs 999:1308

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My Favorite Wife (1940)

Directed by Garson Kanin. Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick. A funny thing happens to Nick on his way to his honeymoon suite. He meets his wife. No, not his bride. He meets the wife that was lost at sea seven years ago and presumed dead. Special features: Vintage Robert Benchley; short home movies; December 7, 1950 Screen Director's Playhouse Radio Production starring Grant and Dunne; theatrical trailer. 88 min. DVD 8217

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My Little Chickadee (1940)

Directed by Eddie Cline. Cast: Mae West, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Meek. Voluptuous Flowerbelle Lee is run out of Little Bend after suspicions arise that she's connected to the Masked Bandit. Forced to leave town until she can prove she is respectable -- and married --Flowerbelle meets con man Cuthbert J. Twillie and pretends to marry him. Jeff Badger, the town boss, names Cuthbert J. Twillie the town sheriff when Twillie and Flowerbelle arrive in Greasewood city. 91 min. DVD 9686; DVD 4556; vhs 999:615

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My Man Godfrey (1936)

Directed by Gregory La Cava. Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Jean Dixon, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray. A zany millionaire family invite a tramp to be their butler and find that he is richer than they are. 95 min. DVD 260; vhs 999:162

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My Wife's Relations (1922)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Kate Price, Joe Roberts, Wheezer Dell, Tom Wilson, Monte Collins. A large Irish woman falsely accuses Buster of breaking a window, and when he she hauls him before a Polish-speaking judge he assumes they are there to be married. She and her new husband then go home to meet her four gorilla-like brothers. 30 min. DVD 134

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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Directed by David Zucker. Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, O. J. Simpson. In this wacko comedy a granite-jawed, rock-brained cop, Frank Drebin, bumbles across a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth when she's at a baseball game while visiting in the United States. 85 min. DVD X856; 999:2741

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The Naked Gun 2-1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)

Directed by David Zucker. Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Robert Goulet, O.J. Simpson, George Kennedy. The inept cop, Lt. Frank Drebbin returns to save the day once again. This time he's out to foil the "big boys" in the energy business. A top scientist is about to publish his report on energy for the future and things don't look good for the traditional suppliers of oil and coal. To save their industries, the suppliers kidnap the scientist and replace him with a decoy with a more favourable report. 85 min. DVD X856; 999:2742

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Naked Gun 33-1/3: The Final Insult (1994)

Directed by Peter Segal; featuring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Fred Ward. Lt. Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Eventually they both wind up at the Academy Award ceremony where Drebin blunders his way humiliating the guests while trying to foil Rocco's terrorist plot. 83 min. DVD X856; 999:2743

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Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Louis Calhern. Choreographer: Nick Castle. A colorful Rio is the setting for a comic tale of personal and professional mixups as aspiring actress Nancy and her Broadway-veteran mother seek the same stage role. Adding to the Brazilian flair is Carmen Miranda in zany-hatted glory. 99 min. DVD 9892

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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Directed by Jared Hess. Featuring Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Diedrich Bader. Napoleon is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight red 'fro, sweet moon boots, and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon spends his days drawing mythical beasts, duking it out with his older brother, Kip, and trying to avoid his scheming Uncle Rico. When two new friends enter Napolean's life - shy Deb and mustachioed Pedro - the trio launches a campaign to elect Pedro for class president and make the student body's wildest dreams come true. But if Pedro is to beat stuck-up Summer, Napoleon will have to unleash his own secret weapon. 95 min. DVD 3544

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The Navigator (1924)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom, Clarence Burton, H.M. Clugston, Noble Johnson. Millionaire Keaton wants to marry Betsey and sail to Honolulu, but she rejects him so he decides to go alone. Both he and Betsey end up on the wrong ship, the "Navigator" owned by her father, which is cut adrift and wafts out to sea with the two unaware of there being anyone else on board. 75 min. DVD 135

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Neighbors (1920)

Directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. Cast: Keaton, Virginia Fox. Buster tries to woo his tenement sweetheart in spite of barriers which stand between them. 18 min. DVD 135

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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)

Directed by Edward F. Cline. Cast: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Butch & Buddy, Susan Miller, Franklin Pangborn, Charles Lang, Margaret Dumont. W.C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film consists mainly of a series of flashbacks-- a number of disjointed, funny and bizarre scenes spoofing his own cinematic career, Hollywood and the filmmaking industry. 71 min. DVD 7430

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Never Weaken (1921)

Directed by Harold Lloyd. Cast: Lloyd, Mildred Davis. "Never Weaken" is Lloyd's last short film in which he hustles customers for his girlfriend who works for an osteopath. 22 min. DVD 4324; DVD 4683; 999:1453

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A New Leaf (1971)

Director, Elaine May. Cast: Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, George Rose, James Coco, William Redfield. A suddenly broke middle-aged playboy plots to marry and murder a frumpy, clumsy, and socially awkward botany teacher who happens to be heir to a fortune. 102 min. 999:3410

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A Night at the Opera (1935)

Directed by Sam Wood. Cast: Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Kitty Carlisle. A Marx Brothers comic masterpiece in which Groucho's hilarious business schemes bring Milan's finest opera stars to New York, with some unexpected stowaways on board - Harpo and Chico. The three of them create a near riot on the ship, a scandal in New York and an evening of insanity in the concert hall. 87 min. DVD 2662; vhs 999:1106

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A Night in Casablanca (1946)

Directed by Archie Mayo. Cast: the Marx Brothers, Charles Drake, Lois Collier, Lisette Verea, Sig Ruman. Its the Nazis vs. the nutsies as The Marx Brothers ferret out Nazi spies in a Casablanca hotel. 85 min. DVD 2663

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9 to 5 (Nine to Five) (1980)

Directed by Colin Higgins. Cast: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Wilson, Sterling Hayden. Three female office workers combine forces to kidnap their deceitful, egotistical, and thoroughly chauvinistic boss and raise office efficiency to an all-time high during his absence. 110 min. DVD 949

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Ninotchka (1939)

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Greta Garbo, Ina Claire. A comedy in which a dour Soviet official (Garbo) comes to Paris on business involving the sale of some czarist jewels. Business soon turns to pleasure, however, as she discovers the special magic of Paris and finds herself succumbing to the charms of a suave Frenchman (Douglas). Inevitably, Ninotchka must choose between love and duty. 108 min. DVD 4284; vhs 999:12

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Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

Directed by Joel Gallen. Cast: Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Eric Christian Olsen, Mia Kirshner, Deon Richmond, Eric Jungmann, Ron Lester, Cody McMains, Sam Huntington, Joanna Garcia, Lacey Chabert, Samm Levine, Cerina Vincent, Beverly Polcyn, Ed Lauter, Paul Gleason, Mr. T, Molly Ringwald, Randy Quaid. A group of high school students deals with social life, dating and sex in situations that parody popular teen movies. 100 min. DVD X830

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Nothing Sacred (1937)

Directed by William Wellman. Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Margaret Hamilton. Classic comedy about a hotshot reporter who exploits a Vermont girl's "imminent" death from radium poisoning for headline value in New York City. Based on a story by James H. Street. 100 min. DVD 324

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Office Space (1999)

Directed by Mike Judge. Cast: Ron Livingston, Stephen Root, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole. In this screwball comedy, an office drone decides that work sucks and actively tries to get fired. Instead, his "straight-shooting" attitude gets him promoted where he can play out his grand embezzling scheme, but can he pull it off before all corporate hell breaks loose? Special DVD features: "out of the office" all-new Office Space retrospective with writer/director Mike Judge; 8 never-before-seen deleted scenes ; original theatrical trailer. c1990. 90 min. DVD 9579; 999:2844

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The Old Fashioned Way (1934)

Directed by William Beaudine. Cast: W.C. Fields, Baby Leroy, Joe Morrison, Judith Allen, Jack Mulhall. W.C. Fields is the Great McGonigle, manager of a theatrical troupe. Notorious for skipping out on bills and failing to pay actors, he next descends on a small town where he sets his sights on the hospitality of a wealthy widow. 72 min. DVD 7430

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One A.M. (1917)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: himself. Charlie arrives home inebriated and tries to get into his house, upstairs and to bed. 2 min. DVD 10

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One Good Turn (1931)

Directed by James W. Horne. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Mary Carr, Billy Gilbert, Snub Pollard. Stan and Ollie are down on their luck and beg at an old lady's house for food. While they are eating they overhear a villainous landlord (Finlayson) threatening to evict her if she does not pay the mortgage. Not realising that they are hearing a rehearsal for a play, the boys decide to auction their car to help. 20 min. DVD X308; vhs 999:1309

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One Two Three (1961)

Directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis. In one of his very best roles, Cagney plays C.R. MacNamara, a brash, top-ranking Pepsi-Cola executive stationed in West Berlin. When his boss's harebrained daughter falls in love and marries a fierce young Communist, Mac must break up the union or risk losing his chance for advancement. Before you can say "one, two, three," events are spinning out of control, and he is obliged to deal with ferocious Russians, heel-clicking Germans and his suspicious, exasperated wife. Based on the play "Egy, ketto, harom" by Ferenc Molnar. 110 min. DVD 1763; vhs 999:2702

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One Week (1920)

Written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. Keaton and his bride inherit a do-it-by numbers pre-fab house, only somebody has mixed up the numbers. DVD 253; vhs 999:908

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Other People's Money (1991)

Directed by Norman Jewison. Cast: Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper Laurie, Dean Jones, Tom Aldredge, R.D. Call, Mo Gaffney, Bette Henritze. A comedy about a ruthless Wall Street deal maker who pursues the hostile takeover of a small manufacturing company, New England Wire & Cable, and during the buyout attempt becomes enamoured with the company's attorney. 101 min. vhs 999:3815

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Our Hospitality (1923)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Joe Roberts, Ralph Bushman, Natalie Talmadge, Buster Keaton, Jr. Buster is returning to his Appalachian homestead, and on the trip, he falls for a young woman (played by Natalie Talmadge, Buster's real life wife). The only problem is her feuding family has vowed to kill every member of his family. The dramatic waterfall rescue near the end is performed by Buster himself. 74 min. DVD 133

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Our Relations(1936)

Directed by Harry Lachman. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Alan Hale, Daphne Pollard, James Finlayson, Sidney Toler. Double trouble for Oliver and his buddy Stanley, whose home lives have been peaceful and content until their seafaring adventurous identical brothers arrive. 73 min. DVD X310

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Our Wife(1931)

Directed by James W. Horne. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Jean 'Babe' London, James Finlayson, Charles Rogers, Blanche Payson, Ben Turpin. Oliver's plans to marry his hefty sweetheart go awry when the girl's father gets a load of her intended groom. They then elope in a tiny car much too small for their combined dimensions, not to mention the accompanying Stan. They find a Justice of the Peace to perform he ceremony, but the official's cross-eyed condition results in unintended consequences. 37 min. DVD X308

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Out West (1918)

Directed by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, writing credits: Natalie Talmadge (Keaton's wife). Cast: Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Betty Compson, Al St. John. Arbuckle arrives in Buster Keaton's wild West saloon, foils a holdup in progress and becomes involved in several gun battles. 14 min. DVD 669; DVD 4993; DVD 1722; vhs 999:912

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Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)

Directed by George Marshall and Raymond McCarey. Cast: Laurel and Hardy, Donald Dillaway, Jacquie Lyn, James Finlayson, Billy Gilbert, Charles Middleton, George Marshall, Richard Tucker, Grady Sutton. The boys' Army buddy, Eddie Smith, is killed in the trenches in France, leaving his baby girl an orphan. Back home after Armistice, they try to find Eddie's father and turn the child over to him. Unfortunately, they keep coming up with the wrong Smiths, and in the process disrupt a wedding by proclaiming the baby to be the groom's child. To evade the Welfare Association, they try to skip town, raising money for their escape by hocking their lunch wagon. But they accidentally knock the bank president unconscious and wind up being hunted down for bank robbery. DVD X320; vhs 999:3833

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Paleface (1921)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Joe Roberts. Indians are told by evil oilmen to vacate their land in one day. The Indian chief tells his braves to kill the first white man they see, and Buster appears, chasing a butterfly. After being tied to a stake - upon which he is to be burned, and which he keeps moving around - he becomes one of the tribe and helps them with their fight. 33 min. DVD 254; VHS 999:910

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The Palm Beach Story (1942)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest. A young wife leaves her husband and heads for Palm Beach where she meets one of the world's richest men. When the husband shows up to reclaim his wife, the millionaire's man-mad sister falls for him! The foursome's story unfolds through intensely humorous dialogue, flirtatious situations and a splendid soundtrack. 88 min. DVD 3580; DVD 6592; vhs 999:2506

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Parade (1973)

Directed by Jacques Tati. See French cinema

Pardon Us! (1931)

Director, James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, June Marlowe, Wilfred Lucas, Walter Long, James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford, Charlie Hall. Pardon us: It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew to a policeman. In prison, Stan earns the respect of The Tiger, a rough prisoner, and the boys manage to slip away during The Tiger's escape attempt. They disguise themselves in blackface and hide on a cotton plantation, but are recaptured when the warden happens by. Back in the big house, they find themselves in a hail of bullets, caught between the state militia and gun-toting prisoners, when The Tiger tries another escape. Their first full length talking picture. 65 min. DVD X324

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Passport to Pimlico (UK, 1949)

Director, Henry Cornelius. Cast: Stanley Holloway, Hermione Baddeley, Margaret Rutherford, Paul Dupuis. Detonation of an unexploded bomb left from WWII German bombings uncovers an ancient document which reveals that London's Pimlico district really belongs to France. The community, eager to abandon post-war constraints, establish their independence as a ration-free state. 75 min. 999:3143

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Pat and Mike (1952)

Directed by George Cukor. Cast: Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Aldo Ray, William Ching, Sammy White, George Mathews. In this romantic comedy a woman athlete of enormous promise in the worlds of both tennis and golf is pursued by a shady promoter, who hopes to make her famous and make some money in the process. 94 min. 999:3154

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Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)

Directed by Nnegest Likke. Cast: Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman), Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen. Pee-Wee's bicycle is missing. Pee-Wee hits the open road and encounters riotous adventures with bikers, bums, cowboys, cons, a phantom trucker and a waitress with wanderlust. Special features: Feature length audio commentary by Paul Reubens and director Tim Burton; music only track with commentary by Danny Elfman ; production notes ; theatrical trailer ; scene access. 90 min. DVD 9938

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A Perfect Day(1929)

Director: James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Kay Deslys, Isabelle Keith, Edgar Kennedy. When Stan and Ollie attempt a relaxing day of picnicking with their spouses, car trouble stalls their plans and turns the day into a near-riot. 20 min. DVD X307; vhs 999:1314

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Phat Girlz (2006)

Directed by Nnegest Likke. Cast: Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey, Kendra C. Johnson, Joyful Drake, Jack Noseworthy, Eric Roberts. Jazmin is a sassy, tart, talented, and plus-size woman who lives in a world that insults and rejects her because she's fat - or is the emotional abuse she heaps on herself the real problem? She is a department store employee with fashion designer dreams who has created a designer line for full-figured ladies, but flounders until she wins a Palm Springs vacation. There she meets a handsome Nigerian doctor named Tunde. He cherishes Jazmin's full figure as a mark of beauty. But can Jazmin overcome her self-loathing and accept Tunde's love? 99 min. DVD 6124

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Philadelphia Story (1940)

Directed by George Cukor. Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, Roland Young. A strong-willed Philadelphia woman finds the plans for her second marriage going awry when her first husband turns up. 112 min. DVD 291; VHS 999:32

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The Pink Panther (1964)

Directed by Blake Edwards. Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Brenda De Bangie, Colin Gordon, Fran Jeffries, Claudia Cardinale. A bumbling, disaster-prone inspector invades a Swiss ski resort and becomes obsessed with capturing a jewel thief hoping to lift the legendary 'Pink Panther' diamond. 115 min. DVD 8838

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Pillow Talk (1959)

Directed by Michael Gordon. Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter. The unihibited story of a carefree bachelor and an interior decorator and the hilarious things that happen when they tangle. They share a party line over which they develop an intense dislike for one another. But when Brad matches Jan's voice to her face and figure, the events which follow give a new meaning to the phrase "All's fair in love and war." 103 min. DVD 8875; vhs 999:1487

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Bingham, Dennis. ""Before She Was a Virgin.": Doris Day and the Decline of Female Film Comedy in the 1950s and 1960s." Cinema Journal. Spring 2006. Vol. 45, Iss. 3; p. 3 (29 pages)

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McCallum, E. L. "Mother Talk: Maternal Masquerade and the Problem of the Single Girl." Camera Obscura; Sep1999, Vol. 14 Issue 42, p71, 26pUC users only

Plane Nuts(1933)

Directed by Jack Cummings. Featuring Ted Healy and The Three Stooges. Ted Healy and His Stooges alternate mildly risque vaudeville routines with semi-elaborate Berkeleyesque musical numbers with beautiful chorines. 20 min. Included on DVD 5730

Platinum Blonde (1931)

Directed by Frank Capra. Featuring Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams. An heiress plans to marry a newspaperman and turn him into a gentleman, but he's not suited for that. A newswoman comes to his rescue in this romantic comedy. 89 min. 999:2703

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Play It Again Sam (1972)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Susan Anspach. A neurotic film buff periodically takes advice about building relationships with women from a recurring hallucination of Humphrey Bogart. Portions are a parody of the film, Casablanca. 85 min. DVD 1770; vhs 999:808

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Play Time (1967)

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Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1959)

Directed by Charles Walters. Cast: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn. When one of New York's top drama critics pans a good friend's show and its leading lady's performance, war is declared by both. The reviewer, his wife, four bratty kids, and their English sheepdog move to the country, but it does not solve the reviewer's problems. 111 min. DVD 8883

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Bingham, Dennis. ""Before She Was a Virgin . . .": Doris Day and the Decline of Female Film Comedy in the 1950s and 1960s." Cinema Journal. Spring 2006. Vol. 45, Iss. 3; p. 3 (29 pages)

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Poppy (1936)

Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Cast: W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Granville Bates, Catharine Doucet, Lynne Overman. W.C. Fields plays a charlatan who attempts to persuade an entire town that his daughter is actually heiress to an unclaimed fortune. 67 min. DVD 7430

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Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2008)

Directed by Lloyd Kaufman. Cast: Jason Yachanin, Kate Graham, Allyson Sereboff, Robin L. Watkins. Musical parody of zombie films, featuring chicken zombies. When the American Chicken Bunker, a military themed fast food restaurant, builds its latest chain restaurant on the site of an ancient Native American burial ground, the displaced spirits take revenge on unsuspecting diners and transform them into chicken zombies! Now, it's up to a dimwitted counterboy, his collegiate lesbian ex-girlfriend and a burqa-wearing fry cook to put an end to the foul feathered menace once and for all. Disc 1 extras: Lloyd Kaufman and Gabe Friedman cluck off (feature-length commentary) -- Food stuffs: Lloyd Kaufman and Gabe Friedman cluck off (feature length audio commentary) -- Food stuffs: Lloyd Kaufman and Gabe Friedman cluck off (feature length audio commentary) Original theatrical trailer ; "lovely scenes from Bergman's Virgin spring" ; Calamari safari music video: not by new found glory ; Count Smokula music video ; DVD credits -- Deep fried extras: The Toxic Avenger ; Terror firmer ; Citizen Toxie ; Class of Nuke 'Em High ; Tromeo and Juliet ; Radiation march. Disc 2 extras: "Poultry in motion: the truth is stranger than chicken" (behind the scenes cluck-u-mentary) ; "Poultrygeist: night of the chicken dead" (documentary, ca. 80 min.) -- Tromahawk nuggets: NYC premiere ; Cellu-Lloyd closet ; Make your own damn omelette ; Blow me...away : shooting the ACB explosion sequence ; Make your own damn movie sound design ; Recording the songs ; Designing the monsters ; The Poultrygeist rooftop re-shoots ; Filming the meat grinder ; Joe Fleishaker gets a head mold ; Deleted scenes ; Ron Jeremy's "happy ending" ; Charlotte Kaufman death scene - Time bomb! -- Deleted scenes -- Humus S-U-I-C-I-D-E song. Disc 3 extras: "American chicken bunker: chickens of mass consumption" ; Kara-Yolk-E! : Poultrygeist theme song ; Revenge is a dish best served fried ; Fast food love ; Generous general ; Longing to live waiting to die ; S-U-I-C-I-D-E -- Egg Stras: Trailers: Poultrygeist ; Toxic Avenger ; Special needs ; Bloodspit ; Coons ; Crazy animal. 103 min. DVD X520

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The Producers (2005)

Directed by Susan Stroman. Cast: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart, Jon Lovitz Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now he only seems to be able produce flops. Things turn around for Max when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme taylor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. With this in mind, they decide to produce a musical called 'Springtime for Hitler' written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct and hire the loopy Swedish Ulla as the lead actress. Bonus features: Deleted scenes including never-before-seen musical numbers; outtakes; analysis of a scene "I wanna be a producer"; feature commentary with director Susan Stroman. Based on the 1968 screenplay by Mel Brooks and the 2001 stage play book by Mel Brooks & the 2001 stage play music by Thomas Meehan & the 2001 stage play lyrics by Mel Brooks. 135 min. DVD 8233

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The Producers (1968)

Directed by Mel Brooks. Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Andreas Voutsinas, Christopher Hewett, Lee Meredith. Off-beat comedy which revolves around efforts of a theatrical producer (Zero Mostel) and a neurotic accountant (Gene Wilder) to make a fortune from a flop show which unexpectedly becomes a success when the audience mistakes it for satire. 89 min. DVD 1913; vhs 999:3221

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Gubar, Susan. "Racial Camp in The Producers and Bamboozled." Film Quarterly Dec 2006, Vol. 60, No. 2: 26–37. UC users only

Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Jack Rollins. Cecilia is a poor waitress whose only escape is the thrill and excitement of going to the movies. Suddenly, while watching her favorite movie, the leading man jumps out of the picture to be with her. Confusion abounds as the actors he has left in the movie try to get him back. 82 min. DVD 1022; vhs 999:923

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Racist Little Rascals (1938-1944)

A rare collection of early Our Gang and Little Rascals television episodes poking fun at colored folks. Videodisc release of eight episodes of the Our Gang comedies, originally produced between 1938 and 1944, and shown on television as the Little Rascals. Contents: Big ears, director, Robert McGowan (21 min.) -- Lad and a lamp, director, Robert McGowan (17 min.) -- Anniversary trouble, director, Gus Meins (18 min.) -- Little sinner, director, Gus Meins (18 min.) -- Three smart boys, director, Gordon Douglas (10 min.) -- Mush and milk, director, Robert McGowan (18 min.) -- Spooky hooky, director, Gordon Douglas (11 min.) -- Kid from Borneo, director, Robert McGowan (18 min.). Starring the Our Gang characters, including Spanky, Alfalfa, Stymie, Darla, Porky, Buckwheat, Butch, Wheezer, Chubby, Waldo, and Hattie McDaniel. 131 min. DVD 2442

Radio Days (1987)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Mia Farrow, Diane Keaton, Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, Tony Roberts. A look back at radio from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, focusing on an extended Jewish family, all avid radio listeners, and on a young woman who eventually succeeds as a radio gossip columnist. 96 min. DVD 1023; vhs 999:807

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Real Life: An American Comedy (1979)

Directed by Albert Brooks. Cast: Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain, J.A. Preston, Matthew Tobin, Albert Brooks. In this wickedly funny satire, Albert Brooks plays an arrogant and self-centered comedian who has decided to make a documentary film. This mockumentary presents a hilarious account of what happens to a typical American family in Phoenix when a group of filmmakers, psychiatrists and sociologists move in with them to record their "real life". 98 min. DVD 3183

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The Rink (1916)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Edna Purviance, James T. Kelley, Eric Campbell. On his lunch break from the restaurant (where he first laid eyes on the lovely Edna), Charlie goes roller skating. He rescues Edna from an unwanted suitor, and after a roller skate ballet, Charlie (now as Sir Cecil Seltzer) is invited to a party at Edna's. The 'suitor', of course, is there. DVD 10; Video Disc 145; VHS 999:1902

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Road to Morocco (1942)

Directed by David Butler. Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn. The lone survivors of a ship wrecked in the Mediterranean, our heroes find themselves in the company of a Moroccan Princess Shalimar (Lamour), who has purchased Bob and plans to make him her husband. This would be swell except for the jealousy of nasty Sheik Mullay Kassim. This is the third "Road" picture of the Hope and Crosby comedy team. Special DVD features: Bob Hope and the road to success; command performance 1945; "The road to Morocco" sing-along; photograph gallery; theatrical trailer; production notes; cast and filmmakers. 82 min. DVD X1028; vhs 999:2039

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Cohan, Steven. "Queering the Deal: On the Road with Hope and Crosby." In: Out Takes: Essays on Queer Theory and Film / edited by Ellis Hanson. pp: 23-45. Durham [N.C.]: Duke University Press, 1999. Series Q (Main Stack PN1995.9.H55.O88 1999)

Mielke, Randall G. Road to box office : the seven film comedies of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, 1940-1962 Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1997. (PFA : PN2287.C76 M53 1997)

Road to Singapore (1940)

Directed by Hal Walker. Cast: Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope, Charles Coburn, Judith Barrett, Anthony Quinn, Jerry Colonna. When junior shipping mogul Josh Mallon comes too close to getting hitched, he and his best buddy Ace Lannigan run to the furthest point they can find on a map --Singapore. The first of the famous "Road" pictures starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby as a team of irrepressible bachelors, the scenery includes Dorothy Lamour as the beautiful live-in housekeeper they bring home. Special features: Documentary, "Bob Hope and the road to success" ; documentary, "Entertaining the troops" ; "Sweet potato piper" sing-along ; photograph gallery ; theatrical trailer; production notes; cast and filmakers' biographies ; scene selections. 86 min. DVD X1030

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Cohan, Steven. "Queering the Deal: On the Road with Hope and Crosby." In: Out Takes: Essays on Queer Theory and Film / edited by Ellis Hanson. pp: 23-45. Durham [N.C.]: Duke University Press, 1999. Series Q (Main Stack PN1995.9.H55.O88 1999)

Mielke, Randall G. Road to box office : the seven film comedies of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, 1940-1962 Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1997. (PFA : PN2287.C76 M53 1997)

Road to Utopia (1946)

Directed by Hal Walker. Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, Jack LaRue, Robert Barrat, Nestor Paiva. Narrator: Robert Benchley. Bing and Bob get caught up in a race to stake their claim to the veins of a Klondike gold mine after nabbing the deed from a couple of vicious killers. Since the boys themselves are skipping town after a shady deal, they decide to adopt the murderers' identities and take the opportunity to get to know the beautiful and ambitious Dorothy Lamour. 90 min. DVD 7606

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Road to Zanzibar (1941)

Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Cast: Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope, Charles Coburn, Judith Barrett, Anthony Quinn, Jerry Colonna. In the second of the "Road" pictures, a couple of scheming carnival performers leave town after selling a phony diamond mine to a tough guy who doesn't appreciate the joke. They end up in Zanzibar where they meet a couple of female entertainers who lure them into the jungle and introduce them to a tribe of hungry cannibals. 92 min. DVD X1031

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Cohan, Steven. "Queering the Deal: On the Road with Hope and Crosby." In: Out Takes: Essays on Queer Theory and Film / edited by Ellis Hanson. pp: 23-45. Durham [N.C.]: Duke University Press, 1999. Series Q (Main Stack PN1995.9.H55.O88 1999)

Mielke, Randall G. Road to box office : the seven film comedies of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, 1940-1962 Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1997. (PFA : PN2287.C76 M53 1997)

Roast Beef and Movies(1934)

Directed by Sam Baerwitz. Featuring Ted Healy and The Three Stooges. A trio of amateur film makers try to persuade a group of studio executives to exhibit their new movie. 16 min. Included on DVD 5730

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Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin (1928-1941)

This special collection of rare short films pays homage to the great American satirist Robert Benchley and two other witty literati who shared his company at the Hotel Algonquin's legendary round table and personified the sophisticated literary scene of New York in the 1920's and 1930's. Performers: Robert Benchley (1st-3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th works), Alexander Woollcott (4th work), Leo G. Carroll (4th work), Donald Ogden Stewart (6th, 8th work). Contents: The witness, directed by Leslie Roush (1941) -- The trouble with husbands, directed by Leslie Roush (1940) -- The man's angle, directed by Leslie Roush (1942)-- Mr. W's little game, directed by Lynn Shores (1934) -- The treasurer's report, directed by Thomas Chalmers (1928) -- Traffic regulations (1929) -- Sex life of a polyp (1928) -- Humorous flights, directed by Fred Fleck (1929) -- Crime control, produced and directed by Leslie Roush (1941). 86 min. 999:3224

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

Directed by Allan Arkush. Cast: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Mark Blankfield, Dave Chappelle, Isaac Hayes, Megan Cavanagh, Eric Allan Kramer, Matthew Porretta, Tracey Ullman. In this comedy spoof of the Robin Hood legend, Robin of Loxley, aided by his band of merry men, wrests power from the evil Prince John, humiliates the despicable Sheriff of Rottingham, and finds the key to the fair Maid Marian's heart--and her chastity belt. Special features: Robin Hood: men in tights, the legend had it coming (HBO special); original theatrical trailer. 104 min. DVD X803

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Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

Directed by Allan Arkush. Cast: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, The Ramones. Comedy set in a high school where the students have the lowest academic average in Southern California, the athletes haven't won a game in years, and three principals have gone insane. Features scenes of a concert by the Ramones. Music by the Ramones, Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac, Alice Cooper, Chuyck Berry, Velvet Underground. 93 min. DVD 912

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Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Directed by Jim Sharman. Cast: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick. A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof, this film begins when a couple of ordinary, clean-cut kids have car trouble one dark rainy night and knock on the door of a looming gothic mansion. 100 min. DVD 5692; vhs 999:1002

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Roman Scandals (1933)

Directed by Frank Tuttle; featuring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold, David Manners. In this musical comedy a wistful young man from Oklahoma daydreams his way back to ancient Rome in its hey-day where he finds himself a spokesperson for the downtrodden Roman people, suffering under the tyrannical rule of the cruel and sneering Emperor Valerius. Features the screen debut of Lucille Ball and choreography by Busby Berkeley. 92 min. 999:2237

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Room Service (1938)

Directed by William A. Seiter. Cast: the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico), Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson. In this Marx Brothers comedy a phony broke Broadway producer and his entourage try to avoid being evicted from their hotel room. 78 min. 999:1110

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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Director, Wes Anderson. Cast: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Luke Wilson; narrator: Alec Baldwin. Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family in this stylized study of melancholy and redemption. 109 min. DVD 1904

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Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

Directed by Leo McCarey. Cast: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles, Zasu Pitts, Leila Hyams. A comedy classic concerning a stuffy British butler who finds himself in the Wild West when his master loses him in a card game to a wealthy, rowdy American. 90 min. 999:765

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Bogdanovich, Peter. "Leo McCarey." In: Who the devil made it New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997. (MAIN: PN1995.9.P7 B58 1997; MOFF: PN1995.9.P7 B58 1997)

O'Reilly, Jean. "A Case Study: Ruggles of Red Gap, Leo McCarey and Charles Laughton." Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 2006. Vol. 23, Iss. 5; p. 407 UC users only

Gehring, Wes D. Leo McCarey from Marx to McCarthy. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005. (MAIN: PN1995.9.P7 B58 1997; MOFF: PN1995.9.P7 B58 1997)

Charles Silver. "Leo McCarey from Marx to McCarthy." Film Comment. Sep/Oct 1973. Vol. 9, Iss. 5; pg. 8, 4 pgs

Wood, R. "From Ruggles to Rally; or, America, America! The strange career of Leo McCarey." Film International v. 5 no. 3 (2007) p. 30-4UC users only

The Ruling Class (1972)

Director, Peter Medak. Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne, Michael Bryant, Nigel Green. A member of the House of Lords dies in a shockingly silly way, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son is insane: he thinks he is Jesus Christ. He is "cured" of that affliction, only to become Jack the Ripper incarnate, a blood thirsty Tory who is therefore sane and eminently acceptable to the House of Lords. An irreverant look at Britain's class system, that peers behind the closed doors of the aristocracy. 154 min. DVD 904

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The Russans Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)

Directed by Norman Jewison. Cast: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters, Theodore Bikel, Paul Ford. The story focuses on the riotous confusion created when a Russian submarine gets stuck on a New England sandbar and the landing crew goes ashore for help -- only to be mistaken for an invasion force by the over-imaginative townspeople. 26 min. DVD 1869

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The Rutles (1978)

Directed by Gary Weis and Eric Idle. Featuring Eric Idle, John Halsey, Rikki Fataar, Neil Innes; special appearances by Mick Jagger, George Harrison, Paul Simon, Ron Wood, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, and others. Rutland Weekend Television takes a look at the Pre-fab Four: Dirk, Barry, Stig and Nasty; better known as the Rutles. This mockumentary, a parody of Beatlemania and the many serious documentaries made about the Beatles, follows the career of the Rutles from their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg's infamous Rat-Keller, to their amazing worldwide success. 73 min. DVD 3180

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Safety Last (1923)

Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strothers. A young man moves to the big city and boasts to his fiancee about his exciting life there. When she comes to visit, he must contrive increasingly desperate (and dangerous) schemes to live up to the image he has created. Includes the famous "hanging from the clock" sequence. 74 min. DVD 6208; vhs 999:1501

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The Saphead (1920)

Directed by Herbert Blache. Cast: Buster Keaton, William H. Crane, Irving Cummings, Sr., Carol Holloway. Naive and spoiled Buster's father owns the Henrietta silver mine. His sister Rose is married to shady investor Mark, who wrecks Buster's wedding plans by placing the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter on Buster. Mark also nearly ruins the family business by selling off Henrietta stock at too low a price. Bertie, of all people, must come to the rescue on the trading floor. 77 min. DVD 253; Video Disc 117:1

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Saps at Sea (1940)

Directed by Gordon Douglas. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Finlayson, Charlie Hall. Stan and Ollie rent a boat to rest Ollie's shattered nerves (they test horns in a horn factory!) but a notorious gangster stows away and complicates matters! 62 min. DVD X316; vhs 999:3785

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The Scarecrow (1920)

Written and directed by Buster Keaton. Follows the unhealthy competition between roommates vying for the attentions of a young lady. 19 min. DVD 254; Video Disc 117:2

Scenes from a Mall (1991)

Directed by Paul Mazursky. Cast: Cast: Bette Midler, Woody Allen, Bill Irwin, Daren Firestone, Rebecca Rickels. A married couple- he's a sports attorney, she's a pop psychologist- go to an upscale mall where their shopping spree turns into something more expensive! Things go from bad to worse as they try to work out some of their marital problems amidst a shopping binge. 87 min. DVD 2715

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School Daze (1996)

Directed by Spike Lee. Cast: Larry Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme, Joe Seneca, Art Evans, Ellen Holly, Ossie Davis. This music-filled, off-beat contemporary comedy takes an unforgettable look at black college life. Dap and Big Brother Almighty conflict over the Greek frat system while the Wanna-be's and Jigaboo's conflict over self-identity and self-esteem. 114 min. DVD 529; VHS 999:2194

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Scoop (2006)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Geoff Bell, Christopher Fulford, Nigel Lindsay, Ian McShane, Fenella Woolgar. While inside of a magician's magic cabinet, aspiring journalist Sondra Pransky is visited by the ghost of a dead reporter who has received a very hot tip in the afterlife. He tells Sondra about a rising young politician named Lord Peter Lyman who may be the notorious tarot card serial killer. With the magician in tow, Sondra sneaks her way into Lyman's life. Sondra finds increasing evidence that the tip from the ghost is true, but finds herself falling in love with Lord Peter. 96 min. DVD 7133

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Scrooged (1988)

Directed by Richard Donner. Cast: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard, Alfre Woodard. Modern comic version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with Bill Murray portraying a nasty, uncaring, unforgiving TV network president. On Christmas Eve he is visited by three ghosts who show him the error of his ways. 101 min. 999:1526

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter, Ann Rutherford, The Goldwyn Girls. Walter, a timid young man, imagines himself as a number of daredevil heroes. Then one of Walter's dreams becomes a reality: He gets involved with a beautiful blonde and becomes the target of a gang of jewel thieves who believe he has their loot, and out of necessity is transformed into an assertive figure. 110 min. 999:2534

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Send Me No Flowers (1964)

Directed by Norman Jewison. Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Hal March, Paul Lynde, Edward Andrews, Patricia Barry, Clint Walker. When he overhears a doctor discussing the imminent death of a patient, hypochondriac George believes the doctor is referring to him. Convinced he's living on borrowed time, he enlists his best friend Arnold to help him find a new husband for his soon-to-be-widowed wife Judy. 100 min. DVD 8875

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Bingham, Dennis. ""Before She Was a Virgin": Doris Day and the Decline of Female Film Comedy in the 1950s and 1960s." Cinema Journal. Spring 2006. Vol. 45, Iss. 3; p. 3 (29 pages)

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Serial Mom (1994)

Directed by John Waters. Cast: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Suzanne Somers. Beverly Sutphin is a seemingly perfect homemaker who will stop at nothing to rid the neighborhood of anyone who dares to make someone in her family feel bad. When she's not making obscene prank calls to the neighbors or bribing her garbagemen to save embarrassing items from her neighbors' trash, she's mowing down whoever would be so rude as to make her husband go into his office on a Saturday, break up with her daughter, or suggest that her son watches too many horror movies. As other slights befall her beloved family, the body count begins to increase, and the police get closer to the truth, threatening the family's picture perfect world. Special features: "Serial mom": surreal moments; The kings of gore: Herschell Gordon Lewis and David Friedman; The making of "Serial mom"; Feature commentary with director John Waters and star Kathleen Turner. 94 min. DVD X272

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Seven Chances (1925)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes. Financial broker Buster is nearly bankrupt when an attorney informs him that his grandfather has left him seven million dollars. However, in order to inherit Buster must marry before 7 pm on his 27th birthday - today! 56 min. DVD 293

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The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes, Sonny Tufts, Robert Strauss. A husband of seven years, alone in New York while his family vacations, fantasizes an affair with the TV model in the upstairs apartment. 105 min. DVD 704; VHS 999:712

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Shanghai Knights (2003)

Director, David Dobkin. Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Donnie Yen, Aidan Gillen, Fann Wong, Tom Fisher, Kim Chan, Gemma Jones. Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon travel to England to find out who killed Chon's father. The killer steals the Chinese Imperial Seal that Chon's father was protecting. While they are in England, they stumble upon a conspiracy to murder the entire British royal family. Only with the help of Chon's beautiful, but deadly sister, can the trio stop the assassination and return the Imperial Seal to its rightful owners. 114 min. DVD 1757

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Shanghai Noon (2000)

Directed by Tom Dey.Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Roger Yuan. Two cultures collide when East meets West in this stunt-filled, action-adventure comedy. Chinese Imperial Guard Chan goes West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei. There he meets up with laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O'Bannon: the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West. 110 min. DVD 726

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She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Directed by Lowell Sherman. Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Noah Beery, Gilbert Roland. Mae West as Lady Lou, a toughlady with a heart of gold, who dallys with assorted beaus, becomes entangled in murder, saves a Bowery mission and still has enough energy left to belt out a tune or two! 65 min. DVD 9581; vhs 999:623

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Sherlock, Jr. (1924)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Ward Crane. Buster and Ward are competing for Kathryn's affections, so Ward steals her father's watch and frames Buster. Pathetic film projectionist Buster goes to work and he dreams everyone else in his life into the movie: he is the genius Sherlock Holmes looking for stolen pearls. 56 min. DVD 133

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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut. Set in pre-World War II Budapest, two bickering co-workers in a gift shop don't realize they're lonelyhearts penpals known only to each other as "Dear friend." 99 min. DVD 1649

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The Short and Curlies(UK, 1987)

Directed by Mike Leigh. A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor. The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between her and the man and her and her doting mother, a hairdresser. 18 min. Included on DVD 4621.

A Shot in the Dark (1964)

Director, Blake Edwards. Cast: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom. The bumbling Inspector Clouseau's attempt to prove the innocence of a voluptuous French maid, the prime suspect in a series of bizarre murders, leads him to a nudist colony and the Parisian mansion of a French millionaire. 103 min. vhs 999:3880

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Simple Men (1992)

Directed by Hal Hartley. Cast: Robert Burke, William Sage, Karen Sillas, Elina Lowensohn, Martin Donovan, John MacKay. Bill McCabe, a ne'er-do-well who has jut been double-crossed by his girlfriend during a heist, is reunited with his younger and more reserved brother Dennis. Together the two brothers go after their father, a former all-star shortstop and mad-bomber anarchist, when he breaks out of jail, and who is now hiding out in deepest, darkest Long Island. 105 min. DVD 4061

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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Rudy Vallee, Edgar Kennedy, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Franklin Pangborn, Lionel Stander, Margaret Hamilton. Fired from his job after 20 years, Harold, an accountant, goes on a drunken spree and wakes up the owner of a moth-eaten and bankrupt circus and eventually winds up hanging from a tall building with a huge lion menacing him. 90 min. DVD 4293

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Sister Act (1992)

Directed by Emile Ardolino. Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nunn. In this comedy a sassy, low-rent lounge singer is forced to hide out from the mob in the last place on earth anyone would look for her -- in a convent. While there she turns the convent choir into a "soulful chorus of swingin' sisters" complete with a Motown repertoire. The sudden celebrity of the choir however jeopardizes her hidden identity. 100 min. 999:3219

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Slapstick Encyclopedia

The 10-volume DVD version, listed first, has some different titles and two more volumes than the 8-volume VHS version, listed last; please check both formats for specific titles.

DVD Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 1: In the Beginning

In the beginning: A survey of once important, now forgotten but still funny vaudevillians, stage actors and novelty acts that gravitated to the film world during the first fifteen years of the century. Their work in front of the camera inspired the first wave of film comedy.

Contents: Vol. 1. One too many (1916) -- The wrong Mr. Fox (1917) -- Mr. Flip (1909) -- Alkali Ike's auto (1911) -- Fox-trot finesse (1915) -- A cure for pokeritis (1912) -- Be my wife (1921) -- A natural-born gambler (1916). Cast: Oliver Hardy, Billy Bletcher, Victor Moore, Ben Turpin, Augustus Carney, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Ford Sterling, Roscoe Arbuckle, Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, John Bunny, Flora Finch, Max Linder, Bert Williams, Harry Langdon, Billy Bevan, Andy Clyed, Keystone Kops, Mack Swain, Harry McCoy. DVD 1312

VHS Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 1: In the Beginning: Film Comedy Pioneers

A survey of once important, now forgotten but still funny vaudevillians, stage actors and novelty acts that gravitated to the film world during the first fifteen years of the century. Their work in front of the camera inspired the first wave of film comedy.

Contents: One too many (1916) -- The wrong Mr. Fox (1917) -- Mr. Flip (1909) -- Alkali Ike's auto (1911) -- Mabel's dramatic debut (1913) -- Fox-trot finesse (1915) -- A cure for pokeritis (1912) -- Be my wife [abridged] (1921) -- A natural-born gambler (1916). Featuring:Oliver Hardy, Billy Bletcher, Victor Moore, Ben Turpin, Augustus Carney, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Ford Sterling, Roscoe Arbuckle, Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, John Bunny, Flora Finch, Max Linder, Bert Williams. Video/C 999:1898

DVD Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 2: Keystone Tonight!

Mack Sennett's influence as producer and director at the Keystone Studios refined the comedic art form. This volume presents a sampling of rare treats from Sennett's incubator of comic insanity and offers a composite image of the "Sennett style."

Contents: Mabel's dramatic career (1913) -- Barney Oldfield's race for a life (1913) -- The rounders (1914) -- Muddy romance (1913) -- Movie star (1916) -- Teddy at the throttle (1917) Cast: Oliver Hardy, Billy Bletcher, Victor Moore, Ben Turpin, Augustus Carney, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Ford Sterling, Roscoe Arbuckle, Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, John Bunny, Flora Finch, Max Linder, Bert Williams, Harry Langdon, Billy Bevan, Andy Clyed, Keystone Kops, Mack Swain, Harry McCoy. DVD 1312

VHS Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 2: Keystone Tonight!

Mack Sennett's influence as producer and director at the Keystone Studios refined the comedic art form. This volume presents a sampling of rare treats from Sennett's incubator of comic insanity, and offers a composite image of the "Sennett style."

Contents: Saturday afternoon (1926) -- Super-hooper-dyne Lizzies (1925) -- Wandering Willies (1926) -- A muddy romance (1913) -- A movie star (1916) -- Barney Oldfield's race for life (1913) Featuring: Harry Langdon, Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, The Keystone Kops, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Harry McCoy, Mack Sennett, Ford Sterling. Video/C 999:1899

DVD Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 3: Sennett in the Twenties

Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin and Billy Bevan were Sennett's major comedy stars when he was producing for Pathe in the 1920's. Presented here are six films that highlight Sennett's 20's formula of "speed, girls and spectacular effects," where every foil and gag sets another in motion until every prop in sight has been squeezed of comic potential.

Contents: Saturday afternoon (1926) -- Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925) -- Wandering Willies (1926) -- Circus today (1926) -- His marriage wow (1925) -- All night long (1925) -- Vol. 4. Detectress (1919) -- One wet night (1924) -- Know thy wife (1918) -- Rowdy Ann (1918) -- Hearts and flowers (1919) Cast: Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin, Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Charley Chase, Gale Henry, Alice Howell, Dorothy Devore, Fay Tincher, Harry Depp, Louie Fazenda, Ford Sterling. DVD 1313

VHS Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 3: Funny Girls, Genders and their Benders

Celebrate the first ladies of early screen comedy with six sensational shorts which dispel the myth that comedy was primarily a man's domain. While Keystone's Bathing Beauties were satisfied to pose and look pretty, these dauntless damsels flung themselves into the making of mirth with spirited abandon.

Contents: Mighty like a moose (1926) -- The detectress (1919) -- One wet night (1924) -- Know thy wife (1918) -- Rowdy Ann (1919) -- Hearts and flowers (1919). Curators, Joe Adamson, David Shepard ; music, eric Beheim, Brian Benison, Robert Israel, Ken Rosen. Charley Chase, Gale Henry, Alice Howell, Dorothy Devore, Fay Tincher, Harry Depp, Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling. Video/C 999:1900

DVD Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 4: Funny Girls, Genders and their Benders

Celebrates the first ladies of early screen comedy with five sensational shorts which dispel the myth that comedy was primarily a man's domain. See these dauntless damsels fling themselves into the making of mirth with spirited abandon.

Contents: Detectress (1919) -- One wet night (1924) -- Know thy wife (1918) -- Rowdy Ann (1918) -- Hearts and flowers (1919) Cast: Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin, Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Charley Chase, Gale Henry, Alice Howell, Dorothy Devore, Fay Tincher, Harry Depp, Louie Fazenda, Ford Sterling. DVD 1313

VHS Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 4: Keaton, Arbuckle & St. John

Six films which illuminate the careers of three influential early film artists by presenting some of Buster Keaton's rarely seen early shorts, showcasing the often neglected Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and spot-lighting little-know character comedian Al St. John.

Contents: The rounders (1914) -- Fatty and Mabel adrift (1916) -- Oh, doctor (1917) -- The garage (1920) -- The boat (1921) -- The iron mule (1925). Featuring: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Al St. John, Mabel Normand, Buster Keaton. Video/C 999:1901

DVD Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 5: Keaton, Arbuckle and St. John

Five films which illuminate the careers of three influential early film artists by presenting some of Buster Keaton's rarely seen early shorts, showcasing the often neglected Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and spot-lighting little-known character comedian Al St. John.

Contents: Fatty and Mabel adrift (1916) -- Oh, Doctor! (1917) -- The garage (1920) -- The boat (1921) -- Iron mule (1925) DVD 1314

VHS Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 5: Chaplin & Co.

The most celebrated figure of slapstick, Charles Chaplin has risen to become one of popular culture's most recognizable icons. This film salutes Chaplin with a pair of vintage, remastered Chaplin comedies, a rediscovered piece of footage in which he conducts an orchestra and a collection of comedies that explore the music hall roots of the British-born American master.

Contents: A night in the show (1915) -- Rare Chaplin snippet (1916) -- The Rink (1916) -- Live wires and love sparks (1916) -- He's in again (1918) -- Pie-eyed (1925) -- Only me (1929) Featuring: Charles Chaplin, Dee Lampton, Leo White, Bud Jamison, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Billie Ritchie, Billy West, Stan Laurel, Lupino Lane. Video/C 999:1902

DVD Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 6: Hal Roach's All-star Comedian

American slapstick may have germinated at Mack Sennett's, but Hal Roach Studios refined the form with more sophisticated and deliberately paced narratives, a style which allowed many of his stars to make successful transitions to sound. Presents five films including the rare feature "Big moments from little pictures," with Will Rogers.

Contents: Oranges and lemons (1923) -- Get out and get under (1920) -- Mightly like a moose (1926) -- Big moments from little pictures (1924) -- Haunted spooks (1920) DVD 1314

VHS Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 6: Hal Roach the Lot of Fun

On the stages and backlots of the Hal Roach Studio, the ingredients of classic slapstick were refined with more sophisticated and gradually-paced narratives that allowed many of Roach's stars to make the difficult transition to sound films. From the late 1920's through the Depression, Laurel and Hardy were the jewel in the crown of the Hal Roach Studio. These seven films present excerpts and complete films of their great silent short comedies. Also included are the Our Gang comedy team (Dogs of war) and an early film of Will Rogers (Big moments from little pictures).

Contents: Lafftoons (Excerpts): Angora love; You're darn tootin'; Liberty; Battle of the century -- Get out and get under (1920) -- Dogs of War (1923) -- Big moments from little pictures (1924) -- Fluttering hearts (1927) -- Oranges and lemons (1923) -- It's a gift (1923) Featuring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Our Gang, Harold Lloyd, Will Rogers, Charley Chase, Snub Pollard, Katherine Grant, Marie Mosquini, Wallace Howe, Mark Jones. Video/C 999:1903

DVD Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 7: Hal Roach: The Lot of Fun

From the late 1920's through the Depression, Laurel and Hardy were the jewel in the crown of the Hal Roach Studio. These seven films present excerpts and complete films of their great silent short comedies and also includes the Our Gang comedy team in "Dogs of war."

Contents: Laurel and Hardy Lafftoons (Excerpts): Angora love; you're darn tootin'; Liberty; Battle of the century -- Dogs of war (1923) -- Fluttering hearts (1927) -- It's a gift (1923) DVD 1315

VHS Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 7: The Race Is On!

The daredevil spirit of the 1920's infected early comedy films as a reckless combination of plane, train, streetcar, motorcycle, horse and automobile chases presented side-splitting, breathtaking, white-knuckle art forms that even today are without parallel. Mack Sennett encapsulated the formula of his comedies as "Speed, pretty girls, and spectacular effects." Here are presented six films loaded with action, often quite elaborately produced in which every foil and gag sets another in motion until every prop in sight has been squeezed of comic potential.

Contents: Teddy at the throttle (1917) -- Circus today (1926) -- Water wagons (1926) -- Outbound (1924) -- Chasing choo choos (1927) -- Danger ahead (1926) Featuring: Bobby Vernon, Wallace Beery, Gloria Swanson, Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Madeline Hurlock, Sid Smith, Monty Banks, "Hairbreadth Harry" (Comic strip character) Video/C 999:1904

DVD Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 8: Chaplin and the Music Hall Tradition

The most celebrated figure of slapstick, Charles Chaplin has risen to become one of popular culture's most recognizable icons. This volume salutes Chaplin with a selection of comedies which explore the music hall roots of the British-born American master.

Contents: Night in the show (1915) -- Rare Chaplin snippet (1916) -- The Rink (1916) -- Live wires and love sparks (1916) -- He's in again (1918) -- Pie-eyed (1925) -- Only me (1929) DVD 1315

VHS Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 8: Tons of Fun: Comedy's Anarchic Fringe

By the 1920's, the mental and physical energy of hundreds of bright young men, women, children and chimpanzees was being focused on slapstick, and an avalanche of nonsense flowed out to theaters every week. This film focuses on six particularly madcap entries in the slapstick canon, produced at the smaller independent "fun factories," starring several master comedians who have yet to be awarded proper recognition.

Contents: Yukon Jake (1924) -- The Grocery clerk (1920) -- Three of a kind (1926) -- Dry and thirsty (1920) -- Family life (1924) -- Now you tell one (1926) Featuring: Ben Turpin, Larry Semon, Lucille Carlisle, Frank Alexander, Hillard Karr, Kewpie Ross, Billy Bletcher, Mark Jones, Ruth Hiatt, Charley Bowers. Video/C 999:1905

DVD Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 9: The Race Is On!

The daredevil spirit of the 1920's (presented here in 4 films) infected early comedy films as a reckless combination of plane, train, streetcar, motorcycle, horse and automobile chas

Contents: Water wagons (1925) -- Outbound (1924) -- Chasing choo-choos (1927) -- Danger ahead (1926) DVD 1316

DVD Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volumes 10: Tons of Fun: The Anarchic Fringe

This final volume focuses on six particularly chaotic entries in the slapstick canon, produced at the smaller independent "fun factories," starring master comedians who have yet to be awarded proper recognition.

Contents: Yukon Jake (1924) -- Three of a kind (1926) -- Dry and thirsty (1921) -- Family life (1924) -- Now you tell one (1926) -- Grocery clerk (1920) DVD 1316

Sleeper (1973)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton. Health food store owner Miles Monroe enters the hospital in 1973 for a minor ulcer operation only to wake up 200 years later after being frozen. As Miles tries to adjust to his new environment he is programmed; de-programmed; chased by Big Brother-like police; falls in love with Luna, a ridiculous underground poet; and becomes part of a rebel band determined to stop scientists from cloning the world dictator. 88 min. DVD 229; VHS 999:739

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Small Time Crooks (2000)

Directed by Woody Allen. Writer and director, Woody Allen. Featuring Woody Allen, Hugh Grant, Jon Lovitz, Elaine May, Michael Rapaport, Elaine Stritch, Tracey Ullman. An ex-con and his manicurist wife find their get-rich-quick scheme leaves them rolling in dough. Then when a bank heist takes a comical twist, the couple discovers that cookies pay better than crime. 95 min. DVD 444

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Smart House (TV, 1999)

Directed by LeVar Burton. Cast: Ryan Merriman, Kevin Kilner, Jessica Steen, Katie Volding. Ben Cooper goes on-line to win a house designed to make life easier. The Smart House takes on a virtual motherly identity who not only becomes overly possessive of the Coopers, but replicates herself into PAT (Personal Applied Technology), out-of-control and dangerously un-delete-able. 82 min. 999:3669

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So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)

Directed by Richard L. Bare. Comedy short. "Joe McDoakes is passing a traffic light sign, when suddenly the signal seems broke. It's going up and down and up and down. On the crossroad McDoakes is only barely able to prevent an accident. A traffic agent approaches him and asks for his papers. But McDoakes hasn't got them with him and he must pay a fine of two dollars for passing a red light. But Joe McDoakes is a stubborn man. He wants to prove to the whole world that he is not guilty. Instead of paying the fine, he asks for a jury trial. That doesn't seem like a good thing to do however." [IMDB] 10 min. Supplementary feature on DVD 3513

Some Like it Hot (1959)

Directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Joe E. Brown, George Raft, Pat O'Brien. In order to escape retaliation after they witness a gangland murder, two unemployed musicians disguse themselves as women and join an all-girl band headed to Miami. 121 min. DVD 939; VHS 999:362

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Sons of the Desert (1933)

Directed by William A. Seiter. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Mae Busch, Dorothy Cristy, Lucien Littlefield. The boys sneak off to a convention, telling their wives that Ollie requires a restful cruise to Hawaii to recuperate...but all is not peaceful when the suspicious wives discover the ship sank. 61 min. DVD 6031; DVD X318

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Spaceballs (1987)

Directed by Mel Brooks. Cast: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Joan Rivers. King Roland of the planet Druidia is trying to marry his daughter Princess Vespa to Prince Valium, but Vespa is kidnapped by the evil race of the Spaceballs. The Spaceballs ask Roland a tremendous ransom: all the air of Druidia (you see, the air of Spaceball had serious pollution problems...). The King decides to offer a generous amount of money to a space rogue, Lone Starr, to persuade him to save Vespa. What follows is the parody of a lot of famous science fiction movies. Special features: Audio commentary by Mel Brooks; Spaceballs: the documentary; in conversation: Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan; John Candy: Comic Spirit; storyboard-to-film comparison; film flubs; spacequotes; Spaceballs: the trivia game; Spaceballs: the behind-the-movie photos; exhibitor trailer with Mel Brooks introduction; Spaceballs: the costume gallery; Spaceballs; the art gallery; original theatrical trailer. 96 min. DVD X853

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Spanglish (2004)

Directed by James L. Brooks. Cast: Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman, Shelbie Bruce, Sarah Steele, Ian Hyland, Victoria Luna. When Flor and her daughter, Christina come to the United States, Flor gets a job as a maid at the home of a successful chef John Clasky and his family. Despite Flor's lack of an English, she does the best she can to assist the Clasky family in more than just house cleaning matters. However, when Flor is forced to live with the family over the summer, she has no choice but to bring Christina along. John's wife, much to Flor's disliking, treats Christina much like her own and at the same time she hurts the feelings of her own daughter, Bernice. When John's dreams begin to unravel, he begins to feel like his whole world is coming down around him. Told through Christina's college letter to Princeton University, Christina learns that things come and go in life, but family is the most important thing a person can have. 131 min. DVD 8263

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Speedy (1928)

Directed by Harold Lloyd. Cast: Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Brooks Benedict, Babe Ruth. "Speedy" comes to the rescue when his girlfriend's grandfather's horsecar is stolen by a gang. After finding the car he gets it back on the track in time to make the daily run. This feature takes silent film star Lloyd's frenetic style to new, hilarious extremes. 86 min. 999:1460

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Spite Marriage(1929)

Directed by Edward Sedgwick. Cast: Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Earle, Leila Hyams, William Bechtel. In his last silent film, Keaton plays a hapless pants-presser who pines for a stage actress. When she is jilted by her fiance, she spitefully marries Keaton. 76 min. DVD 5437

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Stalag 17 (1952)

Directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger. During World War II, a group of G.I.s are thrown together in the notorious German prison camp, Stalag 17. For the most part, they spend their time scheming ways to help each other escape. But when two prisoners are killed in an escape attempt, it becomes obvious that there is a spy among them. 120 min. 999:813

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Stardust Memories (1980)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault, Tony Roberts. A famous comedy film maker, rejected by his fans and critics after a venture into serious cinema, seeks comfort from the three dissimilar women he is dating: the beautiful but neurotic Dorrie, sensitive and talented violinist Daisy, and earthy, mature Isobel. 91 min. DVD 223; VHS 999:1913

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Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)

Directed by Bud Yorkin. Cast: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti, Orson Welles. In the middle of the 18th century two sets of twins are mis-matched at birth only to be reunited on the eve of the French Revolution. The problem is that the twins are members of both the peasant and aristocratic classes. Their meeting, their mixup and the mistaken identities would ultimately constitute one of the most tumultuous events in modern history. 91 min. DVD 4264

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Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)

Directed by Carl Harbaugh. Cast: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence. Riverboat captain "Steamboat Bill"'s effete son Buster comes to see his estranged dad. Bill tries to turn his son into a man. When his father is arrested, Buster decides to bust him out of jail. 71 min. DVD 113; vhs 999:181

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The Strong Man (1926)

Directed by Frank Capra. Cast: Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Robert McKim, Gertrude Astor, William V. Mong, Arthur Thalasso. In this silent comic classic, Belgian veteran Paul Bergot comes to America after World War I with a travelling show to find the girl whose letters gave him hope while at the war front. He eventually finds her and saves her town from crooks. 78 min. DVD 400; Video Disc 170; VHS 999:1480

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Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore. "Sullivan is a successful, spoiled, and naive director of fluff films, with a heart-o-gold, who decides he wants to make a film about the troubles of the downtrodden poor ["O Brother, Where Art Thou"]. Much to the chagrin of his producers, he sets off in tramp's clothing with a single dime in his pocket to experience poverty first-hand, and gets some reality shock." [Internet Movie Database][See also: filmsite.org for a fuller description] 91 min.DVD 6592; DVD 790; VHS 999:358

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Swiss Miss (1938)

Director, John G. Blystone. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Eric Blore, Charles Judels. Mousetrap salesmen in Switzerland can't pay their dinner bill and end up working for the hotel to pay their expenses. The climax finds them moving a piano up a narrow Alpine trail over a swinging bridge where they meet a gorilla. 77 min. DVD X322; vhs 999:3831

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Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

Director, George Cukor. Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn, Brian Aherne, Natalie Paley, Dennie Moore. When her father runs afoul of the law in pre-War Paris, Sylvia disguises herself as a boy to aid in their escape. Afterwards they hook up with a fellow con-artist, and together become partners in crime but when Sylvia falls in love with a touring actor, the fact that she looks like a boy creates complications. 94 min. DVD 7602; vhs 999:3404

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Take the Money and Run (1969)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Allen, Janet Margolin. Woody Allen plays Virgil Starkwell, a compulsive thief who can't manage to pull off a caper without things going hilariously haywire. 86 min. DVD 106; VHS 999:799

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Teddy at the Throttle (1916; Keystone)

Directed by Clarence G. Badger. Cast: Gloria Swanson, Wallace Beery, Bobbie Vernon, and Teddy (the dog). The heroine is chained to a railroad track by the villain and is rescued by her hero Teddy, a dog... the screen's very first animal star. 999:1490, 999:1904

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The Tender Trap (1965)

Director, Charles Walters. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm with Jarma Lewis, Lola Albright, Carolyn Jones, Howard St. John, Joey Faye, Tom Helmore, Willard Sage.. Dan and Valerie plan a romantic second honeymoon to put the spark back in their relationship. Charlie Reader is a successful theater agent who is also successful with young ladies. One day he is visited by his old friend Joe, married with three children. Joe falls in love with Charlie's girl Sylvia while Charlie spends his time with young actress Julie. Based on the play by Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith. 111 min. DVD X1497

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Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Directed by Jason Reitman. Cast: Aaron Eckhart, William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Rob Lowe, Katie Holmes, Robert Duvall, Adam Brody, Cameron Bright, Sam Elliott, David Koechner, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall, Kim Dickens. Nick Naylor is a sexy, smart and charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect American's right to smoke. At the same time he is trying to maintain the idea of a perfect role model for his 12-year-old son. When Nick incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test. 91 min. DVD 6293

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Thank your Lucky Stars (1943)

Directed by Robert Benton. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Eddie Cantor, Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Dina Shore, Alexis Smith, George Tobias, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, Edward Everett Horton, S.Z. Sakall, Hattie McDaniel and Spike Jones. Eddie Cantor insists upon being chairman of the Cavalcade of Stars benefit show, in return for the use of his vocalist, Dinah Shore. Cantor disrupts the producers' plans with his own egocentric ideas. When they discover a talented bus driver named Joe Simpson, who can't get an acting job because he too closely resembles Eddie Cantor, a scheme is hatched to put the show back on track. Bonus features: Warner night at the movies 1943 short subjests gallery; vintage newsreel; musical shorts "Three cheers for the girls" and "The United States Navy Band"; patriotic short "Food and magic"; classic cartoon "Fallen hare"; trailers of Thank your luck stars and 1943's Watch on the Rhine; audio-only bonus: radio show adaptation with the film's stars.127 min. DVD X817

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That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith, Eve Arden, Alan Mowbray, Olive Blakeney. A comedy in which a seemingly happy couple realize they aren't so happy when an egotistical, eccentric musician enters the scene. 85 min. DVD 4659

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That's My Wife (1929)

Directed by Llyod French. Cast: Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, Vivien Oakland. Mrs. Hardy leaves Ollie because Stan's visit has lasted two years. As she makes her departure, Ollie's rich uncle is scheduled to come and Ollie is to inherit a fortune if he is happily married. 21 min. 999:1472

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Them Thar Hills(1934)

Director: Charley Rogers. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Charlie Hall, Billy Gilbert. Stan and Ollie take a trip into the mountains so that Ollie can recover from gout. Bootleggers have dumped their moonshine in the well from which the boys sample their 'healthy' mountain water. 20 min. DVD X307

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Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Directed by Richard Boleslawski. Cast: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell, Thurston Hall, Elisabeth Risdon, Margaret McWade, Spring Byington, Nana Bryant, Henry Kolker, Leona Maricle, Robert Greig, Frederick Burton. A staid Connecticut town is scandalized when it discovers that the author of a sexually-explicit bestselling novel is actually a local girl. Based on an original story by Mary McCarthy. "Information in the MPAA/PCA Collection at the AMPAS Library reveals that Columbia first submitted the script to the PCA in Mar 1936. However, the PCA rejected the script because it violated several tenets of the Code. In a letter to Harry Cohn, PCA president Joseph I. Breen details the various elements in violation of the Code: The heroine, Theodora, exemplifies "evil made to appear attractive" after she breaks up two marriages; all the "decent" and "church-going" characters are "made to appear ridiculous, stupid and silly" when compared with their city counterparts, who "indulg[e] in extra-marital activities, drunkenness and debauchery, [and] are made to appear attractive." A second revised script was submitted to the PCA in Apr 1936 and was met with approval." [AFI Catalog] 94 min. DVD X1853

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They Go Boom(1929)

Director: James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall. Stanley's attempts to treat Oliver's cold include dropping a swab down his friend's throat, applying a mustard plaster to his rump, and inflating the air mattress from the gas jet until it has Oliver pressed against the ceiling. 20 min. DVD X307

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They Had to See Paris (1929)

Directed by Frank Borzage. Cast: Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Marguerite Churchill, Ivan Lebedeff, Owen Davis, Jr., Rex Bell, Fifi Dorsay. Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters (Will Rogers) finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife, Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get 'culture' and meet 'the right kind of people.' Pike and his grown son and daughter soon have flirtatious French admirers; Idy rents a chateau from an impoverished aristocrat; while Pike responds to each new development with homespun wit. In the inevitable clash, will pretentiousness and sophistication or common sense triumph? 83 min. DVD X721

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Thicker Than Water (1931)

Directed by James Horne. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Daphne Pollard, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall, Bess Flowers. Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. While doing the dishes, Stanley convinces Oliver to withdraw the family savings and buy the furniture outright. But they accidentally squander it at an auction, purchasing a grandfather clock which gets smashed on the way home. 20 min. DVD X308

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The Three Ages (1923)

Directed by Buster Keaton. Cast: Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Blanche Payson, Oliver Hardy. Buster's first independently produced feature film feature his comic observations on the pursuit of a mate in the Stone Age - where he makes a memorable entrance atop a dinosaur,in the Roman Empire, and in modern times. 80 min. DVD 134; vhs 999:862

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The Three Stooges (The Golden Years of Television)

Contents: Disorder in the court (1936, 18 min.) / directed by Preston Black; screenplay by Felix Adler -- Malice in the palace (1940, 17 min.) / produced and directed by Jules White; screenplay by Felix Adler. Disorder in the court: The three Stooges mix it up in the trial of a fandancer accused of shooting her lover. Malice in the palace: The owners of the Cafe Casbah-Bah (the worst eatery in the Orient) go incognito as Santa Clause in an attempt to recover a diamond stolen from the King Rutin-Tutin's Tomb by the evil Omigosh, Emir of Shmowland. 35 min. Video/C 6778

Three's a Crowd(1927)

Directed by Harry Langdon. Cast: Harry Langdon, Gladys McConnell, Cornelius Keefe, Henry Barrows. In this early six reeler a timid dreamer who longs for a wife and family believes he's achieved his heart's desire when he finds a pregnant girl in a snowstorm. He brings her home and happily takes care of his new family -- until the girl's husband finds her and takes her and the baby back home. 63 min. DVD 9788

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The Thrill of it All (1963)

Directed by Norman Jewison. Cast: Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen, Zasu Pitts. At a dinner party, Beverly Boyer, wife of an obstetrician and mother of two, tells the manufacturer of Happy soap about her experience with his product. Charmed by her spontaneity, he offers her a chance to tell her story in his commercials. After some hesitation, Beverly accepts and quickly changes from a housewife into a famous television personality, greatly irritating her husband Gerald. 108 min. vhs 999:3841

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Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)

Directed by Mack Sennett. Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand. Chaplin as a big city golddigger plots to fleece Tillie of her abundant riches, but fails to anticipate the thunder of her wrath once his ignoble intentions are exposed. 72 min. DVD 65

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Tit for Tat(1935)

Director: Charley Rogers. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Charlie Hall, Bobby Dunn. In this sequel to "Them thar hills" Stan and Ollie open an electric store next to a grocery owned by Charlie whom they encountered in Them Thar Hills. They go and visit to offer the hand of friendship, but the grocer soon becomes convinced that Ollie is trying to seduce his wife. The grocer takes his revenge first upon Stan & Ollie and then upon the goods in their shop. 20 min. DVD X307

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To Be Or Not to Be (1942)

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Tom Dugan. This comedy centers on a Warsaw theatrical troupe that outwits Nazi occupation troops by playing the roles of (and for) their lives. The actors impersonate German officers to pull the swastikas over their captor's eyes. 99 min. 999:1315

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To Be or Not To Be (1983)

Directed by Alan Johnson. Cast: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Jose Ferrer, George Gaynes, Christopher Lloyd, George Wyner, Lewis J. Stadlen, Jack Riley. A comedy film of wartime Poland in which two Polish actors, Frederick and Anna Bronski, are eventually caught up in Germany's invasion of Poland, a leaking of top secret information and an incredible plot to thwart the Nazis. Based on the film directed by Ernst Lubitsch [1942]. 107 min. 999:3222

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Tobacco Road(1941)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy, Elizabeth Patterson, Dana Andrews, Slim Summerville, Ward Bond, Grant Mitchell, Zeffie Tilbury. Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of hillbillies live in a rural backwater where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over the land for more profitable farming; subplots involve the affairs and marriages of son Dude and daughter Ellie May. From the stage play by Jack Kirkland based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell. 84 min. DVD 9391

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Tonight or Never (1931)

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Swanson, Warburton Gamble, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Boris Karloff, Alison Skipworth. An opera prima donna while on holiday in Venice with her elderly fiance, becomes intrigued with Fletcher, one of her admirers. One evening he manages to corner the heroine in her apartment, whereupon she becomes convinced that he's merely a gigolo interestd in her money. But Fletcher is in reality a representative of the Metropolitan Opera, determined to sign her to a contract. 80 min. 999:2632

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Tootsie (1982)

Director, Sydney Pollack. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Geena Davis, Bill Murray. Michael Dorsey is an out-of-work actor who makes himself up as a woman to get a job. When his girlfriend, Sandy, fails an audition for a soap opera, Michael dresses up as "Dorothy Michaels" and lands the part. All goes well until "Dorothy" falls in love with beautiful co-star, Julie, and Julie's father, Les, falls for "Dorothy." 116 min. DVD 2087

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Top Banana (1953)

Director, Alfred E. Green. Cast: Phil Silvers, Rose Marie, Danny Scholl, Judy Lynn. Shot on location in New York City's Winter Garden Theatre, this is essentially a filmed performance of Phil Silver's hit Broadway show in which he plays a moody and egotistical television comic (allegedly patterned after Milton Berle). Trouble begins when the ratings for Jerry Biffle's (Silvers) television show begin to sag. The producers spice up the show by adding sales clerk Sally Peters and handsome young Cliff Lane as love interests. Jerry falls in love with Sally, but Sally is in love with Cliff. 84 min. vhs 999:3854

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Trading Places (1983)

Directed by John Landis. Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis. The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment--and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all. 116 min. DVD 3779

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Trafic (1951)

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The Tramp (aka. Charlie on the Farm, Charlie the Hobo, Charlie the Tramp)(1915)

Directed by Charles Chaplin. Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Ernest Van Pelt. "Charlie is a tramp on the road. A hobo manages to exchange Charlie's sandwich for a brick so Charlie must eat grass. The same hobo molests a farmer's daughter; Charlie comes to aid with the help of the brick. When two more hobos show up Charlie throws all three into a lake. The grateful girl takes Charlie home where he fails as a farmhand. He again helps drive off the hobos (who are now trying to break into the house). The girl's fiance arrives. Though a hero, Charlie, knowing he must go, writes a farewell note and leaves for the open road." [IMDB] 32 min. DVD 75; VHS 999:1458

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Tramp Tramp Tramp(1926)

Directed by Harry Edwards; writer, Frank Capra. Cast: Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford, Edwards Davis, Carlton Griffin Low-life Harry falls in love with sweet Betty who inspires him to improve himself so he can marry her. He enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest. After many adventures he wins, pays off his father Amos's mortgage and marries Betty. 62 min. DVD 400

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Tropic Thunder (2008)

Directed by Ben Stiller. Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr., Jack Black, Steve Coogan, Nick Nolte, Danny McBride, Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel. While filming an action movie in the jungle, death and hilarity ensue as the lead actors believe the murderous heroin-producing gang they encounter is a part of the script. A spoof on action/adventure films. Special features: Audio commentaries; Before the Thunder"; The hot LZ; Blowing s#%t up; Designing the "Thunder"; The cast of "Tropic thunder"; Rain of madness; deleted and extended scenes; alternate ending; Full mags; MTV movie awards : "Tropic thunder"; video rehearsals. 107 min. DVD X840

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Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charlie Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig. When thief Gaston Monescu meets his true love in pickpocket Lily, they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet. But when Gaston becomes romantically entangled with Mme. Colet, their larcenous ruse is jeopardized and Gaston is forced to choose between two beautiful women. Special features: Audio commentary by Lubitsch biographer Scott Eyman; new video introduction by Peter Bogdanovich; Lubitsch's 1917 short film "Das fidele Gefanges"; 1940 Screen Guild Theater radio program featuring Ernst Lubitsch, Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone; tributes to Lubitsch written by Billy Wilder, Leonard Maltin, Cameron Crowe, Roger Ebert and others. 82 min. DVD 1579

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The Trouble With Dick (1987)

Directed by Gary Walkow. Cast: Tom Villard, Susan Dey, Elaine Giftos, Elizabeth Gorcey, David Clennon, Jack Carter. The trouble with Dick is women. The trouble with Dick is he's a writer with writers' block. The trouble with Dick is his out of control science fiction imagination! 86 min. 999:3773

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True Love (1989)

Directed by Nancy Savoca. Cast: Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard, Aida Turturro, Roger Rignack, Star Jasper. This comedy traces the shifting moods and contrary behavior of two Italian-American sweethearts in the last days before their wedding whose disagreements could very well land them in divorce court. 101 min. DVD 5498

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The Twelve Chairs(1977)

Directed by Mel Brooks. Cast: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks. When a former aristocrat who is now a Russian clerk under the new Soviet regime learns that his dying mother-in-law sewed a fortune of family jewels into one of twelve dining room chairs, he sets off across Russia to find it--with an opportunist, a priest and his former servant all in pursuit. 94 min. DVD X806

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Twentieth Century (1934)

Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly. A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when a star, she proves a match for him. 91 min. DVD 3839; vhs 999:447

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Two Gun Gussie (1918)

Featuring Harold Lloyd. (A one-reeler). 999:581

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Two Tars (1928)

Directed by James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy. In this silent comedy film sailors on leave, Stan and Ollie, pick up two girls and create a mammoth traffic jam in their rented Model "T". 20 min. 999:1471

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Undercover Brother (2002)

Director, Malcolm D. Lee. Cast: Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, Dave Chappelle, Aunjanue Ellis, Chi McBride, Neil Patrick Harris, Jack Noseworthy, Bille Dee Williams. Undercover Brother uses gadgets and disguises to steal from the rich and give to the poor. His activities are discovered by the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., a spy organization devoted to subverting The Man and his henchman, Mr. Feather, who use their power over the media to demean black people and destroy racial unity. The spy organization is run by The Chief. When a popular black political figure calls a press conference, presumably to announce his presidential candidacy, he instead announces that he's opening a chain of fried chicken restaurants. The agency rightly suspects foul play. 86 min. DVD 1804

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Utopia (Atoll K.; Robinson Crusoeland) (1950)

Directed by Leo Joannon. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair, Max Elloy, Suzet Mais, Felix Oudart. Stan and Ollie are shipwrecked on a desert atoll. Living like a pair of Robinson Crusoes, they befriend other survivors and decide that their atoll can become a modern day Utopia. 83 min. DVD 6014

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Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence. A famous conductor, blessed with both a brilliant career and a beautiful young wife, believes that she's having an affair with his handsome young secretary. The conductor fantasizes three insane scenes of revenge while conducting a concert and then tries to enact them in the brilliant conclusion. 105 min. DVD 4263; vhs 999:895

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The Vagabond (1916)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White. Charlie as a street violinist falls in love only to win, lose, and regain the lady who is discovered to be wealthy. 2 min. DVD 5757; DVD 9

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Valley Girl (1982)

Directed by Martha Coolidge. Cast: Nicholas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Cameron Dye, Michelle Meyrink, Frederic Forrest. "Valley girl" Julie from California's wealthy San Fernando Valley, meets and falls for Randy, a fast-moving teen from Hollywood. From the time they meet until the tale's tender conclusion, it's war on the "cliques" with Julie's proper Valley friends trying to reunite her with her old flame and Randy and his pal crashing the Valley parties. To add to the irony, Julie's free-spirited Sixties parents are terribly confused about the ultra-conservative daughter they've raised. 96 min. DVD 1811

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Vaudeville Videos. Vol. 1, A Video Compilation (ca. 1900)

This first edition of vaudeville video takes a panoramic look at vaudeville in its prime at the turn of the century. Features many stars of the era and emphasizes the range of talents that made up this uniquely American art form including comics, jugglers, animal acts, acrobats and skaters. Contents: Joe & Charlie's Delicatessen -- Chimpanzee act, Jack Benny -- Our teacher, Henny Youngman -- The poet and peasant overture, Milt Britton and his Orchestra -- Ballet Dancer's nightmare, the Slate Brothers with Vivian Fay -- Bobby, the seal -- Celebrity puppet impressions -- Dog act -- Contortion act -- Roller skaters -- Silent era comedians (4 selections), Clyde Courtney, et al. -- Mike & Meyer, Weber and Fields. 60 min. Video/C 6665

A Very Special Favor (1965)

Directed by Michael Gordon. Cast: Rock Hudson, Leslie Caron, Walter Slezak, Dick Shawn, Larry Storch, Nita Talbot. The war of the sexes heats up when a sleek businessman (Rock Hudson) attempts to seduce an attractive psychiatrist (Leslie Caron) who seems immune to his charms. 105 min. DVD 8144

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Victor, Victoria (1982)

Directed by Blake Edwards. Cast: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras. A starving singer in Depression-era Paris is convinced by an equally hapless performer that the only way she can earn a living on the nightclub circuit is to masquerade as a man who impersonates women. Then she meets the man of her dreams. 134 min. 999:3150

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Waking Ned Devine (UK / France / USA, 1998)

Directed by Kirk Jones. Cast: Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch, James Nesbitt. When Ned Devine dies from shock after winning the lottery, two longtime friends, Michael and Jackie, discover the body and agree Ned would want them to benefit from his good luck. They embark upon an outrageous scheme to claim the ticket, but first they have to get all the townsfolk to go along with their plan. 91 min. vhs 999:3837

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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

Director, Jake Kasdan. Cast: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Barry, Margo Martindale, Kristen Wiig, Chip Hormess, Tim Meadows, Chris Parnell, Matt Besser, David Krumholtz. The up-and-down and then up-again biopic of musician Dewey Cox whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Dewey marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 step-kids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp. He becomes addicted to and then kicks about every drug known to man. Despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman, his longtime backup singer Darlene. 96 min. DVD X829

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The War of the Roses (1989)

Directed by Danny DeVito. Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, G.D. Spradlin. A once happy marriage disintegrates into an escalating war as the couple, having decided to divorce, fight over the division of their possessions. It becomes a deliriously mean-spirited free-for-all in which nothing - not the pets, not the cars and certainly not themselves - is sacred. 116 min. DVD 1701

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The Wash (2001)

Directed by DJ Pooh. Cast: Cast: Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, George Wallace, Angell Conwell, Bruce Bruce. Dee Loc and Sean are two roommates in desperate need of some cash. With their car repossessed and the rent due, they get jobs at a local car wash. It seems to be the perfect solution - getting paid, chasing the ladies and their "side deals" have never been so lucrative. The two are in enough trouble when their boss, with ties to the underworld, gets kidnapped. Now the roommates have to figure out how to get their boss back. Special features: Production commentary - D.J. Pooh, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg; bloopers; alternate main title sequence; music video - "Bad intentions" Dr. Dre featuring Knoc-Turn'al; cast & crew interviews; theatrical trailer; interactive menus; scene access. 97 min. DVD 2570

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Watch the Birdie(1935)

Directed by Lloyd French. Cast: Bob Hope. "Watch the Birdie is the title of this early short comedy starring Bob Hope and Arline Dinintz which finds the couple on a cruise ship with her younger sister and parents. Bob's character is a practical joker with a lot of those early gag toys like the telescope that leaves the black eye, a snake springing out of a lighter, several squirt gun gags and of course his camera that you can "watch the birdie" (as one shoots out at the subject). The camera has a dual function in which you have to see the film to see how it adds to the fun. It's old fashioned humor from a more simpler time that will undoubtedly bore most younger fans. Notice the level of dress with suits and dresses and hats even at leisure on a cruise ship in the day. Bob's character asks later in the film what some higher ups are doing in a board room, to which his fiancée responds, "they're figuring out a way to solve the depression." He says, "oh, you mean they're going to give everybody money," and she astutely replies, "no, but they're going to make everybody forget that they haven't got it!" History might just be repeating itself today so go out and make it fun to smile for the camera." [IMDB] 18 min. Included on DVD 4255

Watermelon Man (1970)

Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, Mantan Moreland. Comedy concerning a white suburban bigoted insurance man who wakes up one morning to find he has turned into a black man. Now he is a white bigot in black skin who has to contend with a shocked wife, his kids, angry neighbors, cold shoulders at the office and a back seat on the bus. 97 min. 999:1170

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Way Out West (1937)

Directed by James Horne. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Sharon Lynne, Rosina Lawrence, Stanley Fields, Chill Wills. Desert prospectors search for the daughter of a late friend who had struck it rich before his death. Also features a 1932 Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts short entitle Red Noses. 86 min. DVD X308; vhs 999:84

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Wayne's World (1992)

Directed by Penelope Spheeris. Cast: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Tia Carrere, Rob Lowe, Brian Doyle-Murry, Lara Flynn Boyle. Wayne and Garth have their own public access TV show. A local station decides to hire them to do their show professionally. Wayne meets and falls in love with Cassandra, a bass guitarist, whom he helps by getting her career started by using his connections. 94 min. DVD 6237

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We Are Going to America (My yedem v Ameriku) (1992)

Directed by Yefim Gribov. In this Russian comedy, set at the turn-of-the-century, a Russian Jewish family Leaves Russia to find a new life in the New World. Seen through the eyes of 11-year-old Motl, he creates a sense of wonder and chaotic adventure as his family makes their way towards America. 82 min. 999:3277

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Weird Science (1985)

Directed by John Hughes. Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Robert Downey (Jr.), Robert Rusler. Two nerdy best friends have the power to create the "perfect woman". Like a computer-generated fairy godmother, the two use their creation to learn about the pleasures and pitfalls of adolescences. 93 min. DVD 6140

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West Is West (1997)

Directed by David Rathod. Cast: Ashutosh Gowariker, Heidi Carpenter, Pearl Padamsee, Rex Delgado. In this romantic comedy Vikram arrives from Bombay to find his college plans have fallen through. He winds up staying in a hotel in the Tenderloin District where he meets and falls for Sue, a bohemian artist who works at a local movie theater. With his visa running out, Vikram resorts to desperate measures including a bungled burglary attempt and an impromptu curbside wedding. 80 min. 999:1921

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What's Up Tiger Lily (1966)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama. This is a satiric look at James Bond-style international spy dramas seen through the wacky eyes of comic genius, Woody Allen. The original dialogue has been removed from a Japanese film and rewritten to present an espionage comedy involving an international plot to steal the best egg-salad recipe in the world. 80 min. DVD X1934; vhs 999:933

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When Harry Met Sally (1989)

Director, Rob Reiner. Cast: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby. Romantic comedy that starts with the relationship between just-graduated-from-college Sally and Harry. They drive to New York together and find they dislike each other, but through the years develop a close friendship. The big question is can they sleep together and still love each other in the morning! 96 min. DVD 1751

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When Willie Comes Marching Home(1950)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, Colleen Townsend, William Demarest. Willie is frustrated because he joined the army to serve overseas, but winds up training other soldiers in his own home town. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all. 82 min. DVD 9370

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Whisky Galore (Tight Little Island) (UK, 1949)

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. Cast: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson. When a ship loaded with whisky is wrecked on a Scottish island, a battle of wits ensues between the canny Scots islanders and the local customs inspector. 80 min. 999:520

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White Chicks (2004)

Director Keenan Ivory Wayans. Cast: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Jaime King, Frankie Faison, Lochlyn Munro, John Heard, Busy Philipps, Terry Crews, Brittany Daniel. Marcus and Kevin are brothers who work for the FBI and take on a case to escort socialite sisters Brittany and Tiffany Wilton from JFK Airport to their hotel in the Hamptons. Once there, two higher-ranking agents will take over the girls' protection. The extra security is needed because Brittany and Tiffany have been targeted by a serial kidnapper. With the help of an FBI lab scientist, the very much African-American Kevin and Marcus will be transformed to pass for Brittany and Tiffany. The agents must lure the kidnapper to take the fake girls so the socialites will stay safe. 115 min. DVD 3099

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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)

Director, Ted Kotcheff. Cast: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley. A fast-food tycoon, his ex-wife and a gourmet magazine publisher are involved in a fast and funny murder mystery. The publisher is ordered by his doctor to give up his favorite dishes to lose weight, and one by one the creators of those dishes are murdered- in the manner of their specialties! 112 min. 999:3461

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Whoopee!(1930)

Directed by Thornton Freeland. Cast: Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory, Eleanor Hunt, John Rutherford, Spencer Charters. A musical sparked by Cantor's performance as a hyper-hypochondriac. Out West, Henry Williams (Cantor) helps Sally flee her wedding, unaware that she has left a note behind saying they've eloped. Features some of Busby Berkeley's most fanciful choreography. 93 min. vhs 999:3734

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Why Change Your Wife? (1920)

Directed by Cecil B. De Mille.. Cast: Gloria Swanson, Bebe Daniels, Thomas Meighan, Theodore Kosloff, Lucien Littlefield. In this comedy, a husband is lured away from his prim wife, who transforms herself into an attractive and stylish woman to win him back. 100 min. DVD X353; also DVD 4794

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Wild West: Nashville is Just a State of Mind (1992)

Director, David Atwood. Featuring Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Bhasker. This slapstick romp chronicles the ups and downs of a London-based country western band made up of young Pakistani immigrants as they try to make it out of the ghetto and into the spotlight. Their major hindrance proves to be a contentious band of English punk rockers. 85 min. 999:3106

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Windy Riley goes Hollywood

Directed by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. Cast: Jack Shutta, Louise Brooks (in her first talking role) 18 min. DVD 1173

With Love and Hisses (Laurel and Hardy.) See: Block-Heads

Without Love (1945)

Directed by Harold S. Bucquet. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Carl Esmond, Patricia Morison, Felix Bressart, Emily Massey, Gloria Grahame, George Davis, George Chandler, Clancy Cooper. Pat Jamieson is a scientist working on a high-altitude oxygen mask for World War II fighter pilots. He has nowhere to conduct his research until he meets Jamie Rowan, a woman with a large empty country house. She has no hopes of marrying for love but Jamie wants to help the war effort and she likes Pat, so to satisfy the proprieties they agree on a business arrangement: a marriage of convenience and partnership. They happily work on oxygen mixes instead of honeymooning. But as the footing of their relationship begins warm up, Jamie is courted by another man and the old flame that broke Pat's heart is back in his life. It will take a sleepwalking ruse, dodging in and out of doors, and a working oxygen mask to get them together again. 110 min. DVD 7602

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Woman of the Year (1942)

Directed by George Stevens. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen. In this hilarious excursion into the battle of the sexes, Tracy plays Sam Craig, the down-to-earth sportswriter of the New York Chronicle. As Tess Harding, the paper's bright international columnist, Hepburn makes his life miserable. As soon as they start taking swipes at each other in their columns, there is little peace between them. In the office and in the bedroom the squabbling continues, until their problems are overcome by their deep love for each other. 112 min. DVD 1841

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A Woman of Paris (1923)

Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Adolphe Menjou, Clarence Geldart, Carl Miller, Betty Morrissey. When her elopement to her beau fails, Marie winds up in Paris as a kept woman whose attempt at reconciliation with her true love only leads to more grief and, finally, tragedy. 90 min. DVD 5758

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Yellowbeard (1983)

Director, Mel Damski. Cast: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech & Chong [i.e., Richard "Cheech" Marin, Tommy Chong], Peter Cook, Marty Feldman, Martin Hewitt, Michael Hordern, Eric Idle, Madeline Kahn, James Mason, John Cleese, Kenneth Mars, Spike Milligan, Susannah York. Yellowbeard is the saga of an infamous pirate whose escape from prison after 20 years triggers a misguided treasure hunt for his buried booty. Complicating matters, the treasure map is tattooed on his son's head. 97 min. vhs 999:3265

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Directed by George Marshall. Cast: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Rochester Mortimer Snerd, Constance Moore, John Arledge, James Bush, Thurston Hall. Whipsnade's circus is the greatest show on earth, for keeping ahead of the sheriff. When luck runs thin, he races elephants and wagons to the state line. 79 min. DVD 4556

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You Can't Take it With You (1938)

Directed by Frank Capra. Cast: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller. The antics of an eccentric family and the evils of big business come to the fore in this comedy. The hilarity hits fever pitch when the daughter in this wacky family falls for a rich young man and brings him home. An Oscar winner for best picture and best director. 126 min. DVD 7188; vhs vhs 999:650

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Young Frankenstein (1974)

Directed by Mel Brooks. Cast: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn, Gene Hackman. Summoned to Transylvania to inherit his late grandfather's castle, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers his grandfather's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchbacked Igor and the curvaceous Inga, he creates a monster who only wants to be loved. Special DVD features: Mel Brooks' audio commentary, documentary: "Making Frankensense of young Frankenstein", interviews with stars Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder & Cloris Leachman, 7 deleted scenes, outtakes/bloopers and production stills. 106 min. DVD X463; vhs 999:2686

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You're Telling Me! (1934)

Directed by Erle C. Kenton. Cast: W.C. Fields, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Joan Marsh, Adrienne Ames, Louise Carter, Kathleen Howard, Tammany Young, Del Henderson, James B. "Pop" Kenton, Robert McKenzie, Nora Cecil, George Irving. Sam Bisbee is an inventor who is the laughingstock in his small town. After demonstrating another failed invention, he meets a princess who promises to use her celebrity to turn his luck around. 106 min. DVD 7430

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Zelig (1983)

Directed by Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Susan Sontag, Saul Bellow. This spoof of documentary films stars Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, the famous "Chameleon Man" of the 1920's, whose personality was so vague he would assume the characteristics of whomever he came into contact with. Filmed in black-and-white, the movie simulates the look of a newsreel, complete with stentorian narration. 79 min. DVD 1014; vhs 999:803

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America's Funniest Comics

Filmed before a live audience in Atlanta, GA, features the hottest up-and-coming comedians, handpicked by Mr. Foxx himself. Cedric the Entertainer serves as master of ceremonies. DVD X960

Vol. 1: Perfomers: Jamie & Cedric, Damon Williams, DeRay Davis, Roz G., Jonathan Slocumb, Bill Burr, Lavell Crawford, Prescott, Morris Day and The Time. 65 min.

Vol. 2: Perfomers: Jamie & Cedric, Leslie, Gilbert Esquivel, Kyle Grooms, Nard Holston, Jeremiah "J.J." Williamson, Corey Holcomb, Todd Lynn, Morris Day and The Time. 73 min.

Vol. 3: Perfomers: Jamie & Cedric, Donnell Rawlings, David Arnold, Esau McGraw, Louie Katz, Spanky Hayes, Tony Scofield, Willy Barcena. 64 min.

Vol. 4: Perfomers: Jamie & Cedric, Roman Murray, Scruncho, Lil' Brough, Louis Ramey, Keisha Hunt, John Austin, Melanie Camacho, Marvin Dixon. 85 min.

The Arab American Comedy Tour: Featuring America's Most Wanted Comedians!: Maysoon Zayid, Ahmed Ahmed, Dean Obeidallah

"This time it's personal! Three of the nation's hottest Arab-American comedians, Ahmed Ahmed, Dean Obeidallah and Maysoon Zayid perform their one-of-a-kind comedy to audiences in Dearborn, Michigan and Seattle, Washington bringing home the familiar adage 'Laugh and the world will laugh with you.' From racial profiling to the many Arab stereotypes, these daring performers will shed light and humor on what it means to be an Arab-American in today's political climate and at all major airports. No passport necessary as comedy is universal." 2006. 95 min. DVD 6701

The Aristocrats (2005)

Comedy veterans, Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, use their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke. The joke is old burlesque and too extreme to be performed in public. It's called The Aristocrats. A film by Penn Jillette & Paul Provenza. 90 min. DVD 5078

The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour

Featuring comics Maz Jobrani (Iranian American), Aron Kader (Palestinian American) and Ahmed Ahmed (Egyptian American) with special guest Dean Obeidallah (Arab American) In a time when East and West do not seem to understand each other, top stand-up comics of Middle Eastern descent Ahmed Ahmed, Aron Kader, and Maz Jobrani take it upon themselves to single-handedly bridge the gap with an original comedy tour that has become one of the hottest concert tickets in the country. 64 min. DVD 7868

The Big Black Comedy Show.

Host: Mo'Nique ; co-host: Rodney Perry ; performers: Esau Ali, Doug Williams, DeRay Davis, Chris Spencer. series of large venue, live comedy concerts showcasing the talent of today's most popular African-American stand-up comedians. 2005.

Vol. 1. 88 min. DVD 6922

Vol. 2. 92 min. DVD 6923

Vol. 3. 94 min. DVD 6924

Vol. 4. 94 min. DVD 6925

Vol. 5. 94 min. DVD 6926

[Borge, Victor] The Best of Victor Borge: Act One and Act Two (1990)

Victor Borge performs his musical comedy routines set at the piano with such favorites as The timid page turner and Phonetic punctuation plus others. Contents: Introducing Mozart -- My favorite barber -- Introducing Marylyn Mulvey -- Aria from "Rigor mortis" by Joe Green -- The timid page turner -- Phonetic punctuation -- Inflationary language -- Sahan Arzruni with the "2nd rhapsody" by Fliszt -- Salieri opera -- Danish lullaby. 90 min. Video/C 9381

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Lenny Bruce

Christians & Jews (17 min.) -- Soundtrack from "The Lenny Bruce performance film" (59 min.). Sound/D 3

Lenny Bruce: Let the Buyer Beware[sound recording]

Contents: Disc 1. When the good road is closed, the bad road will never be open -- Disc 2. I wanna pour gas on you! -- Disc 3. Ben Webster is Jewish -- Disc 4. I wouldn't work this shithouse town for fifteen million dollars -- Disc 5. You better bring your toothbrush -- Disc 6. Sign a release? I didn't do my fag at the ballgame bit yet.

Compilation on six sound discs of approx. 120 monologues by the controversial comedian Lenny Bruce with accompanying book by the same title. Book includes biographical information including a chronology of life events, photographs of performances, and a detailed description of disc contents. 460 min. Sound/D 177

The Lenny Bruce Originals. Volume 2 [sound recording]

White collar drunks -- The defiant ones (with Eric Miller) -- The phone company -- The Steve Allen show -- Esther Costello story -- Bronchitis -- My trip to Miami -- The tribunal -- The Palladium -- Our governors -- Lima, Ohio -- Airplane glue -- Shelly Berman/Chicago/Nightclub owners -- How to relax your colored friends at parties -- The lost boy -- Marriage, divorce and motels -- Don's big dago -- Commercials.(Berkeley, CA: Fantasy, 1991, c1959) 77 min. Sound/D 12

To Is a Preposition: Come Is a Verb [sound recording]

To come -- I just do it and that's all -- Hubert's museum -- The perverse act -- Tits and ass -- Completely exposed -- A pretty bizarre show -- Blah, blah, blah -- Dirty toilet -- Would you sell out your country -- A white white woman and a black black woman. 1969. Sound/D 82

The Lenny Bruce Performance Film

One of Lenny Bruce's last nightclub performances, and an off-color animated short, "Thank You Mask Man," a parody on the Lone Ranger saga created by Bruce. August, 1965 tape of a performance in San Francisco, California. 67 min. DVD 5009; vhs Video/C 2903

Lenny Bruce Without Tears

Documentary about comedian Lenny Bruce, who died in 1966. In his personal life he was a tortured soul, and his humor was ahead of the times, but his influence was enormous. He attacked hypocrisy, racism, war and organized religion, and was rewarded by being hounded by the police. Featuring: Lenny Bruce, Steve Allen, Paul Krassner, Mort Sahl, Kenneth Tynan, Nat Hentoff, Malcolm Muggeridge. 75 min. Video/C 4492

Live at the Curran Theater

Recorded live in San Francisco, Nov. 19, 1961. In which the artist discusses critics, definitions, his San Francisco bust, courts, juries, cops, his Philadelphia bust, corruption, obscenity, and defines Jewish and goyishe (24:18) -- In which the artist discusses "The Lie," his courtroom fantasy, George Shearing and guide dogs for the blind, Tropic of Cancer, cops and bad toilet training, and describes the Philadelphia hotel room raid (24:54) -- In which the artist describes his ride to jail in Philadelphia, jails in general, and Philadelphia lower courts (24:30) -- In which the artist fantasizes about the Shirley Beck letters and discusses blue suits, Bobby Kennedy, Russians, integration, juries, and humor (24:00) -- In which the artist recounts his fantasy with the judge, discusses Las Vegas, the paradox of obscenity, tits and ass, nuns, Paul Robeson, and Adolph Eichmann (23:55) -- In which the artist continues with the Eichmann theme, the Thomas Merton poem, Christ and Moses, legalization of pot, hillbillies, and ends with Judy Garland's farewell (24:03). Sound/D 116

[Carlin, George] George's Best Stuff

A compilation of some of George Carlin's funniest stand-up routines including "A place for my stuff," "Dogs and cats," "Baseball and football," "Losing things," "Al Sleet the hippy-dippy weather man," the notorious "Seven words you can never say on television," and many more. 87 min. DVD X938

[Carvey, Dana] See also Saturday Night Live (TV videography)

[Chappelle, Dave] Chappelle's Show. The Lost Episodes

Cast: Dave Chappelle, Anthony Berry, Bill Burr, Yoshio Mita, Neal Brennan, D.J. Cipha Sounds, Paul Mooney, Charles Q. Murphy, Randy Pearlstein, Donnell Rawlings, Rudy Rush. Dave Chappelle is back! ... Sort of. Three completed episodes from the long-lost third season of Chappelle's Show are finally available. With the success of the first two seasons, Dave finally gets to meet the President of Show Business, spends some time in the limelight on MTV's Cribs, and gives his best impersonations of P. Diddy, 'Lil Jon and Gary Coleman. Combine that with some great musical guests and you've got proof that Dave Chappelle is now and forever will be one of the funniest, most boundary-pushing comedians ever to grace television. 68 min. DVD X1002

[Chappelle, Dave] Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth

Performance footage of Dave Chappelle's comedy act at the San Francisco's Fillmore. At The Fillmore Chappelle does what he does best in this outrageous and hilarious standup performance, which allows him to push the envelope and go even farther than he does on his TV show. Originally broadcast on the Showtime Network in 2004. 58 min. DVD X933

[Cho, Margaret] Margaret Cho: Assassin A2TV; Here! (2005)

Margaret Cho returns to the concert stage with a "killer" stand-up show that breaks new ground it its hilarious attack on politics and society. Taking aim at the media, organized religion and national policy she pulls no punches in her assault on America's "ever devolving" cultural state. Recorded live at The Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C. 84 min. DVD 4694

[Cho, Margaret] CHO Revolution (2004)

Directed by Lorene Machado. In concert, Margaret Cho tackles the axis of evil, the joy of bodily functions, her loser ex-boyfriend and her now world-famous mother. 95 min. DVD 2854

[Cho, Margaret] I'm the One That I Want (2000)

Comedian Margaret Cho's raunchy and hysterically funny stand-up concert. As one of the country's most visible Asian Americans, she has a unique perspective on identity and acceptance. Filmed live at The Warfield in her hometown of San Francisco, this film is Cho at her very best--funny, shocking and irreverent. 96 min. DVD 1066

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[Cho, Margaret] Notorious C.H.O. (2002)

Filmed live in Seattle. Margaret Cho, a comedian in teh spirit of Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and George Carlin, is known as much for her raunchy humor as for her enormous contributions as a social equalizer. 95 min. DVD 2854

[Culture Clash] Culture Clash's a Bowl of Beings

Culture Clash: Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Herbert Siguenza. Deftly employing comedic styles from the Marx Brothers to Sam Kinison, Culture Clash, a group of Mexican American comedians, gives a powerful demonstration of Chicano wisdom, art and wit. 1992. 55 min. Video/C 4673 Cutting Edge Comedians of the 60's & 70's

In the late 1950's a fresh, unconventional style of standup comedy emerged tackling such previously taboo subjects as sex, religion, drugs, and politics, and ushered in an avant-garde era of comedy that was decidedly more cerebral, satirical, and improvisational than before. Featuring: Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks, Jackie Mason, Bob Newhart, Shelly Berman, Bill Cosby, Jonathan Winters, Hendra & Ullett, Godfrey Cambridge, Mort Sahl, Smothers Brothers, Steve Martin, Rowan & Martin, Lily Tomlin, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman, Billy Crystal, Jay Leno, David Letterman. Special features: Rare TV commercials with Bill Cosby, Lily Tomlin, Jonathan Winters, and more. 105 min. DVD X944

[Farley, Chris] See also Saturday Night Live (TV videography)

[Foxx, Red] Fugg it!!! The Very Best of Red Foxx[Sound recording]

Long before Eddie Murphy, Andrew Dice Clay, or Howard Stern raised the ire of censors and threatened the delicate sensibilities of mainstream American good taste, there was Redd Foxx, arguably the most notorious "blue" comic of his day. Prior to finding fame in the 1970s as the star of the popular sitcom Sanford and Son, Foxx found little but infamy throughout the first several decades of his performing career; salty and scatological, his material broke new ground with its point-blank riffs and brazen discussions of sex and color, and although his party albums were generally banned from white-owned record stores, the comedian's funky narrative style and raspy delivery proved highly influential on comic talents of all ethnic backgrounds. Contents: Introduction -- My ugly wife -- A poem -- Voting -- Roadrunner -- Paratrooper -- Drinking and driving -- Electric chair -- Fighting midgets -- Parking it in the park -- Cannibals -- Chick in the bar -- Oh George -- French girl -- You moved -- Almond joy -- Rich girl, poor girl -- Triplets -- Boss -- Boy -- Thanksgiving pussy -- Color matters -- KKK wizard -- Dressmakers -- Fugg soap -- Snot -- Licking ice cream -- Virgin -- Wahoo -- Nurse treatment -- Bras and shorts -- Manischevitz wine -- Sheep in the fence -- Crocodile hunting -- Chains -- That's my wife -- Tiger's lips -- Dairy queen -- Baldness -- Farmers' costume trek -- Meat and fish -- My dick -- Snake bite -- 500 legs and a cherry -- The preacher and the lion -- The preacher's wife -- Costume party I & II -- Confucius I, III -- World war III -- Two fives for a ten -- Tarzan -- Redd Foxx international -- Mop bucket -- Pregnant man -- World war II -- A poem to women -- Confucius IV -- I love England -- Railroad track -- Early bird -- Pancho Villa -- Long Island duck -- LBJ -- Farmer's daughter -- Furniture business -- My front door is open -- Mary -- Lady on a bus -- I've been raped -- Drinkin' -- No lickety split -- Canary -- Brass nuts -- Screwing the boss -- Prejudice in the movies -- No clothes -- Newlyweds -- Raffle win -- The cop and the waitress -- Pussy face -- My dick II -- Teflon and vaseline -- Fukawi Indians -- Hobo in New York -- Elevator operator -- Congo -- In the bar -- Greek/French -- Horse manure to go -- Eyebrows -- Confucius II -- Little red riding hood -- Ham and eggs -- Mexican speed bump -- Black cats -- House of ill repute -- Closing. Sound/D 243

F**k the Disabled: The Suprising Adventures of Greg Walloch

Part documentary, part concert film and part traditional comedy starring New York stand-up comedian Greg Walloch. Politically incorrect and politically challenging, much of Greg's act is based on his being openly gay and disabled. Timely and witty, Walloch makes the viewer question the term "disabled," as he pokes fun at religion, society, his friends and himself. 2001. 83 min. DVD 1185

[Goldberg, Whoopi] Whoopi Goldberg (1986)

A one-woman show in which comedian Whoopi Goldberg performs as five different characters that couldn't have less in common in a hilarious thought-provoking and touching tribute to one actor's immensely gifted talent. 75 min. Video/C 8881

Hungry i Reunion

The story of San Francisco's most famous nightclub of the 50's and 60's is told through the 1980 reunion of internationally famous entertainers who got their start there. Includes rare footage of Lenny Bruce in performance. Inspired by the novel: Diary of a North Beach Cabaret by Don Asher. Special features: 30 minute never-before-seen performance by Mort Sahl. 1980. 120 min. DVD X1010

[Izzard, Eddie] Dress to Kill (1998)

Directed by Lawrence Jordan. Eddie Izzard, stand-up comedian, spins free-flowing jokes about San Francisco, transvestitism, squirrels, American optimism, Hitler, the British royal family, mass murder and Stonehenge. Izzard romps through human history and transforms surprisingly complex ideas into biting satire--as well as knockout bits of sublime frivolity, like describing the movie Speed entirely in French. 180 min. DVD 1497

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Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious

A comic stage presentation that attempts to explain humor by discussing, demonstrating, disemboweling and dissecting theories of humor from Freud, to Henri Bergson to Milton Berle. Shot before a live audience on location at The Neo-Futuranum, Chicago, Ill. Originally produced in 2002. 84 min. DVD 8674

Latino Comedy Series. Vol. 1

Presents all of the hottest Latino comics in America jam-packed for the first time into one exclusive video series. Volume 1 features stand up comedy routines by Jeff Garcia, Ludo Vica, Beny Mena and Cleto Rodriguez, as well as behind-the-scenes interviews with each comedian. Recorded live at The Ice House, Pasadena, Calif. 105 min. DVD X1108

Latino Comedy Series. Vol. 2

Presents all of the hottest Latino comics in America jam-packed for the first time into one exclusive video series. Volume 2 features stand up comedy routines by Jeff Garcia, Marilyn Martinez, Patrick Deguire, and Andres Fernandez as well as behind-the-scenes interviews with each comedian. Recorded live at The Ice House, Pasadena, Calif. 90 min. DVD X1109

Latino Comedy Fiesta. Vol. 5

Presents all of the hottest Latino comics in America jam-packed for the first time into one exclusive video series. Volume 5 features stand up comedy routines by Jeff Garcia, Sebastian Cetina, Franky C, Shayla Rivera, abd Rudy Moreno, as well as behind-the-scenes interviews with each comedian. Recorded live at The Ice House, Pasadena, Calif. 100 min. DVD X1118

Laughing Out Loud 2: America's Funniest Comedians

From today's hippest young comics to stars who have become household names, this collection brings together a wide array of performances by some of the funniest man and women ever to set foot behind a microphone. Originally produced in 2005. DVD X939a

Disc 1: Featuring stand-up comedians: Jeff Foxworthy, Mike Finney, Mary Elen Hooper, Mitt Able, Margaret Smith, Franklin Ajaye, Max Alexander, Ray Romano, Diane Amos, Steve Harvey. 70 min.

Disc 2: Featuring stand-up comedians: Norm MacDonald, Elaine Allison, Bill Rafferty, Amazing Johnathan, Bob Dubac, Judy Tenuta, Teddy Bergeron, Kip Adotta, Kathy Buckley, Will Durst. 70 min.

Disc 3: Featuring stand-up comedians: Drew Carey, Carol Leifer, Brad Cairns, Carrot Top, Sheila Kay, Leo Dufour, Jeff Dunham, Billiam Coronel, Peter Bales, Richard Belzer. 70 min.

Disc 4: Featuring stand-up comedians: Michael Colyer, Maxine Lapidus, Jeff Allen, Robert Jenkins, Wendy Liebman, Chris Alpine, Richard Carter, Jerry Elliot, Diane Ford, Bill Maher. 70 min.

Disc 5: Featuring stand-up comedians: Rich Hall, Ed Alonzo, Chaz Elstner, David Felderman, Kathleen Madigan, Doug Ferrai, Steve Ray Fromstein, John Bowman, Dave Attell, Brad Garrett. 70 min.

[Lopez, George] George Lopez, America's Mexican

Comedian/actor George Lopez makes his HBO solo debut live in front of a packed house in Arizona. Among the bits he riffs on are: immigration and naturalization, "minute men," dysfunction, modern-day kids, old-school values, hybrid cars, cars that run on corn, interracial relationships, dementia and the future. Performed live at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. Bonus features: Never-before-seen footage from the HBO Comedy Special; "A conversation with George Lopez." c2007. 63 min. DVD 8080

[Mabley, Moms] Comedy Ain't Pretty [Sound recording]

Program notes by Bill Dahl ([2] p.) inserted in container. Old men -- Soul food -- Children -- Hip to be square -- Backhanded in church -- Talkin' about men -- Hellen Hunt -- Everybody's crazy -- Good old days -- Friends -- Air plane trip -- White House lawn -- Fortune teller. Mabley was one of the most successful entertainers of the black vaudeville stage. In her 60's she become known to a wider white audience, making a number of mainstream TV appearances in the 1960s. Billed as "The Funniest Woman in the World," she tackled topics too edgy for many other comics of the time, including racism. She got away with it courtesy of her persona: onstage she appeared to be a small, bedraggled woman in a housedress and a funny hat, a 1950's version of a "bag-lady" persona. Sound/D 242

[Markham, Pigmeat] The Crap-shootin' Rev.[Sound recording]

Markham began his career in traveling music and burlesque shows. Starting in the 1950s Pigmeat Markham began appearing on television, making multiple appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show. His boisterous, indecorous "heyeah (here) come da judge" shtick, which made a mockery of formal courtroom etiquette, became his signature routine. Contents: Introduction -- Your wife is dirty -- The crap-shootin' Rev. -- The peeping Tom -- Indian time -- Preachin' the blues -- The double crosser -- Signifying baby seal. Sound/D 244

[Mason, Jackie] Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew Live on Broadway

The irascible, irreplaceable, and incomparable true living legend of comedy gives his eighth and final one-man comedy Broadway show. Contents: Intro -- Success -- Homosexuals -- Politicians -- Hillary Clinton -- Qualifications ; Tough Jews ; The rich ; Diets ; Casinos ; Marriage ; Vacation ; Discrimination ; Viagra ; Culture.c2008. 93 min. DVD X1692

[Murphy, Eddie] Delirious

Eddie Murphy pontificates in his own vulgarly hilarious fashion on everything from bizarre sexual fantasies to reliving the family barbecue. Peppered with Eddie's one-of-a-kind wit, laugh along as he reminisces about his childhood days and the ice cream man intermixed with classic vocal parodies of top American entertainers. Taped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in August, 1983. 70 min. DVD 7491

[Murphy, Eddie] Eddie Murphy: Raw

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks, and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations; gives his impersonations on '80s love, sex and marriage; his rememberance of Mom's hamburgers and many more raucious, laugh-till-it-hurts anecdotes. Filmed, live, at New York's Felt Forum. 1987. 90 min. DVD 3799

[Murphy, Eddie] See also Saturday Night Live (TV videography)

[Myers, Mike] See also Saturday Night Live (TV videography)

[Newhart, Bob] Bob Newhart: Off the Record (1995)

"Join a live, sold-out concert as Bob Newhart performs his famous side-splitting one-man telephone comedy classics." Contents: Nude police lineup -- Abe Lincoln's PR man -- Diffusing the bomb -- Nervous driving instructor -- School for rude bus drivers -- Sir Walter Raleigh explains tobacco -- King Kong and the new security guard -- Tipsy accountant's retirement party -- Selling baseball to the board game company -- Bob at the unemployment office -- Cruise of the USS codfish -- Edison's real invention -- One-eyed bullfighter. 60 min. Video/C 9380

[Pryor, Richard] Richard Pryor, Live in Concert (1979)

An uncensored live performance by comedian Richard Pryor. Drawing from his own background and experiences, Pryor covers such topics as racial differences, sex, death and machismo. Recorded at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, California in 1979. 79 min. DVD 3651

[Pryor, Richard] Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip

Filmed before a live audience at the Hollywood Palladium, this program captures Richard Pryor at his funniest -- about his trip to Africa in search of his "roots," his early days playing one-night gigs in Mafia-owned clubs and numerous other outrageous topics including his segment about "Pryor on Fire". Originally produced in 1982. 96 min. DVD 3650

[Pryor, Richard] The Richard Prior Show(1977)

Starring Richard Pryor and a host of guests, this is one of the most talked-about comedy shows ever, a hilarious collection of classic laughs that became a legend during its showings on NBC. Episode 1: Tonight's network-approved script -- Separate tables -- Stand-up -- Where there's smoke....-- Ward 8 -- Mr. Fixit -- Dr. Shanahan, M.D. -- New Talent -- Mr. Fixit (Part 2) -- Once upon a time -- Improv -- Episode 2: Hanabeni -- Jekyll and Hyde -- El Neggro -- Richard Pryor roast -- Homestead -- Charlie Hill -- Titanic -- Gun shop -- Rebuttal. Featuring: Richard Pryor, Sandra Bernhard, Vic Dunlop, Argus Hamilton, Paul Mooney, Tim Reid, Marsha Warfield, Robin Williams, John Witherspoon. 114 min. DVD 5353

[Pryor, Richard] The Richard Prior Show(1977)

Starring Richard Pryor and a host of guests, this is one of the most talked-about comedy shows ever, a hilarious collection of classic laughs that became a legend during its showings on NBC. Episode 1: Star Wars bar -- Drifter -- 40th president of the United States. -- "I gotta be me" -- Mojo the healer -- Gunslingers -- Satin doll -- Episode 2: Black samurai -- Southern justice -- Pet head -- The O'Jays -- Egypt, 1909 -- Come back from man -- Black death. Featuring: Richard Pryor, Sandra Bernhard, Vic Dunlop, Argus Hamilton, Paul Mooney, Tim Reid, Marsha Warfield, Robin Williams, John Witherspoon. 114 min. DVD 5353 117 min. DVD 5352

[Rock, Chris] Chris Rock, Bigger & Blacker (1999)

Stand-up comedian Chris Rock performs at the Apollo Theatre in New York in "a wickedly original, brutally honest hour of rapid-fire observational brilliance." Contents: Main title/young white boys -- Gun control -- Parents -- Clinton, men & sex -- Get over the homophobia -- Taxes, doctors, drugs -- Ain't no money in the cure -- Racism -- Black leaders -- Fat black women -- Relationship maintenance -- Shut the fuck up! 65 min. DVD 1547

[Rock, Chris] See also Saturday Night Live (TV videography)

[Silverman, Sarah] Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic

In this live performance comedian-actress Sarah Silverman showcases her familiar on-stage persona as a blithely self-involved Jewish American Princess whose penchant for perky vulgarity can be explosively funny or unnervingly shocking. Taped before a live audience at El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, Calif. Bonus features: Commentary; the making of "Jesus is magic"; "Give the Jew girl toys" video; "Jesus is magic" trailer; "The aristocrats" trailer; Sarah Silverman scene from "The aristocrats." Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005. 72 min. DVD X945

Stand Up: Muslim American Comics Come of Age

One path to understanding is to make people laugh. Now Muslim-Americans have come forward to help dismantle the stereotypes and hatred that have surged since September 11, 2001. From false arrests to death threats, these comics face challenges from both mainstream America and within the Muslim community. All are at critical points in their careers, each evolving differently as a comic. But they are all striving for one thing: to break through the typecasting and achieve mainstream comedy success. Originally broadcast as a segment of the PBS series America at a Crossroads. c2007. 60 min. DVD X985

When Stand-up Stood Out

From 1978 to 1988, America was in thrall to comedy. Comedy clubs ballooned from 22 to nearly 500, and hot comedians were pulling down six-figures annually. In this film, former stand-up comedian Fran Solomita examines the Boston comedy scene during this period, as talented newcomers Denis Leary, Janeane Garofalo, Steven Wright, Bobcat Goldthwait, Colin Quinn and others honed their chops. There were meteoric rises cut short by envy, drug abuse, and financial chicanery, but there was also affection, integrity, soul, and hilarity in the hearts of Beantown's comedic community. Performers: Denis Leary, Janeane Garofalo, Steven Wright, Bobcat Goldthwait, Colin Quinn, Jimmy Tingle, Paula Poundstone, Barry Crimmins, Kevin Meaney, Lenny Clarke. Special features: A flashback with comedian Dane Cook (8 min.); More original stand up from Steven Wright, Bobcat Goldthwait, Lenny Clarke & more (7 min.); Classic 'Meaney on the street' bonus footage (4 min.); The making of 'When Stand Up Stood Out (15 min.); 'When Stand Up Stood Out trailer (2 min.); Trailer gallery (4 min.). 87 min. DVD X969

[Williams, Robin] Robin Williams Live on Broadway

A comedy special with Robin Williams at New York City's Broadway Theater. Puts you front row at the comedy event where Williams prances and hip-hops, talking nonstop about eveything from surgically enhanced breasts to the great anthrax scare; captures his manic comic energy in full force. Special features: Robin Williams interviewed by Marty Gallner, director of "Live on Broadway"; behind-the-scenes ; backstage before the broadcast ; Noises ; Hidden "Easter Egg." 126 min. DVD X943

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