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Charlie Chaplin: Monsieur Verdoux [VHS]

Irving Bacon, Marjorie Bennett

20th Century Fox, 1992

Chaplin's best sound work, really memorable....
The brilliant Charlie Chaplin only made five sound movies (well, five with sync sound), but 3 of them are masterpieces, 1 is a good movie, and one is awful (his final film, A Countess from Hong Kong). This one is the most fascinating, sinister, and acidic of the lot. ...

Abbott & Costello: Keep Em Flying [VHS]

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

Universal Studios, 1992

Another A&C Winner--Plus Martha!
This rollicking comedy isn't as tight and inventive as the classic "Buck Privates" but it's still hilarious. But what helps this really zoom along is the marvelous Martha Raye. She portrays twin sisters--one quiet, demure, the other more like the real ...

Alice in Wonderland [VHS]

Natalie Gregory, Sheila Allen

Warner Home Video, 1995

Alice in Wonderland [TV 1985]
I love this movie when I was growing up! It has famous celebrities in there that most know who they are (Sammy Davis Jr, Carol Channing, Jayne Meadows, Partick Duffy, Red Buttons, Steve Allen, Beau Bridges and more). I takes you back to your younger days and anyone ...

Alice Through Looking Glass [VHS]

Alice in Wonderland & Alice Through the Looking Glass [VHS]

Natalie Gregory, Sheila Allen

Warner Home Video, 2001

Alice in Wonderland [TV 1985]
I love this movie when I was growing up! It has famous celebrities in there that most know who they are (Sammy Davis Jr, Carol Channing, Jayne Meadows, Partick Duffy, Red Buttons, Steve Allen, Beau Bridges and more). I takes you back to your younger days and anyone ...

Airport '79: Concorde [VHS]

Alain Delon, Susan Blakely

Universal Studios, 1996

Wake up Amazon! Remove bogus reviews!
The reviews here are mostly for Concorde: Airport 79 rather than this documentary about Concorde. I have no idea why Amazon is so asleep on this one! Anyhow the documentary is for anyone who ever flew, or wanted to fly, on Concorde. The most beautiful and iconic ...

Pufnstuf [VHS]

Jack Wild, Billie Hayes

Universal Studios, 2000

"Alive and Well and Living Here on Living Island.."
Look! A talking hippie tree in a colorful land where everything talks! Must be the land where Jimmy's talking flute came from! It is, it is! The amazing thing about Pufnstuf the movie is how quickly things can go from sunny and happy, to dark and menacing. Even 30 ...

The Carol Burnett Show - A Reunion [VHS]

Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence

20th Century Fox, 1995

The Carol Burnett Show
As a little girl living in South Africa, Wednesday nights was very special. That's when The Carol Burnett Show came on. I thorougly enjoyed her shows. Today, 32 years on, I still enjoy her timeless pieces especially the Dentist sketch. I would like very much to ...

Billy Rose's Jumbo [VHS]

Doris Day, Stephen Boyd

MGM (Warner), 1995

Jumbo
A Great entertaining Movie!! We need more like them!! Martha Raye, and Jimmy Durantie - Two of the Greatest along with Doris Day. Great Story - I also saw it on Broadway when I was 7 Years old - A long time ago as I'm now 81 years "Young" Paul

Pin Up Girl [VHS]

Betty Grable, John Harvey

20th Century Fox, 1998

"We should have used our imaginations"
Skewering her real life role of a pin up girl, this 1944 movie stars Betty Grable as Lorry Jones a pretty and feisty young girl who works for the USO and is heading for Washington DC. Aboard the train, a conversation with friend Kay (Dorothea Kent) reveals that the ...

The Red Skelton Collection [VHS]
Vincent Price; Ed Sullivan; Martha Raye; Jackie Coogan

Diamond Entertainment Corporation, 1996

Television archival stills and rare footage, including hard-to-find video. Story of Red Skeleton is presented with laughter & love. This unique collection showcases Red Skelton & reveals why he is considered one of the all-time best comedians in the history of show business.

Pippin [VHS]

Ben Vereen, William Katt

United Home, 1992

Heights of Innovation
"Pippin" was first created and staged during a wondrous time in the history of music theatre - a time when writers were using the medium to explore different kinds of themes and stories and stories and utilised different stylistic influences. The great pieces of this ...

Substitute for Victory (Dol) [VHS]

William C. Westmoreland, John Wayne

Platinum Disc, 2002

"No Substitute for Victory": the Parallels with Iraq are Eerie
Are we doomed to repeat the past? This docudrama hosted by John Wayne was originally released 37 years ago. Its participants, among them Mark W. Clark, Martha Raye, and Lowell Thomas, desperately tried to warn Americans that the leftist establishment was trying to ...

Big Broadcast of 1938 [VHS]

W.C. Fields, Martha Raye

Universal Studios, 2002

This movie is well acted and has wonderful songs
The Big Boadcast is with no doubt the best of the four broadcasts. It is splendidly acted with an all star cast. Buzz Fielding (Bob Hope) is a broadcaster on a ship trying to escape from his three ex-wives, with his finacee Dorothy Windham(Dorothy Lamour) Thanks ...

Four Jills in a Jeep [VHS]

Kay Francis, Carole Landis

20th Century Fox, 1995

Carole's Real Life Love Story Onscreen
I absolutely love this movie!!! Carole Landis is my aunt so I would probably enjoy seeing her in anything but I think Four Jills In A Jeep is her best work. First of all she is playing herself AND she wrote the book the film is based on. Carole spent almost four years ...