Vintage

DVD #1 On DVD #1 of the Little Rascals Collection is 1923's Dogs of War, in which the Little Rascals meet the one and only Harold Lloyd after a vegetable- throwing war between rival kid gangs leads the rascals to a nearby movie studio. Not only do the Rascals tear up the studios but that loveable gang tears up the laughs. From the same year comes another silent-era Our Gang comedy- Derby Day, in which the Little Rascals, after watching a real horse race, decide to try it for themselves and stage their own race using tricycles and neighborhood pets. DVD #2 When Our Gang is forced to put on a play at the local school in Stage Fright, mishaps and shenanigans arise when the rascals destroy not only their lines but the stage. From fireworks tied to a cow's tail to feuding lead actors,... Less

THE GREAT ZIEGFELD: Flo Ziegfeld's midway attraction isn't drawing flies. How's business, Ziggy? a rival flaunts. The Winner of 3 Academy Awards including Best Picture provides the career- chronicling answer. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s business was good with Broadway's legendary follies but bad times followed where the showman could barely rub two nickels together. THE GREAT ZIEGFELD boasts William Powell at the head of a lustrous cast including real-life Ziegfeldians and Hollywood favorites-- particularly Louise Rainier. Musical numbers include A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody, which earned Seymour Felix the Best Dance Direction Oscar. Think Ziegfeld lavishness with cinematic pizazz. Great? You bet! 42nd STREET: A Naughty. Gaudy. Bawdy movie musical landmark. Meet a dewy-eyed... Less

The reputation of Buster Keaton's Seven Chances rests almost solely on its outrageous finale, a brilliant cascade of comic invention that begins with a church full of blushing brides and builds to a surreal chase of epic proportions. The hapless groom is pursued by a angry mob of women clad in white lace and veils and ends up dodging rolling stones and massive boulders while fleeing an avalanche, never once losing his trademark deadpan. Buster plays a struggling lawyer who will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7 p.m. of his 27th birthday--the very day he receives notice of the potential windfall. When his longtime sweetheart turns him down, he frantically searches for someone--anyone--t o wed. While Seven Chances doesn't have the sustained inspiration of his best films, Keaton fills... Less

Ace newsreel cameramen Chris Hunter (Clark Gable) and Bill Dennis (Walter Pidgeon) cover the globe, cracking wise and trying to scoop each other on the biggest stories in the hottest hot spots. But they're rivals in more than work. They both love a fearless aviatrix (Myrna Loy) who may be Too Hot to Handle. Five months after ticket sales for their Test Pilot zoomed into the wild blue yonder, Hollywood King and Queen (chosen in a nationwide poll) Gable and Loy reigned in this half-screwball, half-adventure classic. The charisma is irresistible. The story races from China to New York to South American jungles. And the only thing faster than the action is the breathless, snappy, smart '30s dialogue.