Hal Roach
21) Topper returns
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Thorne Smith's famous character turns amateur detective as the ghost of a beatiful, murdered girl enlists him to try and find her killer in an eerie old house.
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"Remastered, uncut and beautifully restored, now you can see The Little Rascals like never before! With restorations so glorious, it will be like watching these iconic shorts for the first time! Hal Roach's Our Gang series is one of the longest running and most prolific in the field of short subjects with 220 one- and two-reel comedies released between 1922 and 1944. The secret to the longevity of the series, as well as its appeal to generations long...
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"Remastered, uncut and beautifully restored, now you can see The Little Rascals like never before! With restorations so glorious, it will be like watching these iconic shorts for the first time! In Hollywood, the Hal Roach Studio was unofficially known as the "Lot of Fun", employing such mirthmakers as Laurel & Hardy and Charley Chase. But many of the company's most popular comedy shorts starred an aggregation collectively known as "Our Gang", a series...
25) Safety last!
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Criterion collection volume 662
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The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. He plays a small-town bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, who finds employment as a lowly department-store clerk. He comes up with a wild publicity stunt to draw attention to the store, resulting in an incredible feat of derring-do on his part that gets him started on the climb to success.
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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.
30) Of mice and men
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Two itinerant migrant workers, one mentally disabled and the other his carer, take jobs as ranch hands during the Great Depression to fulfill their shared dream of owning their own ranch.
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With the departure of Wally Albright from "Our gang" after the filming of 'Washee Ironee' in late 1934, producer Hal Roach temporarily shifted the focus of the series back to George "Spanky" McFarland as he had done a year before when Dickie Moore left the "Lot of fun". That all changed with the talent show-themed short 'Beginner's Luck' (1935) where one competitor wouldn't win first prize but he would soon win fame as one of the most popular "Little...
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With the departure of Wally Albright from "Our gang" after the filming of 'Washee Ironee' in late 1934, producer Hal Roach temporarily shifted the focus of the series back to George "Spanky" McFarland as he had done a year before when Dickie Moore left the "Lot of fun". That all changed with the talent show-themed short 'Beginner's Luck' (1935) where one competitor wouldn't win first prize but he would soon win fame as one of the most popular "Little...
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English
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"Remastered, uncut, and beautifully restored, now you can see The Little Rascals like never before! With restorations so glorious, it will be like watching these iconic shorts for the first time! From 1929 to 1931, Hal Roach's "Our Gang" series showcasing scruffy but lovable kids was among the studio's biggest successes in the new era of sound. But in 1932, the franchise would introduce one of the most beloved and durable members of the gang in George...
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Topper: Cosmo Topper, a shy, stuffed-shirt banker, finds his life turned upside-down by two fun-loving ghosts who enter his world to bring some fun into his life for their needed "good deed". Topper takes a trip: Marian Kirby, one of the ghosts from Topper returns into his life so she can join her husband "up there" by helping the meek banker. Topper returns: Topper turns amateur detective as the ghost of a beautiful murdered girl enlists him to try...
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One step beyond: a supernatural program filled with true stories. Rather than tell fictional tales about the unexplained, this series relayed historic accounts of the unknown, including tales of ghosts, mysterious disappearances, and ghoulish monsters.
Maniac: after concealing Dr. Meirschultz's body behind a wall, Don Maxwell takes over and begins conducting his own bizarre experiments.
Not dead enough: Irene has just moved into a new house, but...
36) The Great Gabbo
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Classic musicals volume 6
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English
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The Great Gabbo: A temperamental ventriloquist who can only express himself through his dummy. He becomes tortured by the conflicting nature of his personality, which eventually drives him insane.
The dancing pirate: Musical about a timid dancing master mistaken for a pirate in early 19th-century Boston. One of the first live-action color films made.
Road show: An elusive, rich bachelor wiggles off the hook on his wedding day for the umpteenth time...
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Rube & Mandy at Coney Island: Sweethearts head to Coney Island for a delightful day of diversions highlighted by trips to Luna Park, rides on the mechanical horses and a camel, a ropewalk, a splashdown boat ride all topped off by a Coney Island Hot Dog. The wonderful architecture and ambiance of this lost world at the turn of the century, is tenderly preserved in this rare short. Filmed in 1903 at Coney Island in New York, New York.
Coney Island:...