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Wartime Comedies 8-Movie Collection
2015 8 film set from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Acquired Feb 2022 for $4.97 at Gruv
Wartime Comedies 8-Movie Collection
2015 8 film set from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Acquired Feb 2022 for $4.97 at Gruv
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- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloLee BowmanTwo sidewalk salesman enlist in the army in order to avoid jail, only to find that their drill instructor is the police officer who tried having them imprisoned.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsBob HopeDorothy LamourLynne OvermanA movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsDonald O'ConnorJulie AdamsChill WillsPeter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsEddie BrackenElla RainesRaymond WalburnWoodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsBing CrosbyBetty HuttonSonny TuftsShow business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDick PowellRuss Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a picture of him to prove he's Russ Raymond. Tommy's friends, Pomeroy Watson and Smokey Adams,help him while Pomeroy writes love letters to Patty Andrews. But because Smokey makes Pomeroy lie about himself in the letters, and when Patty comes to the Navy base, she's furious at Pomeroy. When Pomeroy, Smokey, Tommy and the Andrews sisters set sail for Hawaii, Pomeroy discovers there's a tomato in the potato locker, and she's been snapping shots of Tommy the whole trip. Whether Pomeroy's proving that 7 x 13 = 28 - three different ways, having Smokey help him play ship captain for Patty, or falling out of his hammock, it's an Abbott and Costello classic.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsTony CurtisJanet LeighKeenan WynnAn Army psychologist oversees her creation: an arctic serviceman sent to Paris with a movie star.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsCharlton HestonJulie AdamsWilliam DemarestAs a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.