TITLE: |
A night at the opra [videorecording] |
SERIES: |
Turner classic movies |
PUBLISHED: |
CA : Turner Entertainment Co. ; c2009. |
DESCRIPTION: |
2 videodiscs (399 min.) : sd., b&w. , 4 3/4 in. |
NOTES: |
Discs are dual sided. |
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Disc I: Arsenic and old lace (118 min.) & A night at the opera (91 min.) -- Disc II: The long, long trailer (96 min.) -- Father of the bride (94 min.). |
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Disc I: Arsenic and old lace- Cary Grant and a stellar cast romp through this classic farce based on the Broadway hit and breezily directed by Frank Capra. A frazzled drama critic's two maiden aunts put a secret ingredient in their elderberry wine - and the resulting circus is howlingy hilarious, with an athletically comic Grant in the center ring. -- Disc II: A night at the opera- Grand opera equals grand comedy as the Marx Brothers cram a ship's stateroom and more with wall-to- wall gags, one-liners, musical riffs and two hard-boiled egss - all while skewering pompous schemes to sabotage an opera production. -- Disc III: The long, long trailer |
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Anyone know how to park this thing? Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz play newlyweds who hit the honeymoon road with a 40 foot house trailer in tow in this crowd-pleasing comedy directed by Vicente Minnellii. -- Disc IV: Father of the bride |
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Spence Tracy is the father and Elizabeth Taylor the bride in this comic celebration of an American rite of passage. Here comes the |
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bride, there goes dad's wallet and everyone's heart. |