John Breen (John Wayne) is a a Kentucky soldier in the early 1800s who pauses on his way home from the Battle of New Orleans to battle land-claim jumpers and woo the daughter of a French general. Oliver Hardy (of Laurel and Hardy fame) does a solo comedic turn as Breen's sidekick.
A perkyt switchboard operator for the White House makes not one but three love connections and her attampts to keep each Romeo on the line leads to alot of crossed wires....
Pittsburgh (Dir. Lewis Seiler 1942): Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends his lovers and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry only to find himself deserted and lonely at the top. When his crash comes he finds that fate has dealt him a second chance. Dakota (Dir. Joseph Kane 1945): John Devlin helps Dakota wheat farmers save their land from swindling entrepeneurs who hope to make a fortune selling it to the railroad for its right-of-way.
It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren (Linda Darnell) who wants the finer things in life sinks her hooks into a judge (George Sanders) a decadent aristocrat (Edward Everett Horton) and an estate superintendent (Hugo Haas) with surprising results. Fine direction by master auteur Douglas Sirk and an Oscar-nominated score highlight this adaptation of the Anton Chekhov drama The Shooting Party.
During the 1930s Deanna Durbin became America's favourite box-office star thus almost saving Universal films from bankruptcy. She retired at age 26 after making just 21 films. Five of those films are released on this box set: 'First Love' 'Three Smart Girls Grow Up' 'Can't Help Singing' 'The Amazing Miss Holliday' and 'For The Love of Mary'.
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