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• The Awful Truth | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the top five screwball comedies of the 1930s, this helped to cement a genre that waxed golden until the end of the Second World War. Director Leo McCarey won an Oscar for Best Director for this 1937 romantic comedy--one of the most successful films of his career. Irene Dunne and Cary Grant are a squabbling couple who separates because of supposed infidelities on both sides. They part, but cannot really keep away from each other. Grant finds himself hooked up with a socialite, Dunne becomes engaged to a millionaire hick played by the hapless Ralph Bellamy (as if he ever stood a chance as the "other" man!). When not dating others or baiting one another in a verbal war, Grant and Dunne wage a custody battle over their pathetic pooch. Gags, double entendre, witty remarks, snide comments, and fast-paced dialogue helped this to garner six Academy Award nominations. The Awful Truth was awfully good to Dunne and Grant, as both were breaking out of much more serious moulds and this secured their positions. --Rochelle O'Gorman

• The Awful Truth | Blu Ray | (23/04/2018) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Cary Grant and Irene Dunne charm in Leo McCarey's Oscarwinning screwball comedy In this Oscar®winning farce, Cary Grant (in the role that first defined the Cary Grant persona) and Irene Dunne (Love Affair) exude charm, cunning, and artless affection as an urbane couple who, fed up with each other's infidelities, resolve to file for divorce. Try as they each might to move on, the mischievous Jerry can't help but meddle in Lucy's ill matched engagement to a cornfed Oklahoma businessman (His Girl Friday's Ralph Bellamy), and a mortified Lucy begins to realize that she may be saying goodbye to the only dance partner capable of following her lead. Directed by the versatile Leo McCarey (Make Way for Tomorrow), a master of improvisation and slapstick as well as a keen and sympathetic observer of human folly, The Awful Truth is a warm but unsparing comedy about two people whose flaws only make them more irresistible. Features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with critic Gary Giddins about director Leo McCarey New video essay by film critic David Cairns on actor Cary Grant's performance Illustrated 1978 audio interview with actor Irene Dunne Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939, starring actor Claudette Colbert and Grant PLUS: An essay by film critic Molly Haskell

• Lucky Girl | DVD | (13/10/2014) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This jaunty musical comedy marked another success for former stage star Gene Gerrard playing here opposite Molly Lamont – his frequent screen partner during the early 1930s who enjoyed a flourishing career in Hollywood during the later half of the decade. Co-directed by Gerrard Lucky Girl is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Gerrard plays Stephan Gregorovitch the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country who along with his chancellor is accused of stealing jewels at a party held by Duke Hugo. It is the delightful Lady Moira who comes to their aid… Special Features: Image Gallery

• British Comedies of the 1930s 10 | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £6.39   |  Saving you £6.60 (50.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers, enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller, Hal Gordon, Bobby Howes, Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard.Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre, many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. From boisterous knockabout humour to polished adaptations of popular stage farces, this ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features, each presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.LETTING IN THE SUNSHINE (1933)A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.Black and White / 70 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / EnglishLUCKY TO ME (1939)A solicitor's clerk secretly marries the office secretary, but a business matter threatens to cut their one-night honeymoon shorter still!Black and White / 66 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English

• British Comedies of the 1930s Volume 3 | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £5.45   |  Saving you £7.54 (138.35%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience – making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller Hal Gordon Bobby Howes Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard. Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. This ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features each presented uncut in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. HIS WIFE'S MOTHER (1932) A newlywed has a trying time proving his innocence when his mother-in-law catches him kissing another girl! Black and White / 67 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English THE LAST COUPON (1932) A frugal coal miner turns into a spendthrift when he wins £20 000 on the football pools! Black and White / 82 mins / 1.19:1 / Mono / English

• Brother Alfred | DVD | (14/07/2014) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This early British talkie stars vaudevillian Gene Gerrard as George a young man on a yacht moored off Monte Carlo who has a tiff with his fiancée goes ashore on a glorious binge then finds himself accused of assaulting a prince! When he attempts to extricate himself by pretending to be his non-existent twin brother he finds he's really in trouble... A rarely seen comedy based on a 1913 farce by P.G. Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook Brother Alfred is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. SPECIAL FEATURES [] Image gallery

• Scared To Death | DVD | (19/01/2009) from £4.51   |  Saving you £-0.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A decapitated head arrives at the sanitarium of Dr. Con Ee and his daughter-in-law collapses in a spasm of terror. The woman is driven insane with fear by haunting memories and villainous strangers. A ghastly green mask materializes in the windows of the manor and a hypnotist (Bela Lugosi) arrives with his sadistic henchman a mute dwarf. The doctor and his family fall victim to violent attacks and the household is rocked by a shocking and bizarre revelation that is both surreal and treacherous.

• Scared To Death | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £6.50   |  Saving you £6.48 (184.62%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In 'Scared To Death' the pieces of a puzzling murder are revealed to us one by one in this frightening story narrated by a dead woman...