Good family fun, especially if your family is snowed in at an Antarctic Research Station for a few months
Admiral was a Lady, The(1950) Rudy Valee Edmund O'Brien
Adventure Island(1947) RHonda Fleming Rory Calhoun
Adventures of Gallant Bess, The(1948) Cameron Mitchell Fuzzy Knight Audrey Long
Africa Screams (1949) Bud Abbott Lou Costello Hillary Brooke
Against a Crooked Sky(1975) Richard Boone Geoffrey Land
Alice of Wonderland in Paris(1966) Carl Reiner
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1972) Dudley Moore Peter Sellers Fiona Fullerton
Beyond Tomorrow(1940) Charles Winninger Maria Ouspenskaya
Big Chance, The(1933) Mickey Rooney J. Carroll Naish
Big Trees, The(1952) Kirk Douglas Edgar Buchanan Alan Hale Jr.
Bill Cracks Down(1937) Grant Withers Beatrice Roberts
Black Pirate, The(1926) Douglas Fairbanks Billie Dove
Blacksmith, The(1922) Buster Keaton Virginia Fox
Borrowers, The(1973) Eddie Albert Dame Judith Anderson
Boys of the City(1940) Leo Gorcey Bobby Jordan
Brideless Groom(1947) The 3 Stooges...
CROSBY, HOPE, LAMOUR, AND MORE FROM CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD
This is the same Mill Creek "100 Family Favorites" collection that was previously issued with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire on the cover except this release pictures Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, and Bing Crosby on the cover (am VERY happy to see the wonderful Lamour pictured as a full-fledged star member of the Road team which isn't always the case in Road movie releases on dvd). This is a very good collection of films but please note these are "public domain" titles which means they are no longer copyrighted (at least most of them) and aren't made from studio masters so don't expect perfection in picture quality. Still, for the price you can hardly beat it if you enjoy vintage movies. (Also note a few of the "movies" such as those with Shirley Temple, Rin Tin Tin, and W. C. Fields are not feature-length films but short subjects running from 5 to 15 minutes).
Highpoints of the set include the pre-stardom (although she is the lead in most of them) Shirley Temple shorts, the...
great collection
Don't look for large, fancy DVD labels and individual sleeves. This collection is packed into one box, with one little booklet to tell which disc is which. But, you cant beat the price, and the disc quality is good.
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