The Betty Grable Collection: Volume 1
March 7, 2014The Betty Grable Collection: Volume 1
Films Included:
Down Argentine Way
Call Number: DVD00673
by Irving Cummings; Darryl Francis Zanuck; Darrell Ware; Karl Tunberg; Mack Gordon; Harry Warren; Nick Castle; Geneva Sawyer; Don Ameche; Betty Grable; Carmen Miranda; Charlotte Greenwood; J Carrol Naish; Henry Stephenson; Nicholas Brothers.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]
Notes: Originally released in 1940 (89 mins.); Nominated for three 1941 Academy Awards;
Summary: Musical romance about Glenda, a rich New Yorker who collects fine horses and Ricardo, an Argentine rancher renowned for his prize jumpers. Their families have been feuding for years so they have to conduct a Romeo and Juliet romance.
OCLC #: 70114124
Also: available on VHS at VHS00503
Moon Over Miami
Call Number: DVD00674
by Walter Lang; Harry Joe Brown; Vincent Lawrence; Brown Holmes; Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger; Hermes Pan; Don Ameche; Betty Grable; Robert Cummings; Charlotte Greenwood; Carole Landis; Jack Haley; Cobina Wright; Stephen Powys; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]
Notes:Originally released in 1941 (91 min.); From a play by Stephen Powys; Special features: still photo gallery; 4 collectible lobby cards; trailers for the Betty Grable films “The Dolly sisters” and “Down Argentine way.”
Summary: Two sisters and their aunt come into a small inheritance. They decide to use the money to travel to Miami in hopes of landing rich husbands. Kay (Betty Grable) poses as a wealthy heiress, her sister Barbara (Carole Landis) pretends to be her secretary and Aunt Susan (Charlotte Greenwood) acts as their maid.
OCLC #: 70171739
My Blue Heaven
Call Number: DVD00675
by Henry Koster; Sol C Siegel; Lamar Trotti; Claude Binyon; Betty Grable; Dan Dailey; David Wayne; Jane Wyatt; Mitzi Gaynor; Una Merkel; Louise Beavers; Laura Pierpont; Arthur E Arling; Billy Daniel; James B Clark; Harold Arlen; Ralph Blane; Walter Donaldson; George Whiting; Alfred Newman; S K Lauren; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2006.
Notes: Originally released in 1950 (96 min.); Based on a story by S.K. Lauren; Special features include audio commentary by film historian Drew Casper; still photo gallery; Betty Grable theater (trailers for The Dolly Sisters and Down Argentine way); collectible lobby cards.
Summary: A popular husband-and-wife entertainer team, making their move from radio to television, believe their lives will be complete when they can start a family. When they decide to adopt, they face problems and disappointments and are ultimately rewarded with an overabundance of babies.
OCLC #: 70254610
The Dolly Sisters
Call Number: DVD00676
by Irving Cummings; George Jessel; John Larkin; Betty Grable; John Payne; June Haver; S Z Sakall; Alfred Newman; Charles Henderson; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]
Notes:Originally released in 1945 (114 min.); Nominated for one 1947 Academy Award; Special features: Commentary by Drew Casper; Fox Movietone News: Premiere in Chicago; Photo gallery; Theatrical trailer.
Summary: In this fictionalized account of the singing and dancing duo from Hungary, the two sisters take to vaudeville in order to pay off their uncle’s card debt.
OCLC #: 70009806
Added: 3/7/14
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection.
