Atchley, Hooper

For Me and My Gal (Snap Case)

"Say, he looks like an actor," says the platform conductor. And with that introduction, Gene Kelly steps off the train and into his film career. After starring on Broadway in Pal Joey, Kelly made his film debut in For Me and My Gal opposite Judy Garland, with the pair playing vaudeville performers who team up to find success and, of course, romance. But just when things are looking up, World War I intervenes, and Kelly has to take drastic measures to keep a promise and avoid the war, at least temporarily.

Bad move, Gene. Filmed in 1942, For Me and My Gal vigorously supports the war effort, including teaching Kelly the error of his ways. The old-time setting also allows for a basketful of nostalgic charmers, including "After You've Gone," "Oh You Beautiful Doll," and "Ballin' the Jack," and Kelly and Garland's crooning and tapping of the title tune is pure joy. --David Horiuchi

Gene Kelly makes his film debut in this WW I musical playing a man who deliberately injures his hand to avoid being drafted into the army. He starts a vaudeville act with a young woman and they become determined to play The Palace.

Trouble in Paradise - Criterion Collection

Trouble in Paradise is the supreme example of "the Lubitsch touch," that mastery of comic timing, diamond-cutter precision, and Continental sophistication that made Ernst Lubitsch a household name and the real star of every movie he directed. A pair of prodigiously talented, utterly charming scoundrels (Herbert Marshall, Miriam Hopkins) become personal assistants to an aristocratic Parisian widow (Kay Francis). Their target is her fortune, but she's such an elegant lady, and so agreeably smitten with her new right-hand man, that he's tempted to pursue a secondary objective. Marshall, Hopkins, and Francis aren't remembered as major stars, but in this enchanted moment they are sublime. Likewise the peerlessly pixilated Edward Everett Horton and Charlie Ruggles as the widow's stuffed-shirt suitors. Trouble in Paradise is one of the best comedies ever made. There's not a line, word, or pause that doesn't belong exactly where it is, when it is, as it is. --Richard T. Jameson

When thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) meets his true love in pick-pocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins), they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet (Kay Francis). But when Gaston becomes romantically entangles with Mme. Colet, their larcenous ruse is jeopardized and Gaston is forced to choose between two beautiful women. Legendary director Ernst Lubitsch's masterful touch is in full flower Trouble in Paradise, a pinnacle of the sophisticated romantic comedy, loaded with sparkling dialogue, witty innuendo, and elegant comic invention.

The Adventures of Red Ryder

This classic 12-chapter cliffhanger, produced by republic Pictures, finally comes to Home Video! A proverbial theme of good vs. evil as Red Ryder (Don Barry) rounds up other ranchers like him to fight crooked banker Calvin Drake (Harry Worth) and his chief henchman Ace Hanlon (Noah Beery). It is the case of honest landowners being pushed off their lands by any means possible (including sudden deaths). Bonus Features: The Original Pilot for a TV Series| Original Theatrical Trailer| Lobby Card & Poster Photo Gallery| Biographies| Scene Access| Plus a special video taped interview with Don "Red" Barry. Specs: DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 205 minutes; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1940; SRP - $19.99.

G-Men vs. The Black Dragon

G-Man Rex Bennett (Rod Cameron) must seek out and destroy the deadly Black Dragon Society in this fast-moving thrill-packed classic serial from Republic Pictures. This 15 episode saga of espionage and intrigue in wartime America is filled with oriental torture chambers futuristic robot planes and explosives-laden speedboats. Director William Witney and Special Effects Supervisor Howard Lydecker deliver non-stop thrills in all 15 action-packed episodes.System Requirements:Running Time: 244 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 827421030047 Manufacturer No: 06-015D

Mystery Mountain:Serial Chapters 1 12

Hell's House

For Me and My Gal (Keepcase)

"Say, he looks like an actor," says the platform conductor. And with that introduction, Gene Kelly steps off the train and into his film career. After starring on Broadway in Pal Joey, Kelly made his film debut in For Me and My Gal opposite Judy Garland, with the pair playing vaudeville performers who team up to find success and, of course, romance. But just when things are looking up, World War I intervenes, and Kelly has to take drastic measures to keep a promise and avoid the war, at least temporarily.

Bad move, Gene. Filmed in 1942, For Me and My Gal vigorously supports the war effort, including teaching Kelly the error of his ways. The old-time setting also allows for a basketful of nostalgic charmers, including "After You've Gone," "Oh You Beautiful Doll," and "Ballin' the Jack," and Kelly and Garland's crooning and tapping of the title tune is pure joy. --David Horiuchi

Gene Kelly makes his film debut in this WWI musical playing a man who deliberately injures his hand to avoid being drafted into the army. He starts a vaudeville act with a young woman and they become determined to play The Palace.

The Gene Autry Collection: The Sagebrush Troubadour

Rangers Gene Autry and Frog Millhouse travel undercover as western troubadours to find the killer of old half-blind Frank Martin. Their only clues are a guitar string and a swayback horse that is the key to finding the dead man's lost goldmine. Complicating matters is the old man's granddaughter a blonde cyclone of a gal who is suspicious of Gene and Frog and hires them to supply the music for her grand masquerade dance so she can keep an eye on them. A musical western filled with with melody mirth and mystery!System Requirements:Running time: 57 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 014381227024 Manufacturer No: ID2270UQDVD

Hearts in Bondage

Squadron of Doom