Thirty day princess. Kiss and make-up. Wings in the dark. Big brown eyes. Wedding present.
Notes:
Thirty day princess: Cary Grant, Sylvia Sidney, Edward Arnold, Henry Stephenson. Kiss and make up: Cary Grant, Genevieve Tobin, Helen Mack, Edward Everett Horton. Wings in the dark: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Roscoe Karns, Hobart Cavanaugh. Big brown eyes: Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon, Lloyd Nolan. Wedding present: Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, George Bancroft, Conrad Nagel. Title from container. English dialogue with optional French subtitles; English SDH for the hearing impaired.
Contents:
Disc 1: Thirty day princess (1934; 74 min.) / a Paramount Picture ; a B.P. Schulberg production ; director, Marion Gering ; screen play by Preston Sturges and Frank Partos ; adaptation by Sam Hellman and Edwin Justus Mayer ; from a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland -- Kiss and make up (1934; 78 min.) / a Paramount Picture ; a B.P. Schulberg production ; screen play by Harlan Thompson and George Marion, Jr. ; adapted by Jane Hinton from a play by Stephen Bekeffi ; directed by Harlan Thompson -- Disc 2: Wings in the dark (1935; 75 min.) / a Paramount Picture ; [presented by] Adolph Zukor ; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. ; directed by James Flood ; screen play by Jack Kirkland and Frank Partos ; adaption by Dale VanEvery and E.H. Robinson ; based upon a story by Nell Shipman and Philip D. Hurn -- Big brown eyes (1936; 77 min.) / a Paramount Picture ; [presented by] Adolph Zukor ; a Walter Wanger production ; directed by Raoul Walsh ; screen play, Raoul Walsh, Bert Hanlon ; based on the "Liberty Magazine" stories "Hahsit Babe" and "Big Brown Eyes" by James Edward Grant -- Disc 3: Wedding present (1936; 81 min.) / a Paramount Picture ; [presented by] Adolph Zukor ; a B.P. Schulberg production ; directed by Richard Wallace ; screen play by Joseph Anthony ; based on the story by Paul Gallico.
Summary:
Collection of five romantic comedies starring Cary Grant. Disc 1: "Thirty Day Princess": In this rags-to-riches tale, a newspaper publisher finds himself falling for a foreign princess, only to suspect that there is some other power behind the throne. "Kiss and Make-up": Beauty really is only skin deep when a famed beautician marries a former client and discovers that her shallow behavior makes his faithful secretary much more attractive. Disc 2: "Wings in the dark": When an inventor is tragically blinded, his courage inspires his aviatrix wife to take on an increasingly dangerous mission in this tale of undying love and devotion. "Big brown eyes": A precocious newspaper reporter and an unusually motivated detective take on a case of insurance fraud, hidden identities and murder! Disc 3: "Wedding present": Two star reporters find their playful newsroom relationship running out of ink when she becomes engaged to a writer and he is promoted to editor.
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