Waikiki wedding (Motion picture) Double or nothing (Motion picture) East side of heaven (Motion picture) If I had my way (Motion picture) Here come the Waves (Motion picture)
Notes:
Title from container. Bing Crosby, Marta Raye, Betty Hutton, Joan Blondell, Gloria Jean, Sonny Tufts.
Contents:
disc 1. Waikiki wedding (1937) / directed by Frank Tuttle ; Double or nothing (1937) / directed by Theodore Reed -- disc 2. East side of heaven (1939) / directed by David Butler ; If I had my way (1940) / directed by David Butler -- disc 3. Here come the Waves (1944) / Paramount Pictures ; produced and directed by Mark Sandrich.
Summary:
Includes 5 classical musical films with Bing Crosby. Waikiki wedding: A beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion. Double or nothing: A dying millionaire instructs his laywer to drop 25 purses on the streets of New York City. Four honest people find them and return them to the lawyer. Under the terms of the will, each of them is given $1,000,000, which they must double within 30 days in order to claim his entire estate. East side of heaven: A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family. If I had my way: A good-natured construction worker named "Buzz" become a guardian to the orphaned daughter of his killed friend. Here comes the Waves: Twin sisters Rosemary and Susie Allison are successful nightclub performers. Their act is about to come to a close when serious-minded Rosemary announces she's joining the Navy.
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