"Actor: Carole Lombard"

• Now and Forever (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (17/02/2025) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gary Cooper (Desire), Carole Lombard (Twentieth Century), and Shirley Temple (Fort Apache) star in Now and Forever, a heart-warming tale which combines elements of screwball comedy, melodrama, and social commentary. Jerry (Cooper) and Toni (Lombard) are a pair of small-time crooks who are swindling their way around the world. When they meet Jerry's estranged daughter, Penny (Temple), they resolve to go straight to secure her future, but find that making an honest living isn't easy. Directed by the great Henry Hathaway (The Shepherd of the Hills), and with acting support from Sir Guy Standing (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer) and Charlotte Granville (Werewolf of London), Now and Forever features impressive turns by its leads, and elevated the young Shirley Temple to superstardom.

• Twentieth Century (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/04/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The second film Howard Hawks (The Criminal Code) made at Columbia Pictures is among his greatest works. John Barrymore plays a theatre impresario down on his luck. Carole Lombard is his former protégé, now a major star. When the two meet by chance aboard the Twentieth Century locomotive, their love-hate relationship is reignited. Now recognised as a classic, Twentieth Century is the film which established the template for the screwball comedy - and made Lombard a star. Product Features 4K restoration Original mono audio Audio commentary with film critic and writer Farran Smith Nehme (2021) Stars in Her Eyes (2021, 17 mins): academic Lucy Bolton discusses the film career of actor Carole Lombard Peter Bogdanovich Recommends 'Twentieth Century' (1989, 5 mins): appreciation by the acclaimed filmmaker Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation The Campbell Playhouse: 'Twentieth Century' (1939, 57 mins): radio adaptation starring Orson Welles and Elissa Landi Austin Film Society trailer (2016) Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• My Man Godfrey | Blu Ray | (17/09/2018) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  William Powell and Carole Lombard star in an outrageous screwball sendup of Depressionera America CAROLE LOMBARD (To Be or Not to Be) and WILLIAM POWELL (The Thin Man) dazzle in this definitive screwball comedy, directed by GREGORY LA CAVA (Stage Door)a potent cocktail of romantic repartee and Depressionera social critique. Irene (Lombard), an eccentric Manhattan socialite, wins a societyball scavenger hunt after finding one of the items on the list, a lost man (Powell), at a dump. She gives the man she believes to be a downandout drifter work as the family butler, and soon falls head over heels in love. Her attempts to both woo Godfrey and indoctrinate him in the dysfunctional ways of the household make for an unbeatable series of madcap hijinks. La Cava's deft film was the first to garner Oscar nominations in all four acting categories, and it is one of Hollywood's greatest commentaries on class and the social unrest of its time. Features: New highdefinition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New piece about the film with jazz and film critic Gary Giddins New discussion about director Gregory La Cava with critic Nick Pinkerton Outtakes Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1938, starring actors William Powell, Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, and Mischa Auer Newsreels from the thirties documenting the class divide during the Great Depression Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme

• The Golden Age of Comedy | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  BUSTER KEATON - CONVICT B - 1920
  While playing golf, Buster is knocked unconscious by a flying ball and an escaped convict changes clothes with him. Buster subsequently ends up in prison where he learns that he is to be charged.
  BUSTER KEATON - DAYDREAMS - 1922
  Buster goes to the city to prove to his girl's father that he can succeed. He writes her of his various jobs which she glorifies in her imagination. She sees a surgeon, a vet's assistant and she sees him cleaning up on Wall...

• Twentieth Century (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/03/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The second film Howard Hawks (The Criminal Code) made at Columbia Pictures is among his greatest works. John Barrymore plays a theatre impresario down on his luck. Carole Lombard is his former protégé, now a major star. When the two meet by chance aboard the Twentieth Century locomotive, their love-hate relationship is reignited. Now recognised as a classic, Twentieth Century is the film which established the template for the screwball comedy and made Lombard a star. Extras 4K restoration Original mono soundtrack Audio commentary with novelist and film historian Farran Smith Nehme (2021) Stars in Her Eyes (2021): academic Lucy Bolton discusses the film career of Carole Lombard Howard Hawks Study Day (1997): archival audio recording of an event from the British Film Institute's 1997 Howard Hawks retrospective at the National Film Theatre, London Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, extracts from interviews with Howard Hawks, overview of contemporary and modern critical responses, and film credits World premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies All extras subject to change

• 3 Leading Ladies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3 - Bigamist / Hell's House / High Voltage | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-1.74 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Bigamist: A salesman marries a wealthy woman from a blue-blooded L.A. family (Fontaine) and a street-smart waitress in a San Francisco Chinese restaurant. Driven to this agonizing extreme more by his big heart than lust the bigamist strains to keep his double life a secret from the women he truly loves. Hell's House: A naive child takes the rap for a bootlegger and is sent to an appalling reformatory. High Voltage: A bus full of passengers gets stranded in

• Mr & Mrs Smith | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Before Hollywood had entirely typecast Alfred Hitchcock as the master of suspense, with Mr & Mrs Smith he was allowed to fashion an elegant romantic trifle starring Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard. It probably won't replace Rear Window or Psycho in your affections, but the film is more than a curious footnote to the director's career. The two leads play David and Ann Smith, a devoted but endlessly squabbling couple who discover their three-year marriage isn't legal. When he unexpectedly hesitates to arrange a second wedding, she storms out in a huff and soon begins dating his solid, dependable business partner Jeff (Gene Raymond). The rest follows the formula laid down by such previous screwball comedies as The Awful Truth (1937) and Bringing Up Baby (1938): David employs fair means or foul to win back Ann's heart, causes all sorts of complicated mischief, then... well, three guesses what happens in the end. The intriguing thing about the movie is how Hitchcock takes Norman Krasna's paper-thin script and adds sly undercurrents of menace. You may note, for instance, that the ostensibly happy Smiths treat each other with subtle sadism right from the start, and that David's tactical pursuit of his ex-wife (spying on her and deliberately offending Jeff's parents) involves them both in humiliations that are really quite sinister and ugly. Violence seems about to erupt in the recurring scenes where Ann shaves her husband (suggestively holding a razor up to his throat)--and make what you will of our hero's symbolic nosebleeds. There's a touch of Vertigo in one scary moment when a jammed amusement park ride leaves two characters dangling helplessly high above the ground--and a touch of shall we say relief for Hitchcock's well-known love of toilet humour in another oddball sequence. Montgomery and Lombard keep the mood acceptably frivolous, while indicating the flawed nature of the marital relationship. From the evidence of this one-off, Hitchcock might have been among the best comedy directors in the business, had he so wished. --Peter Matthews

• Made For Each Other | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £5.79   |  Saving you £-0.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  This highly appealing comedy drama stars James Stewart and Carole Lombard as a young couple battling illness lack of money inept servants and interfering in-laws...

• My Man Godfrey | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £6.28   |  Saving you £-1.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

• My Man Godfrey | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  William Powell and Carole Lombard star in this classic screwball romantic comedy which was nominated for no less than Six Oscars. During the height of the Great Depression a party of drunken Manhattan Socialites go on a scavenger hunt in the city dump. Their aim - to find a 'forgotten man'. The man they find is Godfrey (William Powell) - a down-and-out who will change their lives forever. On a whim young Irene (Carole Lombard) takes Godfrey on as butler to the Bullock household. Soon Godfrey finds himself attending to the craziest family in Manhattan complete with two impetuous young daughters a drink-ravaged mother who sees pixies every morning and a father who is going quite insane. Dealing with their demands would be quite enough for Godfrey if he didn't also have to fend off the amorous attentions of Irene - and keep his own special secrets. Academy Award Nominations: Best Script: Best Director; Best actor; Best Actress; Best Supporting Actor; Best Supporting Actress.

• 3 Leading Ladies of the Silver Screen Vol.4 - Joan Crawford, Carole Lombard and Ginger Rogers | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £6.20   |  Saving you £-1.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Rain - Based on the story Rain by Somerset Maugham. A puritanical and self righteous minister sets out to reform a carefree American prostitute. The Racketeer - This gangster film stars Carole Lombard as a broke ex-society girl, Rhoda Philbrooke, who accepts the advances of a racketeer to promote the career of failing classical violinist Tony Vaughan. Shriek in the Night - Ginger Rogers plays a reporter to rival Ted Rand and both are investigating the mysterious death of a millionaire.

• 3 Leading Ladies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1 - Father's Little Dividend / Nothing Sacred | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Father's Little Dividend: Reprising his role from the 1950 release 'Father Of The Bride' Spencer Tracy rejoins Joan Bennett Elizabeth Taylor and Don Taylor in a charming sequel. Tracy portrays Elizabeth Taylor's father Stanley Banks who is still recovering from the effects of giving up his ""little girl"" Kay to Buckley Dunstan played by Don Taylor. Upon hearing the news that the newlyweds are expecting Tracy opposes the new arrival feeling the stresses of middle ag

• Brother Can You Spare A Dime | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Brother Can You Spare A Dime? is the chronicle of an unforgettable period in American history - twelve painful years from the Wall Street crash to Pearl Harbour. By juxtaposing contemporary news and documentary footage with Hollywood film classics Philippe Mora Sandy Lieberson and David Puttnam create an evocative film scrapbook of America during the Depression. Songs and images stick in the mind: whilst Bessie Smith sings Nobody loves you when you're down and out a ragged child huddles against the bleak landscape. Fortunes dwindle the small man's savings disappear men lose their jobs and the banks go bust. Two American heroes emerge: James Cagney Hollywood's little man who won't be beaten and Franklin D. Roosevelt stepping into the breach as America's new President.

• Nothing Sacred | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £15.62   |  Saving you £1.37 (8.77%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Nothing Sacred (1937) in which Carole Lombard co-stars with Frederic March is one of her most delightful movie outings and her only feature in colour. The hilarious screenplay by Ben Hecht and James H. Street has her cast as Hazel Flagg a small town girl who mistakenly believes that she is dying of radium poisoning. March plays a newspaper reporter who in the best tradition of yellow journalism talks his editor into bringing her to New York for one last fling. The faultless direc

• Comedy | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Mr Man Godfrey:In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict, and ends by hiring him as family butler. He finds the Bullocks to be the epitome of idle rich, and nutty as the proverbial fruitcake. Soon, the dramatizing Irene is in love with her 'protege'...who feels strongly that a romance between servant and employer is out of place, regardless of that servant's mysterious past... ; His Girl Fri...

• Screen Icons Collection (My Man Goddfery, Most Dangerous Game, The Outlaw) | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: 1. My Man Goddfrey 2. The Most Dangerous Game 3. The Outlaw

• My Man Goddfrey | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  My Man Goddfrey

• Made For Each Other | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £10.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (54.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  This highly appealing comedy drama stars James Stewart and Carole Lombard as a young couple battling illness lack of money inept servants and interfering in-laws...

• Leading Ladies - Vol. 1 | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A box set of films featuring some of Hollywood's leading ladies. Films Comprise: 1. Father's Little Dividend (Dir. Vincente Minnelli 1951) 2. Nothing Sacred (Dir. William A. Wellman 1937) 3. Ghosts On The Loose (Dir. William Beaudine 1943) 4. Of Human Bondage (Dir. John Cromwell 1934) 5. Behave Yourself (Dir. George Beck 1951) 6. Home Town Story (Dir. Arthur Pierson 1951) 7. Hell's House (Dir. Howard Higgin 1932) 8. The Bigamist (Dir. Ida Lupino 1953) 9. High Voltage

• Made For Each Other / James Stewart On Film | DVD | (01/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Produced in a time when films were both literally and figuratively black and white, Made for Each Other was unique in its effective blending of the comedic, the dramatic and, as perhaps some would insensitively say, the melodramatic. Beautiful Carole Lombard and likeable James Stewart are Jane and John Mason, a couple who meet, fall madly in love, marry and quickly have a baby. But while they--and the audience--are confident that they are meant for each other, life intercedes and the couple must meet with disapproving in-laws, job stress, financial challenges and, finally, a devastating illness.Lombard and Stewart--and the genuinely good people they portray--are utterly compelling and charming. Say yawningly what you will about tradition but the Masons' path is one that many, if not most, go down. And unlike the wonderful but wholly fantasy world of peer Preston Sturges, director John Cromwell's universe is, like real life, full of ups and downs. It's an accessible, sensitive portrayal. He gives the audience characters they want to see succeed, and to see stay together in the process. It may be a tale of triumph of the human spirit but its ultimate sentiment--one that celebrates the kindness of strangers--is thoroughly sweet, though in no way saccharine. Look for a great supporting cast, including a blustery Charles Coburn as John Mason's boss and Lucile Watson as Mason's interfering mother. --N F Mendoza