Published
Burbank, CA : Universal, [2012].
Notes
Creation/Production Credits
Buck privates: directed by Arthur Lubin ; original screenplay by Arthur T. Horman
Creation/Production Credits
Duck soup: directed by Leo McCarey ; story, music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby ; additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin.
Creation/Production Credits
Road to Morocco: produced by: Paul Jones ; directed by David Butler.
Creation/Production Credits
My man Godfrey: directed by Gregory LaCava ; screen play by Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch. Based on the novel by Eric Hatch.
Participants/Performers
Buck privates: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, with Lee Bowman, Jane Frazee, Alan Curtis, Nat Pendleton, and the Andrews Sisters.
Participants/Performers
Duck soup: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo Marx; with Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Edgar Kennedy, Raquel Torres.
Participants/Performers
Road to Morocco: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn, Dona Drake.
Participants/Performers
My man Godfrey: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Jean Dixon, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray.
Description
Buck privates: Bud and Lou enlist in the army in order to escape being hauled off to jail, and soon find themselves in boot camp. To their dismay, the company's drill instructor is none other than the cop who was all set to run them off to the hoosegow in the first place! The boys end up having a whale of a time getting under the skin of their humorless nemesis. -- Duck soup: As Prime Minister Firefly of Freedonia, Groucho soon reduces the kingdom to shambles. Harpo and Chico are secret agents disguised as peanut vendors and Zeppo is Firefly's secretary. -- Road to Morocco: The lone survivors of a ship wreck in the Mediterranean, our heroes find themselves in the company of Princess Shalimar (Lamour), who has purchased Bob and plans to make him her husband. This is the third "Road" picture. -- My man Godfrey: A zany millionaire family invite a tramp to be their butler and find that he is richer than they are.
System Details
DVDs. All full frame 1.33:1. Buck privates, Road to Morocco, My man Godfrey: dual layer; Duck soup: single layer.
Language
Buck privates, Road to Morocco, My man Godfrey: English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French.
Language
Duck soup: English, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French.