The Claudette Colbert collection [videorecording] / Universal.

Colbert, Claudette (Added Author). Arlen, Richard, 1900-1976 (Added Author). Boland, Mary, 1880-1965 (Added Author). Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966 (Added Author). Roberti, Lyda, 1912-1938 (Added Author). Henry, Thomas B. (Added Author). Albright, Hardie, 1903-1975 (Added Author). Bakewell, William, 1908-1993 (Added Author). Marsh, Joan, 1913-2000 (Added Author). MacMurray, Fred, 1908-1991 (Added Author). Stephens, Harvey. (Added Author). Ellis, Edward, 1870-1952 (Added Author). Sondergaard, Gale, 1899-1985 (Added Author). Dresser, Louise, 1878-1965 (Added Author). Weidler, Virginia, 1926-1968 (Added Author). Granville, Bonita, 1923-1988 (Added Author). Douglas, Melvyn (Added Author). Young, Robert, 1907-1998 (Added Author). Bowman, Lee. (Added Author). Barrie, Mona, 1909-1964 (Added Author). Davis, George, 1889-1965 (Added Author). Feld, Fritz, 1900-1993 (Added Author). Amendt, Rudolph. (Added Author). Cooper, Gary (Added Author). Horton, Edward Everett (Added Author). Niven, David, 1910-1983 (Added Author). Patterson, Elizabeth, 1875-1966 (Added Author). Bing, Herman, 1889-1947 (Added Author). Chase, Ilka, 1905-1978 (Added Author). Haydn, Richard, 1905-1985 (Added Author). Main, Marjorie, 1890-1975 (Added Author). Kilbride, Percy, 1888-1964 (Added Author). Long, Richard, 1927-1974 (Added Author). Allbritton, Louise. (Added Author). Schulberg, B. P., 1892-1957 (Added Author). Lauren, S. K., 1892-1979 (Added Author). Harris, Ray, 1885-1971 (Added Author). Nugent, Elliott, 1896-1980 (Added Author). Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976 (Added Author). Ferris, Walter, 1882-1965 (Added Author). King, Bradley, (Added Author). Grinstead, Durwood. (Added Author). Lloyd, Frank, 1887-1960 (Added Author). Meinardi, Helen. (Added Author). Ruggles, Wesley, 1889-1972 (Added Author). Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969 (Added Author). Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 (Added Author). Andrews, Charlton, 1878-1939 (Added Author). Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947 (Added Author). Leisen, Mitchell, 1898-1972 (Added Author). Duff, Warren, 1904-1973 (Added Author). Binyon, Claude, 1905-1978 (Added Author). Erskine, Chester, 1905-1986 (Added Author). Finklehoffe, Fred F. (Fred Franklin), 1911-1977 (Added Author). Tonkonogy, Gertrude. Three-cornered moon. (Added Author). Savoir, Alfred, 1883-1934 Bluebeard's eighth wife. (Added Author). MacDonald, Betty Bard. Egg and I. (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927) (Added Author). Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

Three-cornered moon : Various members of a Brooklyn family begin looking for employment after Mom loses a fortune on the stock market.

Maid of Salem: An independent young woman is accused of casting evil spells by the Puritan townsfolk.

I met him in Paris: A successful designer must choose between three suitors: a creative playwright, a dashing playboy and a hometown boy.

Bluebeard's eighth wife: Mademoiselle Nicole is the lovely daughter of a destitute French aristocrat. She catches the eye of a dashing millionaire. After a brief courtship she accepts his marriage proposal. On their wedding day she is shocked to learn her betrothed has been married seven times before and determines to teach him a lesson.

No time for love: A working class man falls for a sophisticated fashion photographer but things change when he loses his job and she hires him as her assistant.

Egg and I: A stockbroker retires and goes into the chicken-raising business on a dilapidated farm located miles from civilization.

Item details

Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 530 min.) : b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Title from container. Three-cornered moon is from the play by Gertrude Tonkonogy. Bluebeard's eighth wife is based on the play by Alfred Savoir. The egg and I is from the best selling book by Betty MacDonald. Three-cornered moon was originally released as a motion picture in 1933 ; Maid of Salem was originally released as a motion picture in 1937 ; I met him in Paris was originally released as a motion picture in 1937 ; Bluebeard's eighth wife was originally released as a motion picture in 1938 ; No time for love was originally released as a motion picture in 1943 ; The egg and I was originally released as a motion picture in 1947. Special features: Claudette Colbert: Queen of the silver sreen. (Special features not rated. Not all subtitled.).
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc one: Three-cornered moon / a Paramount Picture, a B.P. Schulberg production ; produced by B.P. Schulberg ; screenplay by S.K. Lauren and Ray Harris ; directed by Elliott Nugent -- Maid of Salem / Adolph Zukor presents a Paramount Picture ; screenplay by Walter Ferris, Bradley King and Durwood Grinstead ; directed by Frank Lloyd. Disc two: I met him in Paris / Adolph Zukor presents a Paramount Picture ; produced by Adolph Zukor ; written by Helen Meinardi ; produced and directed by Wesley Ruggles -- Bluebeard's eighth wife / [presented by] Adolph Zukor ; screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder ; English adaptation by Charlton Andrews ; produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Disc three: No time for love / a Paramount Picture ; a Mitchell Leisen production ; adaptation by Warren Duff ; screenplay by Claude Binyon ; directed by Mitchell Leisen -- The egg and I / produced and written for the screen by Chester Erskine and Fred F. Finklehoffe ; directed by Chester Erskine.
Participant or Performer Note:	Three-cornered moon cast: Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, Wallace Ford, Lyda Roberti, Tom Brown, Hardie Albright, William Bakewell, Joan Marsh. Maid of Salem cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Harvey Stephens, Edward Ellis, Gale Sondergaard, Louise Dresser, Virginia Weidler, Bonita Granville. I met him in Paris cast: Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Lee Bowman, Mona Barrie, George Davis, Fritz Feld, Rudolph Amendt. Bluebeard's eighth wife cast: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven, Elizabeth Patterson, Herman Bing. No time for love cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ilka Chase, Richard Haydn. The egg and I cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Louise Allbritton.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated (all films).
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono., dual-layer, NTSC.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	These DVD discs are copy protected.
Language Note:	English subtitles, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.