Product: Myrna Loy & Williams Powell: Collection (2007)
Rating: 5.0
Two Murder-Dramas and Three Comedies
'Manhattan Melodrama' - Jim is an upstanding lawyer and District Attorney. Blackie, Jim's childhood friend, is a slick-talking owner of an illegal gambling business. Murders have been committed. Jim is conflicted over trying his friend. Eleanor, Jim's wife, is conflicted over revealing the motive.'Evelyn Prentice' - Evelyn feels neglected; her husband John, a famous defense attorney, is seldom home. While John is out-of-town, Evelyn gets snared in a blackmail trap. The wily blackmailer gets murdered, his girlfriend is accused, and John takes the case. Evelyn is afraid to tell what she knows.'Double Wedding' - For Margit, love has no place in her life; business is her life. She wants to marry-off her sister Irene but Irene's beau Waldo is a milksop. During a play practice, Waldo flubs a passionate scene with Irene; playwright Charlie shows him how. Margit tries to stop Irene from marrying the wrong man.'I Love You Again' - Kay is ready to divorce Larry, but when he returns home from a sea voyage - during which he received a conk on the head - he is a changed man, a man much to her liking. What she doesn't know: this new Larry has a scheme to relieve the local wealthy of their money.'Love Crazy' - Susan and Steven are about to celebrate their anniversary when Susan's mother drops by. The mother-in-law sends Steven on an errand; on the way back he meets his old flame Irene. Misunderstandings quickly develop after Susan discovers Steven has Irene's shoes in his pockets.Extras:Goofy Movies #2 & #3 - Potpourri of comic bits.'Dancing on the Ceiling' - Dental clinic musical.5 color cartoons.'Jackpot' - From 'Crime Doesn't Pay' series.'Love Crazy' radio play.Theatrical Trailers.Picture (DvD): Good (3). Sound: Low volume, except in 'I Love You Again.'