Garv’s Pick of the Week: Thelma Todd & ZaSu Pitts: The Hal Roach Collection 1931 – 1933 (Kit Parker Films)
For the release week of October 9th:
Garv’s Pick of the Week: Thelma Todd & Zasu Pitts: The Hal Roach Collection 1931-33 [DVD / Kit Parker Films]: Hal Roach teamed comediennes Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts as a female answer to Laurel & Hardy. All 17 of their precode comedy short subjects are included here in this complete collection. For fans of classic comedy, this is a “must own.”
Additional Titles of Interest —
The Reluctant Astronaut [Blu-ray / Universal]: Universal releases three of Don Knotts’ solo comedies on Blu-ray this week, beginning with the story of a janitor who becomes an astronaut, despite a terrible fear of heights.
The Shakiest Gun in the West [Blu-ray / Universal]: Don Knotts returns in this remake of Bob Hope’s Western comedy The Paleface.
How to Frame a Figg [Blu-ray / Universal]: In the last of Don Knott’s Universal comedies, Knotts plays a dimwitted accountant who becomes the patsy for a group of crooked politicians. This one co-stars Yvonne “Batgirl” Craig.
Trick 'r Treat [Collector's Edition] [Blu-ray / Scream Factory]: Scream Factory gives the collector’s edition treatment to this 2007 horror anthology.
The Man In The Iron Mask [20th Anniversary Edition] [Blu-ray / Shout Select]: The end of Alexandre Dumas’ Musketeer saga gets an all-star adaptation.
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