New on Blu-ray: I LOVE LUCY - THE COMPLETE SERIES (75th Anniversary Edition)

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Product Description: 194 OF YOUR FAVORITE GRAPE-STOMPIN’, VITAMEATAVEGAMIN SPOONIN’, SHOW-STEALIN’ EPISODES! PLUS SPECIAL FEATURES ON 33 DISCS! In October 1951, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz debuted the first episode of what was to become one of the best-loved and most watched TV shows of all time. Zany redhead Lucy and her Cuban bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo, along with their neighbors and comic foils Ethel and Fred Mertz (Vivian Vance and William Frawley), got into the most hilarious predicaments ever imaginable. This must-own collection contains all the classic episodes from the six seasons of I Love Lucy (1951-1957) plus three iconic seasons of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960). Overflowing with notable guest stars and escapades that never lose their entertainment value, it’s no wonder everyone still loves Lucy.

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New on Blu-ray: I LOVE LUCY - The Complete Series

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Product Description: In October 1951, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz debuted the first episode of what was to become one of the best-loved and most watched TV shows of all time. Zany redhead Lucy and her Cuban bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo, along with their neighbors and comic foils Ethel and Fred Mertz (Vivian Vance and William Frawley), got into the most hilarious predicaments ever imaginable. Overflowing with notable guest stars and escapades that never lose their entertainment value, it's no wonder why everyone still loves Lucy. This must-own collection contains all the classic episodes from the six seasons of "I Love Lucy" (1951-1957) plus the iconic remastered "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour "(1957-1960), and a newly colorized and never-before-released "Lucy and the Loving Cup" episode.

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New on Blu-ray: DU BARRY WAS A LADY (1943) Starring Red Skelton, Lucille Ball & Gene Kelly

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Product Description: Hapless nightclub hatcheck boy Red Skelton loves glamorous chanteuse Lucille Ball. Handsome hoofer Gene Kelly loves her too. And Lucy? Lucy loves money. Then Red mistakenly gulps down a Mickey Finn and dreams he’s in 18th-century France. Before you can powder your wig, a throng of suitors – Red, Gene, King Louis XV, a dashing rebel, a sinister duke and just about everybody – loves Lucy! This glittery, tune-filled bonbon features a supporting cast of wags and wits (including the inimitable Zero Mostel) and three Cole Porter songs from the original Broadway smash: “Friendship,” “Katie Went to Haiti” and “Do I Love You?” Cherchez la Lucy for comedy, music and star power from Hollywood’s golden era.

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New on Blu-ray: SORROWFUL JONES (1949) Starring Bob Hope & Lucille Ball

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Product Description: Screen legends Bob Hope (The Paleface) and Lucille Ball (Fancy Pants) unite for the first time in this heartwarming story spun from Damon Runyon’s famous fable about a penny-pinching Broadway bookie called Sorrowful Jones (that’s Hope). Sorrowful takes a bet from a rotten gambler who leaves his young daughter as collateral. When the bettor doesn’t come back, Sorrowful Jones learns some hard lessons about parenthood—whether he wants to or not! On top of that, Lucy plays nightclub singer Gladys O’Neil, the apple of Sorrowful’s eye. But gangster Bruce Cabot (King Kong) stakes his claim on her affections and the sparks fly in all directions. A remake of the 1934 Shirley Temple film Little Miss Marker, this wonderful version from director Sidney Lanfield (Where There’s Life, The Lemon Drop Kid) marks Hope’s debut as a bonafide actor.

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New on Blu-ray: THE LONG, LONG TRAILER (1953) Starring Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz

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Product Description: “They’re In The Movies NOW!” proclaimed M-G-M’s ads heralding the arrival on the big movie screen of America’s favorite television couple, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Filmed during hiatus between seasons of their landmark CBS sitcom I LOVE LUCY, THE LONG, LONG TRAILER gave 1954 audiences a chance to see Lucy and Desi in a first-class comedy, based on a best-selling book under the inspired direction of the masterful Vincente Minnelli. M-G-M bought the screen rights to the 1951 Clinton Twiss novel which was adapted for the specific comedic gifts of Lucy & Desi by screenwriters Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich. Instead of being Lucy & Ricky as on TV, their characters are Tacy and Nicky, newlyweds who begin their wedded bliss traveling with their not-so-mobile home, an enormous trailer. The studio’s trepidation over whether or not audiences would pay to see Lucy & Desi on the big screen were happily unfounded. The film was one of M-G-M’s biggest box office hits of 1954, and continues to be an evergreen favorite of audiences of all ages.

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New on Blu-ray: FANCY PANTS (1950) Starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball

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Product Description: Well, fancy that! Screen legends Bob Hope (The Paleface) and Lucille Ball (Sorrowful Jones) join forces in a Technicolor remake of Ruggles of Red Gap and let loose a stampede of laughs. Wisecracking Bob is a teddibly, teddibly British valet brought to the Old West to teach Old World charms to a certain redheaded tomboy. Of course, Bob’s not really a valet. He’s an out-of-work actor who’s stumbled across the role of his life. It’s tea at 4:00 p.m. and don’t fan your soup with your hat, but will proper etiquette protect Bob from Lucy’s jilted beau? Directed by Hollywood great George Marshall (The Ghost Breakers, Murder, He Says), Fancy Pants is the rootin’-shootin’ musical farce that’s driving the West wild! Co-starring western great, Bruce Cabot (Big Jake).

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DVD & Blu-ray: ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1945) Starring Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland and More

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Product Description: Heaven’s harps and wings are nice, but what showman extraordinaire Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. wants most now that he’s no longer on Earth is to put on another extravaganza. It would have the brightest stars and creative talents. The most in glamour, gams and optimism. In short, it would be like Ziegfeld Follies. With a who’s who of credited and uncredited Hollywood talents, this all-star revue is heaven to fans of musicals. Fred Astaire dazzles once, twice…four numbers in all. Red Skelton reprises his funny Guzzler’s Gin skit. Esther Williams swims, Lena Horne sings, and Judy Garland spoofs snobbery. There’s Verdi opera and Fanny Brice vaudeville. Patter and pantomime. And The Babbitt and the Bromide, with Gene Kelly joining Astaire in their first-ever screen pairing. What a show! The man called Flo must be proud.

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New on Blu-ray: WITHOUT LOVE (1945) Starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

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Product Description: Every rental is rented, every sublet is let in crowded Washington, D.C. So Jamie Rowan does her part for the wartime lodging crunch by sharing her home with military inventor Pat Jamieson. There are a few conditions, natch. First, for appearances, they must get married. Second, theres plenty of room for each other...but no room for love. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn team for the third time in Without Love, played for laughs and, above all, with love. Donald Ogden Stewart adapts Philip Barrys play (five years earlier, both helped shape Hepburns comeback movie, The Philadelphia Story). And Keenan Wynns bibulous bon vivant, Lucille Balls wisecracking girl Friday and Gloria Grahames flower girl add to the movies urbane wit and warmth.

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DVD & Blu-ray: DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (1940) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: Dorothy Arzner, the sole woman to work as a director in the Hollywood studio system of the 1930s and early ’40s, brings a subversive feminist sensibility to this juicily entertaining backstage melodrama. A behind-the-footlights look at friendship, jealousy, and ambition in the ruthless world of show business, Dance, Girl, Dance follows the intertwining fates of two chorus girls: a starry-eyed dancer (Maureen O’Hara) who dreams of making it as a ballerina and the brassy gold digger (a scene-stealing Lucille Ball) who becomes her rival both on the stage and in love. The rare Hollywood film of the era to deal seriously with issues of female artistic struggle and self-actualization, Arzner’s film is a rich, fascinating statement from an auteur decades ahead of her time.

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New on Blu-ray: MAME (1974) - Warner Archive Collection

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Product Description: You’re invited to party hearty – and in fabulous style – with this lavish 1974 screen version of the beloved Broadway musical. Lucille Ball brings star sparkle to the title role, a high-living grande dame who’s outlandishly eccentric and, when suddenly faced with raising an orphaned nephew, fiercely loving. Veterans of the New York stage original join her: Beatrice Arthur as best friend Vera, Jane Connell as prim governessAgnes, choreographer Onna White and director Gene Saks. As Mame’s husband Beauregard, Robert Preston (The Music Man) sings “Loving You,” written specially for the film. Jerry Herman’s songs, from “It’s Today” to “We Need a Little Christmas” to “If He Walked into My Life,” rank among the best show tunes ever. For a grand time, bring home Mame.

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Cate Blanchett Joins Lucille Ball Biopic Written by Aaron Sorkin

That's quite a dream team. It has been reported that double Oscar winner Cate Blanchett has signed on to star as iconic comedian Lucille Ball in an upcoming biopic that will be written by Aaron Sorkin ("Steve Jobs", "The Social Network").

The film will chronicle Ball's 20-year marriage to Desi Arnaz, her co-star on the TV sitcom "I Love Lucy", which ended in divorce. The couple's two children, Lucy Arnaz Jr. and Desi Arnaz Jr. will serve as producers, which should indicate that everything will meet the family's approval.

Blanchett can be seen this year in the drama "Carol" which has sparked some serious awards buzz, and will co-star with Robert Redford in another biopic, "Truth". She is also working on an untitled Terence Malick project and has co-starred in the director's "Knight of Cups", which opens next year.

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