LOVELY TO LOOK AT (1952) - Blu-ray Release of Mervyn LeRoy's Musical Romantic Comedy

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Product Description: In this delightful 1952 M-G-M musical, a remake of the earlier musical hit Roberta, legendary director Mervyn LeRoy conducts an all-star with superb Jerome Kern melodies, spectacular dance numbers, and a show-stopping fashion show finale. Would-be Broadway producers (Red Skelton, Howard Keel and Gower Champion) decide to raise money by selling Skelton's half-interest in a Parisian dress salon. When they fly to Paris to meet the co-owners (Kathryn Grayson and Marge Champion), they soon discover the salon is as down and out as they are. A plan is quickly devised to turn dress sales around with a musical fashion show. But everything gets side-tracked when everyone starts to fall in love-complicated by the arrival of Keel's old girlfriend (played by a ravishing Ann Miller). With songs like Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and I Won't Dance, stand-out dance routines by the Champions, and a charming cameo appearance by Zsa Zsa Gabor, it's easy to see why Lovely To Look At is a standout musical providing enchanting entertainment.

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New on Blu-ray: THREE LITTLE WORDS (1950) Starring Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen and Arlene Dahl

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Product Description: Bert Kalmar (Fred Astaire) always wanted to be a magician, but all it takes is a disastrous opening night to make his dreams go poof! So Kalmar moves on and finds songwriting magic with collaborator Harry Ruby. The stage-and-screen songsmiths whose many tunes include Groucho Marx's signature Hooray for Captain Spaulding receive a Hollywood hooray in this audience-favorite screen biopic featuring a hit parade and Kalmar and Ruby standards (including (Nevertheless) I'm in Love with You, Who's Sorry Now, and the title tune). Astaire puts on his dancing shoes for dazzling duets with Vera-Ellen, and a tap solo. The film was a box-office smash and a wonderful showcase for the terpsichorean talents of Astaire and Vera-Ellen, and one of Red Skelton's best screen performances, which gave him the opportunity for a more substantial acting role that did just rely on his trademark comic genius. The film also is highlighted by a star-turn by Debbie Reynolds who portrays boop-oop-a-doop sensation Helen Kane, performing I Wanna Be Loved By You to vocals provided by Miss Kane herself.

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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: NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER (1949) Starring Esther Williams & Red Skelton

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Product Description: When bathing beauties go hunting for husbands at the local polo club, things are bound to go hysterically wrong in this MGM Technicolor musical extravaganza starring the one and only Esther Williams. A box-office smash upon release, Ms. Williams was at the apex of her career as one of the studio’s biggest movie stars, and cast opposite her was an up and coming young leading man by the name of Ricardo Montalban. In this Jack Cummings production, Esther stars as Eve Barrett, the owner and chief model of a bathing suit manufacturer who sees both a business and social opportunity at the local polo club. But Eve's ditzy younger sister, Betty (Betty Garrett), falls for the club's masseur, Jack (Red Skelton), whom Betty believes to be polo team captain José O'Rourke. As Eve tries to clear things up--and Jack desperately tries to act like a dashing polo player--love blooms between Eve and the real O'Rourke (Montalban). Keenan Wynn and bandleader Xavier Cugat also star, and Mel Blanc gives a rare live-action performance. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Original Song, "Baby It's Cold Outside." that tune was one of several in the film’s enjoyable score with music and lyrics by the great Frank Loesser. Newly remastered from a 4K scan of the film’s original Technicolor negatives, the film arrives on Blu-ray with exciting extra features including a vintage Tom & Jerry cartoon in High Definition (Hatch Up Your Troubles), a classic MGM Pete Smith short (Water Trix), a deleted musical number from the film featuring Betty Garrett, a quick excerpt of Esther Williams’ cameo appearance in the 1951 film “Callaway Went Thataway”, and an audio-only promotional radio interview of the era between Esther Williams and studio personality Richard Simmons.

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