Easy Living [DVD] [Standard]

When millionaire J.B. Ball (Edward Arnold) throws his wife's (Mary Nash) new fur coat out of his penthouse, it lands on office girl Mary Smith (Jean Arthur), who gets a whole new life she never could have imagined. Believed to be the tycoon's mistress, Mary begins getting free luxuries from various businesses. Things get complicated when she falls in love with a young man (Ray Milland) who, unknown to her, is Ball's son. Preston Sturges scripted this hilarious screwball romp.

This 1949 football drama, directed by Jacques Tourneur, was somewhat ahead of its time in its realistic depiction of the politics and money behind professional football. Victor Mature stars as Peter Wilson, the star halfback for the New York Chiefs, who risks oblivion and the loss of his mercenary wife by revealing a newly found heart condition. If Wilson plays the game at his best, he could kill himself; yet if he retires, he loses his

An aging comedian tours the California desert, lost in a cycle of third-rate venues, novelty tourist attractions, and vain attempts to reach his estranged daughter. By day, he slogs through the barren landscape, inadvertently alienating every acquaintance. At night, he seeks solace in the animation of his onstage persona. Fueled by the promise of a lucrative Hollywood engagement and the possibility of rekindling a relationship with his daughter, he trudges through a series of increasingly surreal and volatile encounters.