Monsieur Beaucaire (Silent) - DVD

For his tonsorial incompetence, Monsieur Beaucaire (Bob Hope)-court barber to Louis XV (Reginald Owen)-is destined for a haircut of his own... from the neck up! Rescued by the gallant Duc de Chandre (Patric Knowles), Beaucaire finds his woes are just beginning, as he's forced to take the duke's place in an arranged peacekeeping marriage with a Spanish princess (Marjorie Reynolds). Costume comedy inspired by the Booth Tarkington tale co-stars Joan Caulfield, Joseph Schildkraut. 93 min. Standard; Soundtrack English DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles English; theatrical trailers.

George Brummel, a relatively penniless captain in the British Cavalry, is in love with Maid Margery, the daughter of a tradesman. Though she loves him in return, she is pressured into marrying wealthy Lord Alvanley. No longer seeing any point in the respectable life, Brummel refashions himself as a devil-may-care womanizing dandy. He becomes friends with George, the Prince of Wales, and the two soon become notorious for their carousing.

SILENT MOVIE is director Mel Brooks's comic tribute to the golden days of the silent screen. A movie within a movie, SILENT MOVIE stars Brooks as Mel Funn, a filmmaker who has seen better days-for one thing, he's just come out of a bout with the bottle. When his best friends (Marty Feldman and Dom DeLuise) rescue him from despair and convince him to make another attempt at moviemaking, Mel comes up with an idea-a silent picture. Alas, this is the 1970s, and in order to get backing from wacky, frazzled studio chief Sid Caesar, the three pals have to get lots of celebrities to agree to be in their silent picture. SILENT MOVIE is, in fact, silent, and all the celebrities play themselves (or parodies of themselves). Funny, warm, and packed with sight gags galore, the film evokes the days of Chaplin, Keaton, and Pickford and Fairbanks while remaining oddly, and wondrously, contemporary. There is hardly a funnier scene than when Burt Reynolds-vainly admiring himself in the mirror while showering-is talked-up about the movie by DeLuise, Brooks, and Feldman, all in the shower together.