Radioland Murders (DVD Widescreen) [DVD] [Standard]

Someone is killing the employees of a Chicago radio station in 1939, and writer Roger Henderson (Brian Benben) and his estranged wife/secretary Penny (Mary Stuart Masterson) decide to investigate. Their suspects run the gamut of the station's wacky workforce, from the sound effects man (Christopher Lloyd) to the station owner (Ned Beatty) to a sultry singer (Anita Morris). George Burns, Michael McKean, Michael Lerner, Brion James also star; produced by George Lucas. 108 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack English DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles English.

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.

Broadway Limited is an American comedy starring Victor McLaglen, Dennis O'Keefe and ZaSu Pitts. The film takes it's name from the Broadway Limited train that the Pennsylvania Railroad used to run between New York and Chicago. Hoping to capitalize on a publicity tour by film star April Tremaine (Marjorie Woodworth) from Chicago to Broadway, producer Ivan Ivanski (Leonid Kinskey) decides April should travel with a baby, and he orders his secretary, Patsy Riley (Patsy Kelly), to locate one. A stranger who overhears Patsy telling the plan to an engineer at the train station offers a baby for $500. But, soon after the group boards a train with the infant, news leaks out about the kidnapping of a wealthy family's baby. This is a delightful film with major actors of the time giving their best performances ever! A great comedy and a good watch! (75 minutes - 1941 - Black & White - 4 3).