Reginald Denny Collection - DVD

Two-disc set includes The Reckless Age (1924)When disowned noble Lord Harrowby (William Austin) takes out an insurance policy against his engagement to heiress Cynthia Meyrick (Ruth Dwyer) falling apart, the carrier dispatches agent Dick Minot (Reginald Denny) to make sure the nuptials go off as planned. Can he keep his company obligations after he falls for the bride-to-be? Sprightly adaptation of Earl Derr Biggers' InchLove InsuranceInch co-stars John Steppling, May Wallace. 70 min. Silent with music score. BW/Rtg NR What Happened To Jones? (1926)Solid citizen and groom-to-be Tom Jones (Denny) thought he'd spend the night before the wedding at a poker party and bachelor bash thrown by his henpecked buddy Ebeneezer (Otis Harlan). Unfortunately, the festivities get raided by the cops, and a flight begins that finds the hapless pair pretending to be clientele at a ladies' Turkish bath! Fun fling adapted from the George Broadhurst stage farce co-stars Marian Nixon, ZaSu Pitts. 70 min. Silent with music score. BW/Rtg NR Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)Timid office worker William Manning Skinner (Denny) is too embarrassed to tell his social-climbing wife Honey (Laura La Plante) that he didn't get the raise he planned to ask for, and things get more complicated when she spends the non-existent money on dress clothes for them to wear to a society party. Domestic comedy based on the Henry Irving Dodge stories co-stars Arthur Lake, Hedda Hopper. 89 min. Silent with music score. BW/Rtg NR Standard; Soundtrack music score; audio commentary.

The laughter never stops in this riotous collection starring the comedy team of Wally Brown and Alan Carney in four of their funniest features. The Adventures of a Rookie (1943): In their first comic outing, Brown and Carney star as Jerry Miles and Mike Strager, two soldiers who are quarantined in a "women only" boarding house when the cook contracts scarlet fever. Rookies in Burma (1943): Escaping from an enemy prison camp, GIs Miles a

The 'Topper' series - three classic Hal Roach comedies about a man haunted by wacky ghosts - were adapted for the screen from the semi-risqué 1926 Thorne Smith novel, The Jovial Ghosts. Hal Roach had a very long and storied career producing comedy shorts, most notably the Laurel & Hardy and Our Gang series, but he wanted to expand into long-form films. In 1937 Roach successfully made the leap with Topper, recognized by the AFI as one of the top 100 funniest movies in American Cinema! These three classics are now available, with digitally restored picture and sound, in this special collection. As a bonus, the 'colorized' are also included! InchTopperInch Is one of the AFI's Top 100 Funniest Movies in American Cinema!