The Devil and Miss Jones - BLU-RAY

The great Sam Wood (PRIDE OF THE YANKEES) directs this socially conscientious classic comedy. John P. Merrick (Charles Coburn), the worlds richest man, gets word that someone is trying to unionize a department store he owns. To thwart this blatant act of democracy, Merrick changes his name and takes a menial job at the store to catch the union activists without detention. Once he himself is subjected to the humiliating treatment by the department supervisor, Hooper (Edmund Gwenn), Merrick starts to wise up and soften up. Jean Arthur (THE MORE THE MERRIER) plays Mary Jones, a shoe saleswoman who becomes Coburn's coworker and liaison to the world of the common man. Miss Jones is love with the head of the union activists played by Robert Cummings (SABOTEUR) and Merrick himself falls in love with co-worker, Elizabeth Ellis (Spring Byington).

Broke working-class lass Kitty Maguire (Mae Murray) wanted the spotlight job at a roadhouse cabaret, and to close the deal, she claimed to be Gloria du Moine, a famous dancer whose career had been recently rocked by scandal. The deception starts to come apart, however, after she charms a young swain (Rudolph Valentino) to the disdain of his wealthy family... and then gets confronted by the real du Moine's illicit paramour (Bertram Grassby)! 74 min. Standard; Soundtrack music score; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailer. Silent with musical score.

When beleaguered New York bookie Sorrowful Jones (Bob Hope) receives payment for a bet in the form of a living, breathing marker-his 5-year-old daughter, Mary Jane-he must become a reluctant father, in this lively comedy based on Damon Runyon's InchLittle Miss Marker.Inch With Lucille Ball (in the first of four pairings with Hope), William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, and Mary Jane Saunders. 88 min. Standard; Soundtrack English DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles English; theatrical trailer.