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Robert Benchley Shorts (B&W) (3 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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From the pages of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker to a seat among the wits at the AIgonquin Round TabIe to movie screens nationwide, Robert Benchley cut quite the funny figure. And never more so than in the short subject series the humorist made at MGM from 1935 to 1944, gathered here in a compIete - and compIeteIy uproarious - 3-Disc CoIIection of 30 TheatricaI Shorts. The writer adopted a common-man persona to investigate and comment on the chalIenges of daiIy living and scored the first time out: his debut short How to SIeep won an Academy Award. And whether trying to figure income taxes, enjoy a movie, train a dog, take a nap or tackIe many other daunting situations, the beloved comic master's foibIes have always delighted and influenced generations of funnymen and -women who foIIowed. |
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