Here Comes Cookie / Love in Bloom / Six of a Kind
by Elliott Nugent, Leo McCarey, Norman Z. McLeod
List Price:
Our Price: $13.49
You Save: $1.49 (10%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $6.61 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Andrew Tombes, Betty Furness, George Barbier, George Burns, Gracie AllenDirector: Elliott Nugent, Leo McCarey, Norman Z. McLeod
Brand: Universal
Writer: Don Hartman
Writer: Douglas MacLean
Writer: Frank R. Adams
Writer: Harry Ruskin
Writer: J.P. McEvoy
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 204 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Movie Reviews of Here Comes Cookie / Love in Bloom / Six of a Kind
Movie Review: A great "Triple Feature"
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't add much to what has already been written about these films, except to say that this is a good package. "Six of a Kind" is probably the most famous of the lot, and rightly so, as it stars the Great Man himself, W.C. Fields. And the supporting cast isn't too shabby, either. Burns and Allen, Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, and Alison Skipworth. Pretty much the cream of Paramount Studios (circa 1934), contract players. Fields and Skipworth always played well together (see, especially, "If I Had a Million," in the famous car-wrecking segment). I love George and Gracie, but Gracie is actually a little over-the-top annoying here. You really feel for Charlie and Mary, putting up with them (and their dog). Once they get to Fields' domain, things really pick up. The classic pool routine, monologues, etc. Great stuff. And a great director to boot.
I think "Here Comes Cookie" is the weakest film of the lot. George and Gracie are always fun, but the film doesn't have much substance to it. But anything coming out of that Studio-era has its good points, and Paramount was at a peak that year (see "The Crusades," "Lives of a Bengal Lancer," "Goin' to Town," "The Devil is a Woman," "Hands Across the Table," "The Man on the Flying Trapeze," etc.). So it is a light, fun film.
I echo what another reviewer said about "Love in Bloom," that it is a pleasant surprise. I actually found myself liking the love story more than the comedy, which is highly unusual for these kinds of films. This is because of the two charming leads, Joe Morrison and Dixie Lee. Morrison has been largely forgotten today, but I believe he was a popular radio singer at the time. He starred with W.C. Fields in "The Old-Fashioned Way," and a few other forgotten films. He is very personable, and has a beautiful voice. Dixie Lee was the first wife of Bing Crosby, and was gorgeous, and a talented singer. She made a handful of films in the early to mid '30s, then retired to help raise her family. She is so good here, that you wish she'd made more films. She is a good actress, and injects some real emotion into a part that could have been a stereotyped "tough dame" role. She has real heart. And she's some singer, too. She and Morrison are so good together, as the struggling couple, that they really steal the film. George plays her brother, and he even gets to do some dramatic stuff with her. Too bad she never made a film with her husband. And it's a real shame that she died so young, from cancer, at about the age of 40. The director, Elliott Nugent, was the son of J.C. Nugent, who plays Dixie's drunken father in the film. Elliott was a former actor, and had been in Lon Chaney's last film, "The Unholy Three." He was a pretty good director, and directed Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, and Bob Hope, among others. I think Hope mentioned that Nugent was one of his favorite directors (see "My Favorite Brunette," with Hope and Nugent). Anyway, it's a sweet film, and is a nice surprise.
A worthwhile buy. Three films for the price of one. And good ones to boot!
Summary of Here Comes Cookie / Love in Bloom / Six of a Kind
Includes here comes cookie love in bloom and six of a kind. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/06/2003 Rating: NrThree features (just over an hour each), showcase the well-honed comic patter of George Burns and Gracie Allen during the busiest time in their movie career, the mid-1930s. Gracie's dingbat malapropisms were so perfectly straightforward ("I really shouldn't drink coffee in the morning; it keeps me awake all day"), and Burns's straight-man timing so unerring, the pair was often funnier than their material. They road-trip west in Leo McCarey's amusing Six of a Kind, which is actually at its best when W.C. Fields is polishing one of his pool-playing routines. Love in Bloom casts George and Gracie as carnival folk, in support of a sappy plot of young lovers in New York. They top-line in Here Comes Cookie, which has some nice screwball-among-the-rich energy. The Burns and Allen chemistry was really at its best in their short films, radio, and TV, but these Paramount features are pleasing entertainment nonetheless. --Robert Horton
Comedy DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in Best Comedy Acting Performances(FEMALE)
The Carol Burnett Show: Collector's Edition, Volumes 1-5Columbia House; DVD
Best price: $159.85
I Love Lucy - The Complete First SeasonPARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $16.47
Price in other shops:
![Irreconcilable Differences [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
Irreconcilable Differences [VHS]Lions Gate/Vestron; Release date: 1988-07-06; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $6.99
Price in other shops:
Cactus FlowerSony; Release date: 2002-04-23; DVD
Best price: $7.76
Price in other shops:
Lost in AmericaWarner Brothers; Release date: 2001-04-03; DVD
Best price: $9.49
Price in other shops:
Airplane! (Don't Call Me Shirley! Edition)PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2005-12-13; DVD
Best price: $5.49
Price in other shops:
Annie HallRelease date: 2000-05-30; DVD
Best price: $22.98
The Bob Newhart Show - The Complete Third SeasonTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2006-04-11; DVD
Best price: $13.36
Price in other shops:
A Touch of ClassNEW LINE HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2002-02-05; DVD
Best price: $11.95
Price in other shops:
Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete First Five SeasonsRelease date: 2006-08-01; DVD
Best price: $146.99
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
Easy Living (Universal Cinema Classics)Universal; Release date: 2008-04-22; DVD
Best price: $7.07
Price in other shops:
Tillie and GusDVD
Best price: $44.99
Best of Jack BennyDIGITAL1STOP; Release date: 2007-09-25; DVD
Best price: $5.39
Price in other shops:
The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show, Vol. 1Release date: 2005-05-05; DVD
Best price: $6.89
Price in other shops:
The George Burns & Gracie Allen ShowRelease date: 2008-01-29; DVD
Best price: $3.36
Price in other shops:
MississippiDVD
Best price: $44.99
W.C. Fields Comedy Collection (The Bank Dick / My Little Chickadee / You Can't Cheat an Honest Man / It's a Gift / International House)Universal; Release date: 2004-11-09; DVD
Best price: $39.82
Price in other shops:
W.C. Fields Comedy Collection, Vol. 2 (The Man on the Flying Trapeze / Never Give A Sucker An Even Break / You're Telling Me! / The Old Fashioned Way / Poppy)Universal; Release date: 2007-03-20; DVD
Best price: $23.99
Price in other shops:
Burns & AllenRelease date: 2005-04-26; DVD
Best price: $3.15
Price in other shops:
The Big Broadcast of 1938 / College Swing Double FeatureUniversal; Release date: 2002-03-05; DVD
Best price: $6.56
Price in other shops: