Wartime comedies : Buck privates ; In the Navy ; Here come the Waves ; Hail the conquering hero ; Caught in the draft ; Francis joins the WACs ; The private war of Major Benson ; The perfect furlough

Widescreen

2 videodiscs (approximately 746 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical
videodisc
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1

CHVR: NR

Proof of purchase title: 8-movie wartime comedies collection
Title from container spine: Wartime comedies : 8-movie collection

Collective title from container; individual titles from title screens
Originally released as a individual motion pictures between 1941 and 1958
"8 movies"--Container
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bing Crosby, Eddie Bracken, Bob Hope, Donald O'Connor, Charlton Heston, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh
DVD, NTSC, region 1, dual layer format
Soundtracks in English with optional English subtitles

[disc 1]. Buck privates / Universal presents ; original screen play Arthur T. Horman ; directed by Arthur Lubin (1941; 85 min.)
In the navy / Universal presents ; screenplay, Arthur T. Horman, John Grant ; directed by Arthur Lubin (1941; 86 min.)
Here come the Waves / a Mark Sandrich production ; original screen play by Allan Scott, Ken Englund and Zion Myers ; produced and directed by Mark Sandrich (1944; 99 min.)
Hail the conquering hero / a Paramount picture ; written and directed by Preston Sturges (1944; 101 min.)
[disc 2]. Caught in the draft / a Paramount picture ; original story and screen play by Harry Tugend ; produced by B.G. DeSylva ; directed by David Butler (1941; 82 min.)
Francis joins the WACs / Universal-International presents ; screenplay by Devery Freeman and James B. Allardice ; produced by Ted Richmond ; directed by Arthur Lubin (1954; 95 min.)
The private war of Major Benson / Universal-International presents ; screenplay by William Roberts and Richard Alan Simmons ; produced by Howard Pine ; directed by Jerry Hopper (1955; 105 min.)
The perfect furlough / Universal-International presents ; written by Stanley Shapiro ; produced by Robert Arthur ; directed by Blake Edwards (1958; 93 min.)

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Abbott, Bud, 1897-1974, actor
Allardice, James B., 1919-1966, screenwriter
Arthur, Robert, 1909-1986, film producer
Bracken, Eddie, 1915-2002, actor
Butler, David, 1894-1979, film director
Costello, Lou, actor
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, actor
Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010, actor
De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950, film producer
Edwards, Blake, 1922-2010, film producer
Englund, Ken, screenwriter
Freeman, Devery, 1913-2005, screenwriter
Grant, John, 1891-1955, screenwriter
Heston, Charlton, actor
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003, actor
Hopper, Jerry, 1907-1988, film director
Horman, Arthur T., 1905-1964, screenwriter
Leigh, Janet, actor
Lubin, Arthur, 1901-1995, film director
Myers, Zion, 1898-1948, screenwriter
O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003, actor
Pine, Howard, 1917-1999, film producer
Richmond, Ted, 1910-2013, film producer
Roberts, William S., 1913-1997, screenwriter
Sandrich, Mark, 1900-1945, film producer, film director
Scott, Allan, 1906-1995, screenwriter
Shapiro, Stanley, screenwriter
Simmons, Richard Alan, screenwriter
Sturges, Preston, screenwriter, film director
Tugend, Harry, 1898-1989, screenwriter
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher