ClassicFlix: New Restoration of Screwball Comedy Merrily We Live Dated for Blu-ray
HomeClassicFlix: New Restoration of Screwball Comedy Merrily We Live Dated for Blu-ray
Posted July 2, 2018 02:58 PM by Webmaster
U.S. label ClassicFlix has dated its upcoming Blu-ray release of Norman Z. McLeod's screwball comedy Merrily We Live (1938), starring Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke, and Patsy Kelly. The release, which will be sourced from a new restoration, will be available for purchase on August 14.
Synopsis: Hilarious farce concerns a dizzy socialite with a penchant for hiring ex-cons and bums to help tend to her family's needs. After an unshaven writer shows up at her door asking to use the phone, she mistakenly believes him to be a tramp and gives him a job working as a servant. Quickly, her new employee uses his life skills to get the household in order as he falls for her eldest daughter. Starring Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Ann Dvorak, and Billie Burke. Nominated for Oscar Award for Best Cinematography (Norbert Brodine).
Synopsis: Hilarious farce concerns a dizzy socialite with a penchant for hiring ex-cons and bums to help tend to her family's needs. After an unshaven writer shows up at her door asking to use the phone, she mistakenly believes him to be a tramp and gives him a job working as a servant. Quickly, her new employee uses his life skills to get the household in order as he falls for her eldest daughter. Starring Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Ann Dvorak, and Billie Burke. Nominated for Oscar Award for Best Cinematography (Norbert Brodine).
