Upcoming Universal Catalog Releases (UPDATED)
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Posted February 18, 2026 09:47 PM by Webmaster
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog. They are: Gambling Ship (1933), Variety Girl (1947), and Give Me a Sailor (1938). All three releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on March 31.
Gambling Ship
Description: Screen legend Cary Grant stars as a gangster trying to put his troubled past behind him in Gambling Ship. Weary Chicago racketeer Ace Corbin (Grant) and Eleanor La Velle (Benita Hume), the mistress of infamous gambling ship operator Joe Burke (Arthur Vinton), put their troubled pasts behind on a train bound to New York. With their true identities concealed, the two fall madly in love. A disastrous combination results when Ace makes efforts to purchase the debt-ridden gambling ship from Joe and steals the gambling trade of his old enemy and gangster Pete Manning (Jack La Rue).
Give Me a Sailor
Set sail for laughs in this rollicking romantic comedy! Navy brothers Jim and Walter Brewster (Bob Hope and a rival suitor) are both head-over-heels for the same girl, Nancy Larkin (Betty Grable). But when Jim teams up with Nancy's quirky sister Letty (Martha Raye) to sabotage the romance, the hijinks hit high tide! Packed with musical numbers, mistaken identities, and Hope's signature wit, Give Me a Sailor is a breezy, feel-good voyage into classic Hollywood charm.
Variety Girl
Featuring three dozen stars, Variety Girl is a mammoth musical romance on how a movie star is born set amid the reality of a Hollywood studio! Playing himself, the incomparable Bob Hope reigns as top comic over one of the most star-studded casts ever assembled including Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour and many, many more. Starlet wannabe Amber LaVonne (Olga San Juan) is mistaken for her friend, the beautiful and talented Catherine Brown (Mary Hatcher). While the zany Amber flubs her way from audition to screen test to stage debut, Catherine cannot seem to keep her head above water in dealing with studio head R.J. O'Connell (Frank Ferguson). Along the way, the madness stops only long enough for musical numbers by Pearl Bailey, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, The Mulcays, and a rare puppetoon version of Romeow and Juliacat. Topped off by an A-list all-star variety revue, Variety Girl proves itself to be among the most entertaining and hilarious comedies ever filmed.
This Is the Night
Featuring Cary Grant in his screen debut, This is the Night is a sparkling comedy of sexual innuendo and amorous infidelity. Claire (Thelma Todd) plots to rendezvous with her lover Gerald (Roland Young) in Venice for the weekend. When her husband Stephen (Grant) returns home unexpectedly, plans are hastily rearranged for a group outing joined by Gerald's pal Bunny (Charlie Ruggles) and Germaine (Lily Damita), a penniless woman hired to pose as Gerald's wife. Soon, Germaine finds herself ardently pursued by all three men while Claire tries to hide her jealousy.
The Big Broadcast of 1938
The S.S. Gigantic competes with the S.S. Colossal in a luxury liner race from New York to France. S.B. Bellows (W.C. Fields), the bumbling brother of the owner of the Gigantic, accidentally wrecks the sophisticated engine of his sibling's ship, built by brilliant engineer Bob Hayes (Leif Erickson). Meanwhile, radio entertainer Buzz Fielding (Bob Hope), aboard the Gigantic with his girlfriend, Dorothy (Dorothy Lamour), is hoping to win so he can pay alimony to his three ex-wives.
Gambling Ship
Description: Screen legend Cary Grant stars as a gangster trying to put his troubled past behind him in Gambling Ship. Weary Chicago racketeer Ace Corbin (Grant) and Eleanor La Velle (Benita Hume), the mistress of infamous gambling ship operator Joe Burke (Arthur Vinton), put their troubled pasts behind on a train bound to New York. With their true identities concealed, the two fall madly in love. A disastrous combination results when Ace makes efforts to purchase the debt-ridden gambling ship from Joe and steals the gambling trade of his old enemy and gangster Pete Manning (Jack La Rue).
Give Me a Sailor
Set sail for laughs in this rollicking romantic comedy! Navy brothers Jim and Walter Brewster (Bob Hope and a rival suitor) are both head-over-heels for the same girl, Nancy Larkin (Betty Grable). But when Jim teams up with Nancy's quirky sister Letty (Martha Raye) to sabotage the romance, the hijinks hit high tide! Packed with musical numbers, mistaken identities, and Hope's signature wit, Give Me a Sailor is a breezy, feel-good voyage into classic Hollywood charm.
Variety Girl
Featuring three dozen stars, Variety Girl is a mammoth musical romance on how a movie star is born set amid the reality of a Hollywood studio! Playing himself, the incomparable Bob Hope reigns as top comic over one of the most star-studded casts ever assembled including Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour and many, many more. Starlet wannabe Amber LaVonne (Olga San Juan) is mistaken for her friend, the beautiful and talented Catherine Brown (Mary Hatcher). While the zany Amber flubs her way from audition to screen test to stage debut, Catherine cannot seem to keep her head above water in dealing with studio head R.J. O'Connell (Frank Ferguson). Along the way, the madness stops only long enough for musical numbers by Pearl Bailey, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, The Mulcays, and a rare puppetoon version of Romeow and Juliacat. Topped off by an A-list all-star variety revue, Variety Girl proves itself to be among the most entertaining and hilarious comedies ever filmed.
This Is the Night
Featuring Cary Grant in his screen debut, This is the Night is a sparkling comedy of sexual innuendo and amorous infidelity. Claire (Thelma Todd) plots to rendezvous with her lover Gerald (Roland Young) in Venice for the weekend. When her husband Stephen (Grant) returns home unexpectedly, plans are hastily rearranged for a group outing joined by Gerald's pal Bunny (Charlie Ruggles) and Germaine (Lily Damita), a penniless woman hired to pose as Gerald's wife. Soon, Germaine finds herself ardently pursued by all three men while Claire tries to hide her jealousy.
The Big Broadcast of 1938
The S.S. Gigantic competes with the S.S. Colossal in a luxury liner race from New York to France. S.B. Bellows (W.C. Fields), the bumbling brother of the owner of the Gigantic, accidentally wrecks the sophisticated engine of his sibling's ship, built by brilliant engineer Bob Hayes (Leif Erickson). Meanwhile, radio entertainer Buzz Fielding (Bob Hope), aboard the Gigantic with his girlfriend, Dorothy (Dorothy Lamour), is hoping to win so he can pay alimony to his three ex-wives.