Upcoming Universal Catalog Releases
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Posted August 26, 2026 09:27 PM by Webmaster
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed several upcoming catalog releases. They are: Thirty Day Princess (1934), Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), If I Had My Way (1940), You Gotta Stay Happy (1948), and Finding Emily (2026). The five releases are scheduled to arrive on the market this October.
Thirty Day Princess
Description: When Princess Catterina of Taronia falls ill with the mumps, it threatens to derail a lucrative business deal. Afraid of losing his commission, financier Richard Gresham hires look-alike actress Nancy Lane to impersonate the princess and promises a bonus if she can get crusading newspaper publisher Porter Madison to drop his opposition. Just as love begins to bloom between the "princess" and the publisher, Catterina's fiance arrives unannounced threatening to ruin everything.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 13.
Star Spangled Rhythm
Description: Whenever Jimmy Webster (Eddie Bracken) calls his father at Paramount Studios, the telephone operator who thinks Jimmy is a swell catch embellishes his father's position from gatekeeper to studio boss. Thinking his father is one of Hollywood's head honchos, Jimmy decides to take his Navy pals on a tour of Paramount and show them how the other half lives. They are all in for a big surprise, but the biggest surprise comes from an all-star show the studio decides to put on for the sailors.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 13.
If I Had My Way
Description: Buzz Blackwell is a construction worker who finds himself taking care of Patricia, the young daughter of a friend who dies in a tragic accident. Buzz & his co-worker Axel are faced with the task of going to New York with Patricia to find the remaining members of her family. Things go south when Axel spends Patricia's inheritance on a floundering Swedish restaurant in a drunken state of mind. Buzz must suddenly think on his feet & come up with a plan to save the day!
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 13.
You Gotta Stay Happy
Description: After marrying the wrong man, wealthy heiress Dee Dee Dilwood decides to run away & enlists the help of failing airline entrepreneur Marvin Payne, who reluctantly agrees to let her hide out in his room for the evening. Sparks fly between the two and things begin to get really complicated when Marvin allows her to hitch a ride across the country in his cargo plane. They have to survive a wild flight with a group of wacky passengers, including a cigar smoking chimp!
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 13.
Finding Emily
Description: When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a struggling psychology student to find her. Together, they spark chaos and a campus-wide frenzy that will test their hearts and ambitions.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Thirty Day Princess
Description: When Princess Catterina of Taronia falls ill with the mumps, it threatens to derail a lucrative business deal. Afraid of losing his commission, financier Richard Gresham hires look-alike actress Nancy Lane to impersonate the princess and promises a bonus if she can get crusading newspaper publisher Porter Madison to drop his opposition. Just as love begins to bloom between the "princess" and the publisher, Catterina's fiance arrives unannounced threatening to ruin everything.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 13.
Star Spangled Rhythm
Description: Whenever Jimmy Webster (Eddie Bracken) calls his father at Paramount Studios, the telephone operator who thinks Jimmy is a swell catch embellishes his father's position from gatekeeper to studio boss. Thinking his father is one of Hollywood's head honchos, Jimmy decides to take his Navy pals on a tour of Paramount and show them how the other half lives. They are all in for a big surprise, but the biggest surprise comes from an all-star show the studio decides to put on for the sailors.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 13.
If I Had My Way
Description: Buzz Blackwell is a construction worker who finds himself taking care of Patricia, the young daughter of a friend who dies in a tragic accident. Buzz & his co-worker Axel are faced with the task of going to New York with Patricia to find the remaining members of her family. Things go south when Axel spends Patricia's inheritance on a floundering Swedish restaurant in a drunken state of mind. Buzz must suddenly think on his feet & come up with a plan to save the day!
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 13.
You Gotta Stay Happy
Description: After marrying the wrong man, wealthy heiress Dee Dee Dilwood decides to run away & enlists the help of failing airline entrepreneur Marvin Payne, who reluctantly agrees to let her hide out in his room for the evening. Sparks fly between the two and things begin to get really complicated when Marvin allows her to hitch a ride across the country in his cargo plane. They have to survive a wild flight with a group of wacky passengers, including a cigar smoking chimp!
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 13.
Finding Emily
Description: When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a struggling psychology student to find her. Together, they spark chaos and a campus-wide frenzy that will test their hearts and ambitions.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailers
- Optional English SDH, Spanish, and French subtitles for the main feature