In Old Chicago was 20th Century Fox's grandest production of 1938, and it's still worthy of classic status. Along with MGM's 1936 earthquake drama San Fracisco, it ranks among the finest of the early disaster films, and the climactic depiction of the great Chicago fire of 1871 is still impressive, with some shots that are just as amazing as the digitally rendered disaster effects of present-day Hollywood. It's a highly fictionalized account of the O'Leary family, whose legendary milk-cow kicked over the lamp that set Chicago ablaze, and the teaming of Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, and Alice Faye (as O'Leary brothers Dion and Jack, and Jack's showgirl wife Belle) proved so popular that they were reunited, along with director Henry King, in Darryl F. Zanuck's follow-up production... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Tyrone Power - Alice Faye - Don Ameche - Alice Brady Director(s): Henry King DVD Release Date: Released the 09 August 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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A great sequel to the first Cocoon. Same characters but now we learn how things have gone for them in space and also those who remained at home. Those who went away now understand how they are cut off from relatives left at home. This leads to some who elect to stay behind when its time to return to space. Again, laughter and joyful living! More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Don Ameche - Wilford Brimley Director(s): Daniel Petrie DVD Release Date: Released the 01 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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An offbeat and charming comedy with elements of science fiction thrown in, director Ron Howard's (Ransom, Apollo 13) unlikely fantasy ponders the price of immortality and the power of everlasting love. A group of aliens travel to a Florida retirement community to rescue some long-stranded colleagues cocooned and buried beneath the sea. But as the aliens take on human form and stash their counterparts in a swimming pool, a group of elderly retirees discover the pool and after swimming in the water find themselves rejuvenated, with boundless energy and insatiable appetites. Soon the retirees are forced to choose between living out their lives on earth with their families, or leaving with the aliens and attaining immortality. More character driven than dependent on the... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Don Ameche - Wilford Brimley - Hume Cronyn Director(s): Ron Howard DVD Release Date: Released the 01 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Not the greatest WW II movie I've ever seen. During that time Hollywood could throw practically anything on the screen and people would come to watch it. This has the usual cast of 4-Fs acting brave, and Don Ameche, usually a laughing boy in lighthearted musicals, is particularly ludicrous as a tight lipped officer who sternly goes around making hard decisions that have to be made. Why couldn't he at least have sung one song to Betty Grable? Aside from these quibbles, this movie is good because it is about a more interesting, innocent time in America when Americans were naturally patriotic and patriotism wasn't a product of corporate America. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Don Ameche - Dana Andrews Director(s): Henry Hathaway DVD Release Date: Released the 06 November 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Don Ameche is an immigrant shoe shiner who also happens to be a dead ringer for an important mob member on the hook for murder. The Chicago outfit makes Ameche a deal, confess to the homicide and when you get out there will be a big payoff. Joe Mantegna is the low level mob soldier given the dull task of babysitting Ameche in a hotel over the weekend while they rehearse his testimony. Mantegna soon decides Lake Tahoe would be a more pleasant hide-out and then the problems set in. Upon arriving in Tahoe they find themselves at the same resort where the mob is holding a crime confab. Mantegna passes Ameche off as "the guy behind the guy, behind the guy". They both enjoy the perks. You might think this plot line would result in slapstick or farce but instead we are treated to a subtle,... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Don Ameche - Joe Mantegna Director(s): David Mamet DVD Release Date: Released the 02 May 2000 Usually ships within 24 hours
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