Claudette Colbert

Torch Singer (1933) DVD available
Racy pre code soap stars Claudette Colbert as a woman who has a baby out of wedlock, then becomes a notorious torch singer. Also starring Ricardo Cortez, David Manners as the guy who did her wrong, and young Baby Leroy. Excellent quality.

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Maid of Salem (1937) DVD available
Tense drama (with shades of The Crucible) stars Claudette Colbert as a free spirited woman in Salem who is falsely accused of witchcraft by the paranoid villagers. Also starring Fred MacMurray as a Virginia fugitive. With Bonita Granville and Gale Sondergaard. Good quality.

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The Gilded Lily (1935) DVD available
Excellent romantic comedy stars Claudette Colbert as a working girl whose romance with blueblood Ray Milland becomes fodder for her best friend (Fred MacMurray), a reporter who catapults her to notoriety. Also starring C. Aubrey Smith. Decent quality.

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Remember the Day (1941) DVD available
Claudette Colbert stars as a schoolteacher who reflects back on a student who grows up to be a presidential candidate (John Sheppard) and also her romance with fellow teacher John Payne. Great sentimental slice of Americana. Excellent quality.

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Arise, My Love (1940) DVD available
Excellent wartime love story stars Claudette Colbert as a US newswoman who rescues pilot Ray Milland from a Spanish prison, and then the two have a whirlwind romance as WW2 breaks out in Poland and France. Also starring Walter Abel and Dennis O'Keefe. Written by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. Excellent quality aside from a glitch near the end.

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Under Two Flags (1936) DVD available
Colman stars as a suave Legionaire who romances camp groupie Claudette Colbert and rich Rosalind Russell while being hassled by captain Victor McLaglen. Adapted from Ouida's book. Good quality.

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The Big Pond (1930) DVD available
Fun early talkie musical comedy stars Maurice Chevalier as a Venice tour guide who romances American heiress Claudette Colbert and goes to work at her father's U.S. gum factory. Also starring George Barbier and Nat Pendleton. Marx Bros. fans will of course know the main song here: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me." Decent quality.

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Tovarich (1937) DVD available
Entertaining comedy-drama stars Charles Boyer and Claudette Colbert as a formerly rich Russian couple who are keeping the royal jewels in Paris. Basil Rathbone costars as a Communist who demands the jewels be returned. Very good quality.

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