Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1 (BD) "Orion Pictures"

Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1 (BD) "Orion Pictures"There were several masters of animation during Hollywood's golden era. Of the top two geniuses, one created elaborate fairy tales and ornate feature length fantasias the other guy was Tex Avery. He just wanted to make you laugh. Having already been integrally involved in the development of Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny for Warner Bros., Avery moved to MGM in 1941 to create a set of comedy masterpieces that defined a new slapstick style for

and corrupt colleagues

Aunt Edna (Imogene Coca) on the roof

This polished melodrama is rife with elements typical of the era's "woman's picture:" a female in a man's world

But he's not one of the burnished lads who gave all for England in Chariots of Fire

directed by Sam Wood

) and the men and women of the FBI

Hollywood Party - 8 directors and 8 writers (2 credited) strong - is the wild

Elegant Baroness Caroline DuLac can usually be found on the concert stage

In reality she is an umarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg

He's too busy sparring with a dirt-dishing gossip columnist (Jack Benny) to notice

no matter what "the system" prescribes

Beatrice Straight: Actress in a Supporting Role