tay's - Rented List

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Norman Jewison directs one of Hollywood's most famous screen teams, Doris Day and Rock Hudson as a perky housewife and her hypochondriac husband in this, their third and final film together.

Hudson is hilarious as an obsessed hypochondriac who mistakenly overhears his doctor discussing the impending death of a patient. Believing the poor victim is himself, Hudson elicits the help of his friend and neighbour, Tony Randall, to find a new husband for his soon-to-be-widowed wife. Randall, unfortunately, isn't much help as he deals with his upcoming loss by swigging martinis. Alarmed by her husband's increasingly strange behaviour, Day becomes even more frustrated when an old paramour (Clint Walker) shows up at their country club and Hudson encourages his attentions towards her!

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Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall light up the screen with laughter aplenty in this romantic comedy that features Day and Hudson as two Madison Avenue advertising rivals. Account executive uses unethical means of securing accounts while Day lures clients with her charm and knowledge.

But when he steals a client from under her nose, revenge propels her to infiltrate his secret VIP campaign in order to persuade the mystery product's scientist to switch to her advertising firm. Unbeknownst to her, the scientist is actually Hudson, who's enjoying his deception and her company expense account.

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A reimagining of Roald Dahl's beloved story, 'The Witches' is a humorous and heartwarming tale of a young boy and his grandmother (Octavia Spencer).

The two encounter a group of deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches from around the world who have been gathered together by the Grand High Witch to carry out her nefarious plans.

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One of the greatest way's to satisfy a fan's inner Elvis is to go to Jailhouse Rock, the 1957 box-office hit that's "Elvis Presley's best film", according to Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. The King play's Vince Everett, jailed for manslaughter after a bar fight.

There, Vince learns to belt out tunes instead of saloon patrons and after being paroled, follows a bumpy road to music and movie success. Six Presley songs by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller spike the story, including Treat Me Nice, I Wanna Be Free and the shimmy-shakin' title tune that was Presley's favourite of all his films' production numbers. "Its the beast in me," Elvis says after kissing Peggy (Judy Tyler). Yeah, but it's the best of him too!

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The uninhibited story of a carefree bachelor and a carefree career girl and the hilarious things that happen when they tangle. Rock Hudson is Brad Allen, a songwriter and notorious playboy. Doris Day is Jan Morrow, a pert interior decorator.

Together they share a party line over which they develop an intense dislike for one another. But when Brad eventually matches Jan's voice to her face and figure, the events that follow in this uproarious romantic comedy succeed in giving new meaning to the phrase "All's fair in love and war".

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Cary Grant and a stellar cast romp through this classic farce based on Joseph Kesselrings 1941 Broadway hit and breezily directed by Frank Capra.

Frazzled drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Grant) has two aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who ply lonely geezers with poisoned libations, one sociopathic brother (Raymond Massey) who looks like Boris Karloff, one bonkers brother (John Alexander) who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, one impatient new bride (Priscilla Lane)and only one night to make it turn out all right. In this circus center ring is Grant, twisting his face into a clown's gallery of flabbergasted reactions and transforming his natural athletic grace into a rubber-legged comic ballet. Youll die laughing.

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Alice's fantastic adventures lead her straight to some of the most memorable characters ever imagined including the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum in the original 'Alice in Wonderland'.

Based on Lewis Carroll's beloved story, this live-action fantasy features Hollywood icons Cary Grant, Gary Cooper and W.C. Fields along with Charlotte Henry as Alice. Filled with spectacular sets and imaginative costumes, the classic 'Alice in Wonderland' is a timeless adventure for the whole family!

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Set in Kurdistan, the British Army are sent to protect the British Empire. The Last Outpost tells the story of a friendship that develops between two soldiers - Michael Andrews (Cary Grant) and John Stevenson (Claude Rains) as they help native refugees to safety.

However their bond soon comes under the ultimate test as they both fall in love with the same woman in this romantic adventure.

In this outrageous screwball comedy, a voluptuous secretary and her handsome boss can't stop themselves from engaging in a little monkey business after a chimpanzee accidentally concocts, then dumps, an anti-ageing formula into the office water cooler.

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In Howard Hawks' screwball classic 'I Was a Male War Bride', both French Captain Henri Rochard (Cary Grant) and American Lieutenant Catherine Gates (Ann Sheridan) are less than pleased to learn that they have been assigned to work with each other on a military assignment and many barbed comments

and witty repartee ensue. Despite their initial animosity, it isn't long before the pair fall madly in love and decide to get married. However, their future together looks uncertain when Catherine is ordered to return to America...without Henri. Desperate to remain together and return to America, the only way for them to stay together is for Henri to board the boat disguised as a war bride....

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When a charming fugitive, a beautiful teacher and a stuffy law professor are forced to become roommates, their unconventional relationship is suddenly Talk Of The Town in this madcap romantic comedy.

When accused arsonist Leopold Dilg escapes jail, he hides out in the home of his friend Nora (Jean Arthur). Posing as a gardener, Dilg teams up with Nora to convince her summer tenant, Supreme Court candidate Michael Lightcap, that Dilg was framed. The zaniness never stops as the three of them dodge the cops, try to snag the real crooks and discover along the way that both men have fallen for Nora. But who has captured Nora's heart?

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In Scooby-Doo's greatest adventure yet, see the never-before-told story of how Scooby and Shaggy first met and how the famous Mystery Inc. was formed.

Now, with hundreds of cases solved, Scooby and the gang face their biggest, toughest mystery ever and discover that Scooby has a secret legacy and an epic destiny greater than anyone ever imagined.

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Young Mary follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest and discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower, a rare plant that blossoms once every seven years.

Together, the flower and the broomstick whisk Mary above the clouds, and far away to Endor College - a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening at the school, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try and set things right.

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Set in Japan during World War II, the film focuses on Seita and his little sister Setsuko. After their mother is killed in an air raid, and with their father serving in the navy, they are forced to fight for survival in the devastated Japanese countryside.

Food and shelter are scarce, and even their own relatives are too concerned with their own survival. All they have is each other and their belief that life must carry on.

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The world needed a hero, we got a hedgehog. Powered with incredible speed, Sonic the Hedgehog, aka The Blue Blur, embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until he accidentally knocks out the power grid and sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey).

Now it's super-villain vs. super-sonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from using Sonic's power for world domination. Sonic teams up with The Donut Lord, aka Sheriff Tom Wachowski (James Marsden), to save the planet in this action-packed adventure that's fun for the whole family.