Film fans, here’s a Valentine’s Day recipe: Mix wild scenarios with slapstick humor and witty dialogue,blend in a love story, and you have screwball comedy. Guest writer Victoria Balloon salutes some ’30s and ’40s screwball gems in a classic article.
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What happens when Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn find themselves on opposite sides of the workplace and the “Computer Age”? Melanie Simone explains in her review of the screen duo’s 1957 romantic comedy Desk Set.
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You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! “Dear God! You mean there’s eight more innings of all this spitting & scratching & hitching &…
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One Way Passage (1932) movie review: Guest blogger Angela Petteys writes about the 1932 classic One Way Passage: When Dan (William Powell) meets Joan (Kay Francis) in a bar in Hong Kong, it’s love at first sight. They have a…
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Talkie of the Week: One Touch of Venus USA 1948, 82 minutes, black & white Universal Pictures Director: William A. Seiter Written by Harry Kurnitz & Frank Tashlin Based on the novel The Tinted Venus by F. Anstey Cast: Ava…
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Lover Come Back (1961): Movie Review Two years after debuting a sparkling chemistry in 1959′s Pillow Talk, Doris Day and Rock Hudson re-teamed for another romantic comedy, Lover Come Back. Again, they were joined by Tony Randall and a slew…
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Guest blogger Ian Simmons writes: My depression over the sad state of romantic comedies worsened ten-fold this morning after I watched His Girl Friday (directed by Howard Hawks) for the first time. The 1940 film is an absolute joy from start…
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This review of Tammy and the Bachelor was chosen in honor of the late Leslie Nielsen, the film’s leading man. I’d never seen the film before, and for the first 15 minutes or so, I wasn’t quite sure what to make…
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The first thing that strikes you upon meeting Edward Zwick is that he is whip-smart. The other thing you get just by chatting with him for a few minutes is that he has a strong work ethic. Consider his most…
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