Comedy > 1934 Comedy

Tonight, The Walls of Jericho Will Be Toppling!!!

Advantages: The greatest romantic comedy of all time...PERIOD
Disadvantages: Not a damn thing, believe you me!

****************************************************************** TITLE : It Happened One Night RATING: ***** CAST: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson. DIRECTOR: Frank Capra SCREENWRITER: Robert Riskin BASED ON THE SHORT STORY: "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams STUDIO: Columbia Pictures RUNNING TIME: 105 Minutes RATED: Not Rated (US) & U (UK); contains ...
...wonderful movie. Plus, admit it guys, while the concept of snuggling up to watch a "happily ever after clambake" sounds just as exciting to some of you as being stuck in traffic after having 3 cups of coffee and 5 bran muffins, there comes a time when one has to put away your action films and video games to enjoy a movie that, somehow, brings a man and woman together at the end. All this week, I've been reviewing some contemporary and new films which ...

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Review of It Happened One Night (DVD)

Thin, fat, or just perfect?

Advantages: Fabulous script, acting, everything
Disadvantages: Some won't like the fact it is in black and white - more fool them!

Nick Charles is enjoying the good life. He has recently married wealthy Nora, which means that he doesn't have to work for a living, plus the marriage is a very happy one, accompanied by their pet dog, Asta. However, he is persuaded to take up his old profession when he is approached by Dorothy Wynant, whose inventor father has gone missing. Then the body of Wynant's wife is found and the obvious conclusion is that Mr Wynant is the murderer and has ...
...agrees to take on the case after being persuaded by Nora. Can Nick find out who the murderer is? I have long been a fan of hardboiled crime fiction and Dashiell Hammett is the king of this genre, being the author of the original book. He is probably best known for two works - this one and The Maltese Falcon. Although both can be classed as 'hardboiled', there is quite a difference in style - The Thin Man is filled with comic moments, while The Maltese ...

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Review of The Thin Man (DVD)

A Right Pair Of Geniuses!

Advantages: Fantastic Comedy.
Disadvantages: Mostly B/w and some silent.

...pair of comedy genuises called Laurel and Hardy. I bought this DVD entitled 'Sons Of The Desert' and Related Shorts on Saturday, and watched it on Sunday with my husband, who has the same taste as me in films fortunately lol! Our Stan And Oliver DVD information For those of you who don't know these two wonderful comdians (who are you?????), then I shall say that you simply must see at least one of their films, as love 'em or loathe 'em, you need ...
...him, and also the way Laurel cries in that panicky way! It is sooo very funny! It is certainly their trademark comdey, and what a trademark! As you may have guessed, I am passionate about these two, and think they are two of the funniest actors that ever lived! You may not like them if your idea of comedy doesn't include slapstick, but do give then a try before you dismiss them! It is best to watch the B/W version first, and then the colour so ...

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Review of Laurel And Hardy - No. 13 - Sons Of The Desert And Related Shorts (DVD)

The Wolf Man gets the girl and a happy ending!

Advantages: Funny film with a couple of later-famous actors at the beginning of their careers
Disadvantages: Hopelessly old fashioned, but that gives it charm!

Starring: Creighton Chaney (aka Lon Chaney Jr) as Don Cooper Arthur Lake as Bobby Barnes Sterling Holloway as Spec Early Eddie Nugent as Larry Haines Betty and Beverly Crane as 'Nip' and 'Tuck' This is a really fun bit of fluff from 1936 about a group of college students and their various pursuits such as rigging the competition for 'The Joe Senior Contest' to determine the most popular boy in school, attempting to win an inter-collegiate athletics ...
...selection which includes Mary, Kittens, and Nip & Tuck who are (confusingly, of course, to all concerned) identical twins. Two of the stars, a very young Lon (Creighton) Chaney Jr and Arthur Lake, went on to become, respectively, a major horror film star with The Wolf Man as his best-known role, and Dagwood from the 'Blondie' series of movies. I liked this movie a lot more than I had expected to. Despite its age, it's interesting to see that some ...

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Review of Girl O' My Dreams (Remastered) (DVD)

One Man And A Piano

Advantages: fantastic comedy show
Disadvantages: some dodgy camera angles

...you would like. 1 Ready For This. This is the opening song for the show and Minchin comes onto the stage in a blaze of strobe lights and opens the show with a great little rock ditty where he manages to poke fun at himself while accompanied by a recording of him beatboxing with back up singers. 2 Prejudice In our modern free spoken society There is a word that we still hold taboo A word with a terrible history Of being used to ...
...to gingers, the playground taunt of choice. A hilarious song that manages to use more ginger puns than you thought existed! 3 America America is not a song but a stand up routine which discusses how forward Americans are compared to Australians and British people and are not afraid to shout about their achievements. Somehow the dialogue manages to veer onto the big bang and what will happen to a certain office block in Times Square in Manhattan ...

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Review of Ready For This - Tim Minchin