Comedy > 1957 Comedy

Blackmail in Black and White

Advantages: Strong cast, great characters, very funny
Disadvantages: The fact it's in black and white may put some people off

...- particularly if you are the victim of it. What is one to do if a sleazy journalist is threatening to reveal your well hidden past unless you can get your hands on £10,000 pronto? This is the basic scenario of "The Naked Truth", a classic British comedy film made in 1957 and directed by Mario Zampi. Plot Nigel Dennis has a dummy magazine called "The Naked Truth", which is inspired by American scandal rags of the period such as "Confidential". ...
...He has many victims but the film focuses on just four - model Melissa Right, TV personality "Wee" Sonny MacGregor, peer of the realm and insurance executive Lord Henry Mayley and best-selling author Flora Ransom. Only MacGregor's secret is clearly shown - on TV his faux Scotsman act appeals mainly to the older generation, however in reality he is a slum landlord to many of them. The other secrets are merely hinted at and it is left to the audience ...

rosebud2001 09.09.2009 · Read full review
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Amorous Antics All Around

Advantages: Fun little comedy romp
Disadvantages: Doesnt really hit the comedy heights

Doctor At Large is the third of the seven Doctor movies, made in 1957, and once again features Dirk Bogarde as Dr. Simon Sparrow. Having qualified as a doctor in the first film and then spent time at sea in the second Sparrow has returned to his roots and is now working at St Swithins, once again under the eagle eyes of Sir Lancelot Spratt. When he loses out on a promotion he decides, having been given some excellent advice by his friend and colleague ...
...they find satisfying. Doctor At Large is certainly a lot more fun than Doctor At Sea. It has more scope than the very limiting ship bound movie and makes full use of this by having Sparrow and Benskin try out numerous jobs in their attempts to find the one that they can continue their career in. Like the original Doctor In The House this does make it feel very episodic at times, but that is a very small price to pay when you think back to Doctor ...

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Pajama Game

Advantages: Very funny and entertaining.
Disadvantages: Classic film so younger viewers may not be interested.

...Carol Haney and John Raitt. The employees at Sleep tite pajama factory want a seven and a half cent an hour increase. Williams 'Day' the employee spokes person takes on the shop superintendant 'Raitt' for the pay increase but ends up falling for him. The story is all about the chase of 'Day' and 'Raitt' which is very funny. The soundtrack for this film is amazing obviously many songs sang by Doris Day herself. They are also sang by ensemble, John ...

lolli_95 27.03.2007 · Read full review
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The wedding of the year 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'

Advantages: Fun, nice story
Disadvantages: Predictable

I first watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding a few years ago and although it hasn't become one of my favourite films, I do still watch it from time to time. The film first came out in 2002 so has been around for quite a while now. The story of the film is based around a character called Toula Portokalos (Christina Eleusiniotis). Toula is from a greek family, who take the traditions of their culture very seriously. Her family own a resteraunt called 'Dancing ...
...her thirties and yet has never really done anything with her life. She is plain and no-one really notices her as she goes around her everyday life. One day Toula decides to do something about her life and signs up to a college course. It isn't easy for her to persuade her Father Gus (Michael Constantine), but her Mother Maria (Lainie Kazan) manages to help her. Once she has started the course she starts to feel more confident in herself and decides ...

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Offender of the Universe

Advantages: sick slick rapid succession of one line jokes
Disadvantages: turns the air blue, plenty of bad language, not for the easily offended

Jimmy Carr is the Marmite of Comedy, you either love him or hate him, there’s not really much in between. On the UK comedy scene for the past 10 years, he has become more and more known over the past few years, in particular as host of comedy quiz ‘8 out of 10 cats’ and voice of many a Channel 4 ‘Top 100 shows’. Carr himself was voted number 12 in the ‘Top 100 Comedians’. Personally I love Jimmy Carr. Then again, I love a lot of the modern comedians, ...
...over the past decade. Jimmy Carr Telling Jokes is his latest DVD release. There are four previous releases of his stage show, all recorded at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London over time from 2005 until this year. One of Jimmy Carr’s previous DVDs opens with a warning: “This show is not for the easily offended, this is not even for those difficult to offend, this show is for people without moral compass.” Not only is this true for the DVD is was on, ...

Tempus_Fugit 27.12.2009 · Read full review
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