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Posts Tagged "screwball comedy"

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Murder, He Says **** (1945, Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main) – Classic Movie Review 11,113

‘IT’LL KILL YOU… WITH LAUGHTER!’ Director George Marshall’s 1945 Paramount Pictures black and white comedy thriller Murder, He Says is a twisted and hilarious combination of high camp and extremely black humour that is funnier […]

Apr, 19

One Night in Lisbon *** (1941, Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Patricia Morison, Edmund Gwenn, Billie Burke, John Loder, Dame May Whitty) – Classic Movie Review 11,097

’36 hours of love!…’ Director Edward H Griffith’s 1941 Paramount Pictures black and white screwball comedy One Night in Lisbon is the welcome and enjoyable if uninspired fourth and penultimate paring of the delightful Madeleine […]

Apr, 14

Tovarich **** (1937, Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 11,000

Director Anatole Litvak’s 1937 Warner Bros period screwball comedy Tovarich is written by Casey Robinson, based on a play by Jacques Déval and Robert E Sherwood (English version). It stars Claudette Colbert as the Grand […]

Mar, 08

The Lady Has Plans ** (1942, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Albert Dekker) – Classic Movie Review 10,943

Director Sidney Lanfield’s 1942 Paramount Pictures black and white film The Lady Has Plans stars Paulette Goddard as newswoman Sidney Royce, who is confused with a tattooed lady criminal and attracts all the wrong kinds […]

Feb, 20

Say It in French ** (1938, Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Janet Beecher, Mary Carlisle, Holmes Herbert, Erik Rhodes) – Classic Movie Review 10,915

Director Andrew L Stone’s 1938 Paramount Pictures black and white farcical film Say It in French stars Ray Milland as a wealthy American pro golfer called Richard Carrington Jr, who goes to France to play […]

Feb, 14

A Slight Case of Murder **** (1938, Edward G Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Willard Parker, Ruth Donnelly, John Litel) – Classic Movie Review 10,886

Warner Bros’ inventive and witty 1938 vintage black and white crime comedy film A Slight Case of Murder is great fun, with ideally cast Edward G Robinson on top comic form sending up the usual […]

Feb, 06

Family Honeymoon **** (1948, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Rita Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 10,665

Director Claude Binyon’s 1949 screwball comedy Family Honeymoon stars Claudette Colbert as widowed Katie, a new bride who brings the three kids from her previous marriage along on the honeymoon, perplexing new stepdaddy Grant Jordan […]

Dec, 13

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