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Hidden Gems (Comedy)
Here are three lesser-known titles you may have missed, but I think they definitely deserve some love: Hands Across the Table (1935) Back...
Feb 152 min read
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Sturges & Sullivan
Preston Sturges had one of the greatest winning streaks in screen history. Over a five-year period in the 1940s, he wrote and directed...
Dec 15, 20242 min read
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Big-Screen Screwball Queen
Screwball comedies ignited movie screens in the depths of the Depression – and the star who lit the match was Carole Lombard. Beginning...
Jan 1, 20242 min read
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Some Don't Like "Some Like It Hot..."
...and by “some,” I mean “me.” I know, I know. I should be crazy about any film that tops most critics’ lists of classic comedies. Trust...
Nov 1, 20232 min read
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Films of 1948: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Let me admit upfront that this Cary Grant comedy isn’t Philadelphia Story-great, nor did it launch a Thin Man-like franchise for Grant...
Aug 15, 20233 min read
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Films of 1943: The More the Merrier
In 1942, Jean Arthur’s career stalled out. She refused the roles her studio offered, which put her on the guano list with her boss,...
Jul 1, 20233 min read
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Buster Keaton: King of Comedy
If Mount Rushmore honored comedians instead of presidents, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd would be carved in granite as...
Jul 30, 20202 min read
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