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Monsieur Beaucaire *** (1946, Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles) – Classic Movie Review 11,154

Paramount Pictures’ entertaining 1946 black and white comedy adventure Monsieur Beaucaire stars Bob Hope as the title French court barber involved in politics at the time of King Louis XV.  Director George Marshall’s 1946 Paramount […]

May, 01

The Barber Shop **** (1933, W C Fields, Elise Cavanna, Harry Watson, Dagmar Oakland) – Classic Movie Review 9793

Funny, busy and inventive W C Fields short, with the star on hilarious form as the barber Cornelius O’Hare, with a typically grouchy wife (Elise Cavanna) and an unattainable object of lust (Dagmar Oakland). ‘Are […]

May, 20

Twelve Plus One [12 + 1] [The Thirteen Chairs] ** (1969, Sharon Tate, Vittorio Gassman, Orson Welles, Terry-Thomas, Lionel Jeffries, Tim Brooke-Taylor, William Rushton, Mylène Demongeot) – Classic Movie Review 8847

Co-writer/ director Nicholas Gessner’s 1969 Italian comedy Twelve Plus One [12 + 1] [The Thirteen Chairs] is an interesting but oddly unpersuasive piece, with a hesitant tone, but it is notable for the last screen […]

Aug, 20

Oliver the Eighth ** (1934, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Jack Barty) – Classic Movie Review 8186

Director Lloyd French’s 1934 comedy short Oliver the Eighth is, naturally enough, about Oliver, Oliver Hardy, that is, who answers a personal column ad to marry a wealthy widow called Mrs Fox (Mae Busch), who […]

Mar, 02

Abbott and Costello in Hollywood ** (1945, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Frances Rafferty, Bob Haymes, Jean Porter) – Classic Movie Review 6566

Director S Sylvan Simon’s 1945 MGM vehicle for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello cast them as Buzz and Abercrombie, who run a barbershop in Tinseltown and become showbiz agents with Jeff Parker (Robert Stanton [aka […]

Jan, 16

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street *** (1936, Tod Slaughter, Stella Rho, John Singer, Eve Lister, Bruce Seton) – Classic Movie Review 4087

Director George King’s 1936 British horror thriller happily records for posterity Tod Slaughter’s famous barnstorming performance as the 1760s London barber Sweeney Todd in this film version of George Dibdin-Pitt’s play. Before the Stephen Sondheim musical, Slaughter’s turn […]

Jul, 26

The Great Dictator ***** (1940, Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie) – Classic Movie Review 1044

Producer-writer-director Charles Chaplin’s 1940 brave, risky and pioneering satirical comedy classic focuses on a timid Jewish barber who is mistaken for the dictator of Tomania (‘our Fooey’) and then takes over from him. A stirring, controversial condemnation of […]

Apr, 03

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