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Posts Tagged "comedy of manners"

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Milou in May [Milou en Mai] **** (1990, Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou, Michel Duchaussoy) – Classic Movie Review 10,450

The delightful 1990 French sophisticated comedy of manners and political satire Milou in May [Milou en Mai] [May Fools] finds director Louis Malle in mellow Chekovian mood as he delivers a gently funny, poignant country […]

Oct, 22

The Moon Is Blue ** (1953, William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara) – Classic Movie Review 10,090

Director Otto Preminger’s then frank-speaking 1953 age gap romantic comedy The Moon Is Blue turned the air blue and ruffled the feathers of the censors of the day with words like sex, virgins, mistress and […]

Jul, 26

Boudu Sauvé des Eaux [Boudu Saved from Drowning] ***** (1932, Michel Simon, Charles Grandval, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska) – Classic Movie Review 8627

Writer-director Jean Renoir’s famed 1932 French classic Boudu Sauvé des Eaux [Boudu Saved from Drowning] tells a story about the grubby tramp (Michel Simon) who has lost his dog and didn’t want to be saved […]

Jun, 22

The Prince and the Pauper [Crossed Swords] *** (1977, Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Harry Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 3590

In his last major film to date before he gave up acting, a grown-up Mark Lester (from Oliver!) plays both title roles, Henry VIII’s son Prince Edward and the lookalike urchin, Tom Canty, with whom […]

Apr, 18

Angel *** (1937, Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 3356

Producer- director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1937 sincere and over-earnest love triangle comedy drama stars Marlene Dietrich as Lady Maria ‘Angel’ Barker, a woman who is neglected by her English diplomat husband Sir Frederick (Herbert Marshall) and […]

Feb, 14

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