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Second Best Bed *** (1938, Tom Walls, Jane Baxter, Veronica Rose, Carl Jaffe, Greta Gynt) – Classic Movie Review 13,443

Director Tom Walls’s 1938 British farcical comedy film Second Best Bed is written by Ben Travers, and stars Tom Walls, Jane Baxter, Veronica Rose, Carl Jaffe, and Greta Gynt. Director Tom Walls’s 1938 British farcical […]

Mar, 27

Three Cornered Moon **** (1933, Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, Wallace Ford) – Classic Movie Review 11,361

Three Cornered Moon (1933): ‘There are five kinds of saps on the Remplegar family tree and every branch grows a nut! Just One Big Sappy Family AS NUTTY AS A FRUIT CAKE!’ Director Elliott Nugent’s […]

Jul, 02

The Best House in London * (1969, David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet, George Sanders) – Classic Movie Review 11,247

‘From top to bottom… it’s the best place in town!’ Director Philip Savile’s saucy 1969 British comedy film The Best House in London is a curious piece from the pen of Denis Norden, who must […]

May, 27

Marry the Girl ** (1935, Sonnie Hale, Winifred Shotter, Hugh Wakefield, Judy Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 11,181

The 1935 British black and white comedy film Marry the Girl is directed by Maclean Rogers, who wrote the screenplay with Kathleen Butler, adapting the 1930 Aldwych stage farce Marry the Girl, written by George […]

May, 07

A Cup of Kindness ** (1934, Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Dorothy Hyson, Claude Hulbert ) – Classic Movie Review 11,180

Director Tom Walls’s 1934 British black and white farcical comedy film A Cup of Kindness is based on a Ben Travers screenplay from his own 1929 Aldwych stage farce that has dated more than some about […]

May, 07

A Night Like This *** (1932, Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Robertson Hare, Claude Hulbert, Mary Brough) – Classic Movie Review 11,177

Director Tom Walls’s 1932 British black and white comedy A Night Like This is an extremely funny old-style farce, based on a play by Ben Travers, concerning a group of gamblers and the policeman who […]

May, 07

Dirty Work ** (1934, Ralph Lynn, Gordon Harker, Robertson Hare, Lilian Bond, Basil Sydney) – Classic Movie Review 11,176

Director Tom Walls’s flimsy and cobwebby 1934 British black and white crime comedy Dirty Work is a gossamer fine Ben Travers farce with a plot that you could virtually see through if you held it […]

May, 06

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