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- Guns of Darkness ** (1962, David Niven, Leslie Caron, James Robertson Justice, David Opatoshu) – Classic Movie Review 13,255
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- The Secret of the Whistler *** (1946, Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier, Mona Barrie, Claire Du Brey) – Classic Movie Review 13,253
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Posts Tagged "slapstick comedy"
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Men O’War **** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson) – Classic Movie Review 9455
Director Lewis R Foster’s 1929 two-reeler short comedy Men O’War stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as sailors on shore leave, who meet two giggling girls (Anne Cornwall, Gloria Greer) in the park. Written and […]
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother ** (1975, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise) – Classic Movie Review 9229
Writer-director-star Gene Wilder’s 1975 comedy The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother is likeable enough and acceptable if you are in a tolerant mood, and Wilder and the Mel Brooks company (Marty Feldman as Sgt […]
Tropic Holiday ** (1938, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland) – Classic Movie Review 9214
Director Theodore Reed’s 1939 musical comedy Tropic Holiday stars Ray Milland as Hollywood film screenwriter Ken Warren, who, for sweet inspiration, travels to Mexico, where he falls for the lovely Manuela (Dorothy Lamour). Tropic Holiday […]
Luv ** (1967, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Elaine May) – Classic Movie Review 9026
Director Clive Donner’s weird 1967 comedy Luv is the other one-act playlet in the same double bill as in Murray Schisgal’s two-hander, off-Broadway play The Tiger, filmed as The Tiger Makes Out (also 1967) with […]
Problem Child (1990, John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver) – Classic Movie Review 8975
Director Dennis Dugan’s 1990 family comedy Problem Child stars John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck as Ben Healy Jr and Flo Healy, a loving husband and his wacky wife who adopt a devilish seven-year-old orphan boy […]
Lucky Lady * (1975, Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds, Michael Hordern, Geoffrey Lewis, Robby Benson, John Hillerman)
Director Stanley Donen’s 1975 musical comedy crime drama Lucky Lady is unlucky for everybody. It is a glossy, vastly costly but rather aimless and (at the box-office of the day) total flop romp about 1930s Prohibition […]
Press for Time ** (1966, Norman Wisdom, Derek Bond, Angela Browne, Derek Francis, Noel Dyson, Peter Jones, David Lodge) – Classic Movie Review 8652
As the punning title of the 1966 Rank Organisation slapstick comedy Press for Time suggests, Norman Wisdom plays a reporter on a local seaside newspaper at Tinmouth, where he has been hidden away by his grandfather, […]