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4 days ago · She pretends to be more cultured and sophisticated than she really is, but her act is challenged by a handsome waiter named Chick (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.). She also befriends Miriam (Lucille Ball) and Henrietta (Eve Arden), whose screwball personalities prevent Teddy from getting too full of herself.
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4 days ago · Albert S. Rogell's 1939 screwball comedy The Day the Bookies Wept is a delightful classic that centers around a group of bookmakers who attempt to rig horse races by purchasing an ostensibly slow horse, only to be surprised when it ends up winning. Starring Joe Penner, Betty Grable, and Richard Lane, this amusing film injects lighthearted humor ...
4 days ago · A star-studded cast, including Rowan Atkinson and Whoopi Goldberg, headlines this frantic comedy about a group of strangers racing across the country to claim a multimillion-dollar prize. The madcap scenarios, wild car chases, and slapstick pratfalls create a modern-day tribute to classic screwball comedies.
4 days ago · Fred MacMurray had been a movie star for almost a decade before Double Indemnity (1944). With clean-cut good looks and a cheerful affect, he was a jovial lead of screwball comedies and romantic dramas, establishing popular screen partnerships with Claudette Colbert and Carole Lombard.
3 days ago · TIFF. By Adam Nayman Special to the Star. Yang-Yang, the precocious young hero of 2000’s “Yi Yi” is a shutterbug, as well as a surrogate for his creator: his moniker doubles writer-director’s...
4 days ago · Don Knotts was an iconic comedian whose life story is packed with more twists and turns than a pretzel, and we guarantee you won't be disappointed.
3 days ago · We’re rounding out the week with another new disc review and some great breaking Blu-ray and 4K release news as well. First up the disc review: I’ve just posted my thoughts on Kino Lorber Studio Classics’ new Blu-ray release of the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) feature film, which streets on November 24th.
