Classic Film Comedies
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William Powell, Myrna Loy Star in The Thin Man
The Thin Man is among the most charming films of the '30s, a savvy mix of detective mystery and light comedy that introduced one of the movies' most endearing couples. more...
DVD Review: Rarely Seen Screwball Comedies
In the second of twin DVD releases, Columbia Pictures revisits four vintage films -- although only three really qualify as screwball comedies; the fourth is a pretender. more...
DVD Review: Screwball Comedies Release, Vol. 1
In the first of twin DVD releases, Columbia Pictures revisits four of its lesser comedies featuring two great comic actresses and some often-underrated leading men. more...
Movie Review: The Fortune Cookie
The Fortune Cookie is a smart, scabrous, deliciously cynical take on greed in general and, in particular, the litigious society America was becoming in the mid-1960s. more...
Marx Bros. Duck Soup Arguably Their Best Film
Duck Soup - the fifth and best of the Marx Brothers' movies - is their funniest and fastest film, a multi-faceted farce that plays as razor-sharp today as it did in 1933. more...
A Night at the Opera: Marx Brothers Movie Review
Consistently over-praised, this was the team's first film at highbrow MGM and it shows - with the usual winning Marx formula watered down by a meddling studio. more...
This 1941 classic is among the most romantic films of Hollywood's Golden Era, a fantasy perhaps hokey by today's standards, yet charming, heartwarming and funny as hell. more...
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Top Ten Classic Rom-Com Movie Rentals
By: Jocelyn Kerr
AFI's list of top 10 romantic comedies make great date night movie rentals. Since they're classics, rentals can be found free or for less than new DVD rentals. more...
Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. a Silent Comedy Gem
By: Susan Z. Swan
Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (1924) is a classic silent comedy film that goes beyond slapstick to capture a dreamscape that challenges the boundaries between reel and real. more...
Paramount on Parade's "Murder Will Out"
By: Carl Macek
Paramount on Parade - an early "Talkie" had the unique distinction of bringing Sherlock Holmes, Philo Vance and Fu Manchu together on screen for the first and last time. more...
Howard Hawks' Bringing Up Baby
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Samantha Markham
A genuine classic, Howard Hawks' Bringing Up Baby, with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, is just as funny now as it was in 1938. more...
John Hughes and Ferris Bueller's Day Off
By: Timothy Slovik
Memorable quotes, iconic scenes, and larger-than-life characters shaped the movies of John Hughes' marvelous career, particularly Ferris Bueller's Day Off. more...
The Iconic John Hughes (1950 - 2009)
By: Anthony Cogliano
Few directors from the 1980's had as much of an influence over pop-culture as John Hughes. His films remain popular to this day, along with all their memorable characters more...
The Breakfast Club Director John Hughes Dies
By: Heather Harris
Well-known writer and director John Hughes has died at the age of 59. Hughes passed away August 6 of an apparent heart attack during a morning walk in Manhattan. more...
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