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Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. a Silent Comedy Gem: 1920s movie shows Keaton's best as silent star & technical genius

By: Susan Z. Swan

Paramount on Parade's "Murder Will Out": Sherlock Holmes & Philo Vance vs. the Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu

By: Carl Macek

Howard Hawks' Bringing Up Baby: Classic Comedy Starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn

By: Feature Writer Samantha Markham

William Powell, Myrna Loy Star in The Thin Man: 1934 MGM Classic Virtually Invented the Mystery-Comedy Film

By: Feature Writer Barry M. Grey

John Hughes and Ferris Bueller's Day Off: A Tribute to a Classic Movie of the 80s

By: Timothy Slovik

The Iconic John Hughes (1950 - 2009): A Look Back at his Works

By: Anthony Cogliano

The Breakfast Club Director John Hughes Dies: Hughes Will Be Remembered For Classic 1980s Films Like Home Alone

By: Heather Harris

DVD Review: Rarely Seen Screwball Comedies: Loretta Young, Irene Dunne in Four Columbia Films from 1930s, '40s

By: Feature Writer Barry M. Grey

DVD Review: Screwball Comedies Release, Vol. 1: Jean Arthur, Rosalind Russell Star in Obscure Columbia Films

By: Feature Writer Barry M. Grey

Movie Review: The Fortune Cookie: Billy Wilder’s 1966 Black Comedy About Insurance Fraud Holds Up Well

By: Feature Writer Barry M. Grey

Hitchcock's Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Before Pitt and Jolie, There was Lombard and Montgomery!

By: Amanda Flinner

City Lights Movie (1931): The Charles Chaplin Classic Film

By: John K. Davis

The Jack Lemmon Film Collection DVD Review: The Iconic Star in Five Films

By: Feature Writer Francine Brokaw

Marx Bros. Duck Soup Arguably Their Best Film: Landmark Comedy Takes Shots at Upper Class, Politicians, War Machine

By: Feature Writer Barry M. Grey

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982): Directed by Woody Allen – Starring Mia Farrow – Julie Hagerty

By: Martin G. Wood

A Night at the Opera: Marx Brothers Movie Review: Comedy Has Moments But Pales Next to Team’s Earlier Paramount Films

By: Feature Writer Barry M. Grey

Classic Film Review: North By Northwest: Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant Present Delightful Mystery

By: Will Roszczyk

Arthur: The Melancholy Millionaire: Moore and Minnelli Star in Romantic Comedy of Love "On the Rocks."

By: Amanda Flinner

It Happened One Night (1934): Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert Star in Frank Capra's Comedy Classic

By: Diane Jandt

Charlie Chaplin in the 21st Century: The Enduring Effectiveness of Films by Comedy's Greatest Master

By: Michael Dennis

Here Comes Mr. Jordan: Robert Montgomery Stars in Landmark Comedy About Second Chances

By: Feature Writer Barry M. Grey

The Devil and Miss Jones Movie: Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn Co-Star in Sublime Look at Labor Strife

By: Feature Writer Barry M. Grey

Writer and Director Frank Tashlin: 1950's Hollywood Comedy Auteur Best Known for Work with Jerry Lewis

By: Jorge Carrega

The Dames Of Holywood's Golden Age: In the Era of Bette Davis & Lauren Bacall, Acting was a Sublime Art

By: Erin Haley

Laurel And Hardy Comedies on DVD: Sons of the Desert, Way Out West, And Other Great L&H Films On Disc

By: Steve Bailey

The Graduate: 40th Anniversary DVD - Review

By: Dan Lalande

The Bank Dick: W.C. Fields' 1941 masterpiece

By: Dan Lalande

Hello, I Must Be Going: A Re-Issue of the 1977 Biography of Groucho Marx

By: Dan Lalande

Importance of Being Earnest (Film): Oliver Parker's Version of Oscar Wilde's Classic Comedy

By: Jem Bloomfield

Classic Film & WW 1: the suprise choice for the film that best typifies the conflict

By: Dan Lalande

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