Three Smart Girls, 1936, Universal Pictures. Starring Deanna Durbin, Ray Milland, Barbara Read, Nan Grey. Directed by Henry Koster. B&W, 84 minutes. Sisters Joan (Nan Grey), Kay (Barbara Read), and Penny (Deanna Durbin) are living a privileged life in Switzerland …
Category: Classic Comedy
The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town, 1942, Columbia Pictures. Starring Jean Arthur, Cary Grant, Ronald Colman. Directed by George Stevens. B&W, 117 minutes. When the local woolen mill burns down, the mill owner blames one of his most troublesome employees, activist …
Little Miss Marker
Little Miss Marker, 1934, Paramount Pictures. Starring Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell. Directed by Alexander Hall. B&W, 79 minutes. Anxious to place a bet but short of the cash to do so, a down-and-out man puts up his daughter, …
Julia Misbehaves
London showgirl Julia Packett has some unconventional methods for getting by. Although she's married to wealthy William Packett, they've been separated for years, and she has always refused to accept any money from him. Instead, she resorts to conning it …
Lover Come Back
Lover Come Back, 1961, Universal Pictures. Starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall. Directed by Delbert Mann. Technicolor, 107 minutes. Hard-working advertising executive Carol Templeton (Doris Day) has met her nemesis in laid-back advertising executive Jerry Webster (Rock Hudson). Jerry …
The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, 1947, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Shirley Temple. Directed by Irving Reis. B&W, 95 minutes. A delightful movie with an all-star cast, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer charms from beginning to end. …
Auntie Mame
Auntie Mame, 1958, Warner Bros. Starring Rosalind Russell, Patric Knowles, Forrest Tucker. Directed by Morton DaCosta. Technicolor, 143 minutes. Mame Dennis (Rosalind Russell) is a flamboyant, worldly woman living a full life in 1929 Manhattan. She suddenly finds herself guardian …
Double Wedding
Double Wedding, 1937, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Myrna Loy, William Powell. Directed by Richard Thorpe. B&W, 85 minutes. Margit Agnew (Myrna Loy) is an accomplished, take-charge woman with not only her professional life under control, but her sister Irene’s (Florence Bates) personal …
Sullivan’s Travels
Sullivan’s Travels, 1941, Paramount Pictures. Starring Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake. Directed by Preston Sturges. B&W, 90 minutes. John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is an immensely successful director of lightweight comedies who longs to make films with a social conscience (including …
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight, 1933, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke. Directed by George Cukor. B&W, 113 minutes. This pre-code dramedy of a group set to gather together for a dinner honoring a …
