Comedy

  • Edward F. Cline – Go Chase Yourself (1938)

    1931-1940ComedyCrimeEdward F. ClineUSA

    Plot:
    THE LUCILLE BALL RKO COMEDY COLLECTION VOL. 1
    Long before she was crowned the queen of TV, Lucille Ball reigned as the “Queen of the Bs” for RKO Pictures, appearing in over 43 films in under a decade. Although she had yet to find her niche, Lucy’s prodigious talents, grace and charm as a performer found her much in demand across a wide variety of movies. This collection brings together three rarely seen cinematic treasures from Lucy’s RKO days, giving modern audiences a chance to witness a star on the rise. 3 Films on 2 DVDs.Read More »

  • Larry Blamire – The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2009)

    2001-2010ComedyLarry BlamireSci-FiUSA

    Quote:
    Jerranium 90, a “little rock” that made all the papers, is buried deep within the Amazon. And everybody wants it, including crooked importer Handscomb Draile, slimy Gondreau Slykes, cheap crook Carl Traeger and evil scientist Dr. Ellamy Royne.Read More »

  • Cyril Gardner – Perfect Understanding (1933)

    1931-1940ComedyCyril GardnerRomanceUnited Kingdom

    Gloria Swanson co-produced Perfect Understanding, a romantic comedy that teamed her with a young Laurence Olivier. A young American woman (Swanson), on vacation in England, meets an aristocrat (Olivier) and the two fall passionately in love. Seeing how other couples become possessive and implode in marriage, they make a pact: they’ll marry, but they’ll keep the arrangement light and loose. But can two young lovers really carry on carefree, committed to not belonging to each other?Read More »

  • Larry Blamire – Dark and Stormy Night (2009)

    2001-2010ComedyMysteryUSA

    Quote:
    Writer/director Larry Blamire (The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Trail of the Screaming Forehead) returns to the helm with this parody of 1930s-era old dark house films, presented in glorious black and white, and featuring every character stereotype and story cliché that kitsch fans have come to associate with these estate-bound frighteners.Read More »

  • Max Neufeld – Sehnsucht 202 (1932)

    1931-1940AustriaComedyMax NeufeldMusical

    From luise-rainer.com:
    Many sources, including Luise herself, referred to the ‘overnight sensation’ that Luise made in her first film for MGM, Escapade (1935). This narrative of the newly discovered film star conveniently erased Luise’s film career up to that point. She had appeared in three films in Europe before Hollywood came calling.Read More »

  • Larry Blamire – The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)

    2001-2010ComedyLarry BlamireSci-FiUSA

    Quote:
    A bad scientist and wife, a mad scientist and skeleton, two aliens and their escaped pet are all searching for the elusive element “atmospherium”.Read More »

  • Mamoru Oshii – Jigoku no banken: akai megane AKA The Red Spectacles (1987)

    1981-1990ComedyDramaJapanMamoru Oshii

    Quote:
    As the world decayed into chaos, the Metropolitan Police had no choice but to fight back, creating an elite unit of police. They became known as Kerberos, the Watchdogs of Hell. Over time, though, the zeal of the police force was transformed into cruelty and corruption. Three of the elite rebelled against the system. But only one, senior detective Koichi Todome, escaped to freedom. Several years later, he returns home. But why? What is left for him in this city that continues to decay? Koichi must now determine who is friend and who is foe as he attempts to unravel what happened after he left.Read More »

  • Billy Wilder – The Major and the Minor (1942)

    1941-1950Billy WilderClassicsComedyScrewball ComedyUSA

    Synopsis:
    Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and 25 jobs, decides to return to Iowa. Trouble is, when she saved money for the train fare home, she didn’t allow for inflation. So the audacious Susan disguises herself as a 12-year-old (!) and travels for half fare. Found out by the conductors, she hides out in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor. The growing attraction between Susan and Kirby is complicated by his conniving fiancee…and by the myopic Kirby continuing to think “Su-Su” is only 12!Read More »

  • Wolfgang Staudte – Der Untertan AKA The Kaiser’s Lackey (1951)

    1951-1960ComedyDramaGermanyWolfgang Staudte

    Synopsis:
    ‘This historical satire, based on Heinrich Mann’s world-famous novel, Der Untertan, is ranked by film critics among the 100 Most Significant German Films of all time. In Mann’s biting critique of conservative Wilhelmine Germany, written during WWI, Diederich Hessling learns an important lesson for an ambitious man: one must first serve power to gain power for oneself. From then on, his modus operandi is to bow to superiors and kick underlings.’
    – DEFA Film LibraryRead More »

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