Film based on life of actress Gertrude Lawrence, on- and offstage, takes the opportunity to feature extravagant musical production numbers with ‘Julie Andrews’, acting, singing and dancing. Read More »
Comedy
Arizona Dream (1993) Emir Kusturica, Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Read More »
Pin Up Girl (1944) H. Bruce Humberstone, Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become “engaged” to almost every serviceman she’s signed her pin-up photo for. Read More »
Paid to Love (1927) Howard Hawks, George O’Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald
An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank’s money and shore up the country’s weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Read More »
Fig Leaves (1926) Howard Hawks, George O’Brien, Olive Borden, Phyllis Haver
In the modern day (1920s) story, Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she accidentally meets a supercilious fashion designer. Read More »
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) Walter Lang, Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain
“Cheaper By the Dozen”, based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island to Montclair, New Jersey Read More »
Sleepwalk with Me (2012) Seth Barrish, Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn
“I’m going to tell you a story, and it’s true…. I always have to tell people that.” So asserts comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia directly to the viewer Read More »
The Mystery of Mr. X (1934) Edgar Selwyn, Richard Boleslawski, Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, Lewis Stone
There have been a spate of London police murders, the victims always killed by a long knife (which the police know is a sword cane) Read More »
Dont Give Up the Ship (1959) Norman Taurog, Jerry Lewis, Dina Merrill, Diana Spencer
John Paul Steckler was the Junior Officer aboard a destroyer when WWII ended. He gets stuck with the job of sailing the ship to the states to be decommissioned. Read More »
A Piece of the Action (1977) Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones
Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Read More »