When the lead robber in their gang steals the money from his two companions, a cat and mouse/back and forth game plays out as the men try to get the money for themselves. Read More »
Comedy
The Richest Girl in the World (1934) William A. Seiter, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Comedy, Romance
Dorothy Hunter is an heiress of untold wealth. She believes no one will love her for herself and not for her money, so she pretends to be her secretary Sylvia while Sylvia pretends to be Dorothy. Read More »
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) George Cukor, Jeanne Crain, Thelma Ritter, Scott Brady, Comedy, Romance
Marriage broker Mae Swasey, who somewhat cynically arranges her loser clients’ affairs, meets model Kitty Bennett and can’t resist meddling in her life Read More »
Les grands ducs / The Grand Dukes (1996) Patrice Leconte, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Comedy
Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions.
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Barbarella (1968) Roger Vadim, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In the year 40,000, voluptuous astronaut Barbarella lands on the icy planet Lythion and sets out to find renowned scientist Durand Durand in the City of Night Read More »
At Long Last Love (1975) Peter Bogdanovich, Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn, Comedy, Romance, Musical
This film was Peter Bogdanovich’s homage to musical comedies of the 1930s. A millionaire named Michael Oliver Pritchard III and a singer named Kitty O’Kelly meet and fall in love. Read More »
Gigot (1962) Gene Kelly, Jackie Gleason, Katherine Kath, Gabrielle Dorziat, Comedy
A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Read More »
Accent on Youth (1935) Wesley Ruggles, Sylvia Sidney, Herbert Marshall, Phillip Reed, Comedy, Romance
Steven Gaye, a successful New York playwright has passed forty and thinks he has bid farewell to the world of romance. Read More »
Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) Alexander Hall, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Walter Connolly, Comedy
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, confides to English Professor Ronald Brooke that she is willing to gold-dig and blackmail her way to a Paris vacation. Read More »
O.H.M.S. / Youre in the Army Now (1937) Raoul Walsh, Wallace Ford, John Mills, Anna Lee, Action, Comedy, Drama
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Read More »