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November 16th, 2014: It Happened One Night (1934)

Nov16 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Screwball, The Original Tagged Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Columbia Pictures, Frank Capra, New York City, Ward Bond

November 13th, 2014: The Invisible Woman (1940)

Nov13 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, In Name Only Sequel, Movie of the Day, Romance, Sci-Fi, Screwball, Sequel, Slapstick Tagged alcoholic, Best Special Effects Nominee, broke, butler, Curt Siodmak, Donald MacBride, Edward Brophy, gangsters, invisibility, Invisible Man, John Barrymore, John Howard, maid, Margaret Hamilton, Mexico, models, Oskar Homolka, playboy, Science!, scientists, Shemp Howard, The Border, the declining years, Universal Pictures, Virginia Gibb

October 6th, 2014: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Oct6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick Tagged Arthur Freed, backstage, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Gene Kelly, Hollywood, Jean Hagen, Loew's, MGM, prima donna, Rita Moreno, Stanley Donen

August 30th, 2014: Topper Returns

Aug30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Fantasy, Ghost, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Screwball, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof, Whodunnit Tagged "only I can see it", Billie Burke, car accident, car chase, cash-in, cave, chauffeur, cops, ditz, Donald MacBride, Eddie Anderson, George Zucco, ghost must solve own murder, H. B. Warner, Hal Roach, Hal Roach Studios, heiress, hen pecked husband, husband, incompetent cops, Joan Blondell, low-budget, maid, mansion, Roland Young, room switch, scared working class people, seal, secret door, smugglers, stereotypes, United Artists, wife, wrong victim

May 10th, 2014: Top Hat (1935)

May10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance, Screwball Tagged "England", Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Dance Direction Nominee, Best Original Song Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, dance, dancers, designer, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, high fashion, hotel, Irving Berlin, Italy, London, Max Steiner, meet cute, models, RKO, Venice

April 16th, 2014: Desk Set

Apr16 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged 20th Century Fox, evil computer, Gig Young, Henry Ephron, Joan Blondell, Katherine Hepburn, librarian, library, Phoebe Ephron, Spencer Tracy, Walter Lang, William Marchant

February 19th, 2014: Something Wild (1986)

Feb19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Comedy, Crime, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Screwball, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, Charles Napier, ex-husband, high school reunion, insanity, Jeff Daniels, John Cale, John Sayles, John Waters, Jonathan Demme, kidnapping, Laurie Anderson, Melanie Griffith, MPDG, Ray Liotta, Tracey Walter

December 23rd, 2013: Bell, Book, and Candle (1958)

Dec23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged apartment, beatniks, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Columbia Pictures, Elsa Lanchester, Ernie Kovacs, Greenwich Village, Hermione Gingold, Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, jazz, Kim Novak, musical interlude, New York City, publisher, sexy neighbor, witch, writer

December 13th, 2013: 1941

Dec13 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Assumed Identity, Comedy, Event Film, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick, War Movies Tagged Battle of Los Angeles, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Bob Gale, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, Dub Taylor, Eddie Deezen, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, General Stilwell, German Navy, Japanese Navy, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Landis, John Milius, John Williams, Lionel Stander, Lorraine Gray, Los Angeles, model airplanes, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Nazis, Ned Beatty, riot, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, submarine, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, troubled production, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates, Wendie Jo Sperber, World War Two, zoot suit riots, zoot suits

November 27th, 2013: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Nov27 by Professor Mortis

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8 Comments Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Screwball, Slapstick Tagged airplane, Ben Stein, Chicago, Dylan Baker, Edie McClurg, Gary Riley, Hughes Entertainment, John Candy, John Hughes, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Lawrence, Michael McKean, Paramount Pictures, rental car, Steve Martin, Thanksgiving, train, triple threat

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