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November 21st, 2014: Young Frankenstein (1974)

Nov21 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Comedy, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof, The Original, Unofficial Sequel Tagged 20th Century Fox, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Cloris Leachman, doctor, Frankenstein, Gene Hackman, Gene Wilder, hermit, homage, it's not over, Ken Strickfaden, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Mel Brooks, Teri Garr

November 15th, 2014: National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)

Nov15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in College, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Slapstick Tagged "make out point", bachelor pad, before they were famous, Cesare Danova, Chris Miller, college, college students, Donald Sutherland, Douglas Kenney, Elmer Bernstein, fraternity, Harold Ramis, Ivan Reitman, John Belushi, John Landis, John Vernon, Karen Allen, Kevin Bacon, Mark Metcalf, motorcycle, oversexed college students, parade, Peter Riegert, ROTC, snobs vs. slobs, sorority, Stephen Furst, Thomas Hulce, Tim Matheson, townies, Universal Pictures, Verna Bloom

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

November 9th, 2014: Top Secret! (1984)

Nov9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged before they were famous, cable staple, Communism, David Zucker, East Germany, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrams, Lucy Gutteridge, Michael Gough, Nazis, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, rock and roll, scientists, secret military project, secret police, secret weapon, The Resistance, Val Kilmer, ZAZ

October 29th, 2014: Beetlejuice (1988)

Oct29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Ghost, Movie of the Day, Satire, Slapstick, Spoof, Stop Motion Animation Tagged "New England", Alec Baldwin, artists, Best Makeup, Catherine O'Hara, Danny Elfman, Dick Cavett, exorcist, Geena Davis, Glenn Shadix, interrupted wedding, Michael Keaton, musical interlude, proto-Goth, Robert Goulet, suicide, teens, The Geffen Company, Tim Burton, Tony Cox, wedding, wedding gown, Winona Ryder, yuppies

October 15th, 2014: The Last Dragon (1985)

Oct15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Drama, Event Film, Independent, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Music, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged before they were famous, Berry Gordy, Chazz Palminteri, children of famous people, DeBarge, Ernie Reyes Jr., Harlem, Joseph M. Caracciolo, Keisha Knight Pulliam, kid brother, kidnapping, Mike Starr, Motown Productions, music, music industry, music videos, musical interlude, musicians, New York City, pizza shop, Rockwell, Ron Van Clief, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, talent agents, teens, The Temptations, TriStar Pictures, William H. Macy, Willie Hutch

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

October 4th, 2014: One Week (1920)

Oct4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Short, Silent, Slapstick Tagged accidents, building a house, Buster Keaton, Joseph M. Schenck, Joseph M. Schenck Productions, National Film Registry, sabotage, Sybil Seely

October 2nd, 2014: Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986)

Oct2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Animation, Arthouse, Based on a Comic Strip, Based on a TV Show, Black and White, Comedy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Short, Slapstick, Spoof, Student Film Tagged before they were famous, bounty hunters, Charlie Brown, double cross, gore, homage, insanity, low-budget, pushed too far

September 30th, 2014: What’s Up Tiger Lily?

Sep30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Espionage, Independent, Movie of the Day, Redubbed, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged AIP, Akiko Wakabayashi, egg salad, Japan, Kumi Mizuno, Louise Lasser, low-budget, Mie Hama, The Lovin' Spoonful, Toho, triple threat, Woody Allen

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