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lindydiva
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| Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy  Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:11 am | |
| I just sent my mother a stack of DVDs for her birthday. One was "Holiday". I do love that film.
Don Ameche was good in screwball, too. Ever see "Midnight"? 1939; it's a late one, but wonderful. And now it's available on DVD. | |
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Marlowe
Dipping a Toe in the Water
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:43 pm | |
| I recently received Bringing Up Baby and it's hard to believe that I hadn't seen this movie before now! It was great! Seeing Hepburn as a "Madcap" heiress was a refreshing change of pace and Asta has got to be one of the great supporting dogs of all time. Fresh off of his triumph in the first two Thin Man movies and The Awful Truth, the canine delivers another Oscar-worthy performance for Howard Hawks!
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Jumpin' Jim
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:22 am | |
| Sarah and I watched Leatherheads last weekend. It was a nice homage to screwball comedies. It was no It Happened One Night, but it was still a lot of fun. And the costumes and sets were superb! | |
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lindydiva
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:29 am | |
| Oh, good! I've really been wanting to see that.
Clooney does have a nice touch with vintage. | |
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Dread Scott
I Really should be Working
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:09 am | |
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lindydiva
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:14 am | |
| H'mm.
I don't think I have that one! It's worth looking into.
Thanks, Dread Scott. | |
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Dread Scott
I Really should be Working
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:57 am | |
| Mon Plaisir, Lindydiva. It is out of print, thus accounting somewhat for it's inflated price on Amazon. I promise you, I didn't pay anything like $60 for my copy.
It has in the back a selected fimlography that ranks the films in question, and whether or not they are available on videotape, betraying it's 1989 print date. That'd be about (though I think I got it at Half-Price Books a few years later, but only a few) when I bought it... which doesn't seem like almost 20 years ago. *sigh* | |
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the_librarian
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:13 pm | |
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lindydiva
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:12 pm | |
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Dread Scott
I Really should be Working
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Title : Rib Tickler
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:41 pm | |
| Oh, Lord - What a lineup - and the evening ain't bad (if you like monster flicks), either! At 3:30am, a classic Harold Lloyd, too. | |
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lindydiva
I get my mail here.
Number of posts : 875
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:28 am | |
| Yes!
If we decide to stay in town, I'll be glued to the tube for a change. (Plenty of iced champagne at hand.) | |
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Dread Scott
I Really should be Working
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Location : Nacogdoches, Texas
Title : Rib Tickler
Registration date : 2008-10-16
| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:47 pm | |
| Try having popcorn with your champagne - I promise you, it is a grand combination, especially with old movies to watch.
An almost sublime experience. | |
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Marlowe
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Sun May 31, 2009 1:39 pm | |
| Did anyone know about these upcoming Screwball Comedy DVD sets? They're listed as being by Sony so I hope they're legit. They have some highly-sought after movies--at least sought after by me:
http://tinyurl.com/m5y3f6 | |
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lindydiva
I get my mail here.
Number of posts : 875
Location : Not New York
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| | Subject: Re: Screwball Comedy Sun May 31, 2009 6:41 pm | |
| I didn't know.
I've seen two of those (and have Theodora Goes Wild, which I adore). H'mmm.
Well, I've just been playing on Amazon with a gift card and bought myself the Carole Lombard Glamour Collection, and The Rage of Paris, as well as some James Cagney and other great stuff.
Better wait for a while! | |
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