Category Archives: Comedy

“What’s Up, Tiger Lily?” (1966)

Posted on May 15, 2018 by vintage45

Woody Allen’s first movie is his take off on the secret agent genre. He’s taken the Japanese spy movie,”International Secret Police:Key Of Keys” and turned it on its head. It’s loaded with babes,bullets,action and…laughs. The movie opens with a lot … Continue reading →

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Fighting Stock (1935)

Posted on May 10, 2018 by vintage45

Comedy where the jokes come fast and it’s easy to miss some of them. The lines are delivered as parts of normal conversation as opposed to being exaggerated and that makes them funny. All they wanted was a quiet time … Continue reading →

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Crooner (1932)

Posted on May 4, 2018 by vintage45

Story of a singer who finally hit it big thanks to a gimmick. It all goes to his head. The music is bland but there are parts where it’s supposed to be. Ted Taylor (David Manners) leads a college band … Continue reading →

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Service De Luxe (1938) (Film Debut Of Vincent Price)

Posted on April 26, 2018 by vintage45

The first movie appearance of Vincent Price is a romantic comedy with Constance Bennett. He’s an inventor and she’s a businesswoman. He doesn’t like bossy women, especially career women. She wants a man who doesn’t need constant care. This is … Continue reading →

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It Happened In Flatbush (1942)

Posted on April 24, 2018 by vintage45

Lloyd Nolan is at the top of his form in this movie about a Brooklyn baseball team fighting to go from chumps to champs. There’s no reference to the Dodgers. It has the typical feelings of the day that there’s … Continue reading →

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Sitting Pretty (1948)

Posted on April 23, 2018 by vintage45

First of three movies about the snobbish genius Lynn Belvedere. Clifton Webb was nominated for Best Actor. The Oscar went to Laurence Olivier for “Hamlet.” The movie features what happens when a man is hired as a babysitter for a … Continue reading →

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You’re Never Too Young (1955)

Posted on April 16, 2018 by vintage45

Jerry Lewis spends most of the movie masquerading as an eleven year old. He’s being pursued by a killer and diamond thief played by Raymond Burr. He trails him to a school for girls where Dean Martin is a teacher. … Continue reading →

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Boy,Did I Get A Wrong Number! (1966)

Posted on April 13, 2018 by vintage45

Bland comedy with Bob Hope as a real estate salesman who gets mixed up with movie sex symbol Elke Sommer. On a positive note, Sommer proves that sex symbols can be funny. No question that she looks great throughout the … Continue reading →

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The Facts Of Life (1960)

Posted on April 6, 2018 by vintage45

Lucille Ball drops the wacky persona for this romantic comedy with Bob Hope. They’re two suburbanites bored with their lives and marriages that end up falling for each other. The movie is done really well and without slapstick and overall … Continue reading →

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Roxie Hart (1942)

Posted on April 5, 2018 by vintage45

Basis for the hit 2002 movie “Chicago.”  This is a must see comedy. Ginger Rogers is at the top of her game as accused murderess Roxie Hart. It’s 1942. Reporter Homer Howard (George Montgomery) is in a bar with a … Continue reading →

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