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• Marx Brothers? Mike K 21:07:48 05/21/00 (0)
  In Reply to: screwball comedy posted by REM on May 15, 2000 at 23:20:03:

  I'm not sure the Marx Brothers are considered screwball comedy,
  but many of their films are quite funny. Mike.
  
  

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• Re: screwball comedy Ears 01:27:08 05/16/00 (5)
  In Reply to: screwball comedy posted by REM on May 15, 2000 at 23:20:03:

  My all-time favorite is "His Girl Friday". Brilliant, continuous rapid-fire dialogue that makes the movie seem to last about 30 minutes. Another I really like is "My Man Godfrey", the one with William Powell and Carole Lombard-not the remake. "You Can't Take It with You" is also great. I think all of "The Thin Man" films would qualify even though they're mystery-comedy. "Holiday", "Ball of Fire", "Love Crazy", "It Happened One Night", & "The Lady Eve" are all worth seeing. "Talk of the Town" isn't quite as screwy as some of the others, but it's still pretty funny. I don't usually think of "Ninotchka" as a screwball comedy, but Garbo really cracks me up in that film.
  
  

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  • Re: screwball comedy T. Buns 22:04:06 05/17/00 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: screwball comedy posted by Ears on May 16, 2000 at 01:27:08:

    Why not just go through the Hawks library, Sturges has some real winners too, Hail the Conquering Hero and The Miracle of Morgans Creek are both wonderful.
    
    

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    • Re: Preston Sturges Rob Doorack 07:15:59 05/22/00 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: screwball comedy posted by T. Buns on May 17, 2000 at 22:04:06:

      Don't forget Sturges' masterpiece "Sullivan's Travels" or "Palm Beach Story". The sequence in the latter film where runaway wife Claudette Colbert falls in with the Ale and Quail Club on a private railroad car is screwball comedy at its best. Sturges wrote some of the smartest, wittiest dialogue in film history.

      Rob Doorack
      Senior Editor, "Listener" magazine
      
      

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  • Re: screwball comedy Daryl 18:06:16 05/17/00 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: screwball comedy posted by Ears on May 16, 2000 at 01:27:08:

    Check out "The Ex Mrs. Bradford", William Powell/Jean Arthur sleuth comedy; "Star Of Midnight", William Powell/Ginger Rogers sleuth comedy; "The Trouble With Harry", Hitchcock comedy/mystery with a young Shirley McLaine; "Arsenic and Old Lace", Cary Grant.
    
    

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  • Garbo is the greatest, and has a great entrance too! (nt) clarkjohnsen 08:37:37 05/16/00 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: screwball comedy posted by Ears on May 16, 2000 at 01:27:08:

    nt
    
    

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    • Re: screwball comedy Netsurfer-X 15:44:28 05/18/00 (0)
      In Reply to: Garbo is the greatest, and has a great entrance too! (nt) posted by clarkjohnsen on May 16, 2000 at 08:37:37:

      Here's some screwball comedies that I like. You might too.

      Groove Tube
      Amazon Women on the Moon (no relation to amazon.com!)
      The Kentucky Fried Movie
      Liar Liar (out-takes in this one!)
      Hot Shots!
      Hot Shots, Part Deux!
      Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different
      Bill Cosby: Himself
      
      

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