Tag: Screwball Comedy

BR: Overboard (1987)

BR: Overboard (1987)

September 24, 2021 | By

A cruel socialite with amnesia + a rustic family led by a giddy sleazebag may not follow the more genteel scenarios of classic screwball comedies, but Dixon’s script features…

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DVD: On the Avenue (1937)

DVD: On the Avenue (1937)

July 26, 2018 | By

Boasting songs by Irving Berlin and top crooners Dick Powell and Alice Faye, On the Avenue has aged extraordinarily well, perhaps because of a crucial combination of amiable top-level talent…

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BR: Fortune, The (1975)

BR: Fortune, The (1975)

May 4, 2015 | By

Twilight Time’s release of Mike Nichols’ The Fortune on Blu-ray (apparently its first-ever home video release) kind of echoes the situation of Peter Bodganovich’s At Long Last Love (1975), a film similarly written-off as a box office dud that vanished from distribution and took decades to emerge in a pristine HD transfer…

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BR: What’s Up, Doc? (1972)

BR: What’s Up, Doc? (1972)

November 2, 2010 | By

Film: Good/ BR Transfer: Excellent / BR Extras: Very Good Label/Studio: Warner Home Video / Catalogue: 30000-32463 / Region: All / Released: August 10, 2010 Synopsis:  Four identical suitcases yielded comedic chaos during a convention for twerpy musicologists. Special Features: Audio Commenary by director Peter Bogdanovich / Scene Specific Audio Commentary by star Barbra Streisand / […]

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