Recent content by Will Krupp

I apologize, Mark. Comedies of remarriage HAVE come to be included as a subgenre in the modern umbrella definition of "screwball" so I misunderstood your comments as including them as well.

Well, screwball comedy, like its namesake the screwball pitch, has traditionally been defined as a farce that spins in an unexpected way. The screwball comedy parodies traditional romantic comedies and usually casts the female protagonist as the aggressor, satirizes class (almost always at the...

I've seen all of these movies listed examples online of "screwball comedies" and The Awful Truth is the only one that comes close, in my opinion, to having any of the hallmarks. I think the definition of screwball comedy has been given a large dose of revisionism to include any romantic comedy...

Is it actually a screwball comedy, though? What about the movie qualifies it as one?

Throw Three Days of the Condor into the mix and you've got yourself a deal, Walter! :)

I was thinking the EXACT same thing!

I can't tell if you're being serious or not (?) but she explains that her name is really Dawn and that she transposed the letters to make it more memorable. The character is a satirical portrayal of a not-too-bright starlet and it makes perfect sense. It's actually a funny joke when you stop to...

The delicious quotes are endless! The line I posted isn't actually in the movie. It was from the one joke Brooks thought was too dirty to keep and that he cut himself!

"I hate to disillusion you, ma'am..."

It was an (old) April Fool's joke: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/tt/Beavers_initial_Blu-ray_line.htm

You just reminded me and now I could kick myself for leaving Bachelor in Paradise (1961) off my list! It's a perfect time capsule of the mid-century American suburban dream with a catalogue of middle-class pleasures, including drive-in restaurants, gleaming new supermarkets, bowling alleys...

Oh, wow, what a fun idea! Some of my picks would be: The Black Camel (1931) Early Charlie Chan mystery set on, and filmed in, 1931 Hawaii with gorgeous shots of a pre-skyscraper Waikiki Beach and actually filmed, in part, in the lobby and public areas of the then five-year-old Royal Hawaiian...

I think it would have worked, too. No one was on more of a hot streak than Travolta in 1978-79 and I hope Gere sent him flowers, at least!

"Jasper LaMar Crabbe?!? I THINK I would have remembered!"

Some very astute observations all throughout your post, Jim, thanks! It has to be said that the casting director deserves some kind of a medal for casting the women in Julian's life against expectations. Not only do we get the marvelous K Callan and Carole Cook but, in somewhat smaller roles...