Russian sub runs aground on New England island. Crew comes ashore to try to acquire a power-boat to help dislodge the sub. As more and more islanders realize there are Russians around (recall: this is at height of cold War), crazy, tongue-in-cheek panic breaks out everywhere. At length, an armed Mexican standoff between the Russians and islanders develops, when a boy falling out of a church window leads to an unexpected resolution. Continue reading…
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Another roaring Preston Sturges movie. Continue reading…
This is not an “important” film, but it is very funny, and funny movies are so rare that I will try to mention them whenever I find one. Also, it is less than an hour and a half, which is also desirable. Continue reading…
Another Preston Sturges rollicking surprise-twist comedy.
What would you do if you won the big prize and got the check, but it was Continue reading…
In an interesting article about three 20th century Montgomery, Alabama women (Sara Mencken, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Tallulah Bankhead), Gail Jarvis explains one attribute of the Southern Belle: Continue reading…
This seems to have been made for the specific purpose of show-casing as many comedians in funny roles as possible. Usually, the comedians are shown in small groups acting out situations that are subplots of the main arc, which is the mad dash cross-California to retrieve a large hidden stash of money that they find out about at the beginning from something Jimmy Durante tells them just before (literally) kicking the bucket. Continue reading…
