Tag Archives: screwball comedy
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo premiered in May of 1958, and later that year another James Stewart/Kim Novak pairing, the Christmas-themed Bell, Book and Candle, was released just in time for the holidays. (The film’s New York premiere was on Christmas day.) The two make … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 50's, Beatnik, Christmas, Comedy, Elsa Lanchester, Ernie Kovacs, Fantasy, Hermione Gingold, James Stewart, Kim Novak, screwball comedy, Witch, witches
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Double Feature: Remember Last Night? (1935)/Somewhere in the Night (1946)
My memory isn’t so great these days; and, anyway, memory plays tricks. Do I remember Remember Last Night? (1935)…let’s see, it was a couple days ago, and I’ll be damned if I can remember who actually did it in this … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Smoking Gun
Tagged 30's, 40's, Comedy, film noir, hangover, James Whale, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Mystery, Robert Young, screwball comedy, Whodunit
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