Screwball Comedy Music and Pacing: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944 film)
Film historian, biographer, and author Steven C. Smith (Music By Max Steiner (Oxford 2020)) and Aliece Pickett discuss Screwball Comedy Music and Pacing in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944 film), and Max Steiner’s score. The film stars Cary Grant and Raymond Massey, director Frank Capra, screenplay writer Julius Epstein and Philip Epstein, and the pacing of film editor Daniel Mandell.
Steven C. Smith on The Art of Composing a Screwball Comedy-Underscore: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944 film intro)
Film historian, biographer, and author Steven C. Smith (Music By Max Steiner (Oxford 2020)) discusses Max Steiner’s underscore composition for the Screwball Comedy Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). The film stars Cary Grant and Raymond Massey, director Frank Capra, screenplay writer Julius Epstein and Philip Epstein, film editor Daniel Mandell. #screwball_film. #screwball_film-society. #screwballcomedy. #carygrant. #frankcapra, #StevenCSmith.MediaSteven.com.
The “Forgotten Man” in Screwball Comedy: My Man Godfrey (1936 film)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett & Lauren Wolfer discuss the “Forgotten Man” in Screwball Comedy: My Man Godfrey (1936 film) and its “Forgotten Director” Gregory La Cave. It stars Carole Lombard, William Powell, and Gail Patrick. #MyManGodfrey. #CaroleLombard. #WilliamPowell. #GailPatrick. #GregoryLaCave. #EugenePallette. #OlympiaKirakou. #AndrewSarris. #ForgottenMan. #ForgottenDirector.
Screwball Comedy, a sex comedy without the sex: Ball of Fire (1941 film)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett & Lauren Wolfer discuss Screwball Comedy, a sex comedy without the sex: Ball of Fire (1941 film), its cinematographer Gregg Toland, and slang and script writers Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. It stars Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. #GaryCooper. #BarbaraStanwyck. #CharlesBrackett. #BillyWilder. #GreggToland. #AndrewSarris. #Slang.
Role Reversal and the Screwball Comedy: His Girl Friday (1949 film)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett & Lauren Wolfer discuss Role Reversal and the Screwball Comedy: His Girl Friday (1949 film) and director Howard Hawks. It stars Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart; production designer Lionel Banks; and costume designer Robert Kalloch. #screwball_film. #screwball_film-society. #screwballcomedy. #CaryGrant. #RosalindRussell. #ralphbellamy. #GeneLockhart. #HowardHawks. #JosephMcBride. #ScottEyman.
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Judy Holliday, from Screwball Heroine to FBI Target: Adam’s Rib (1949 film Intro)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett introduces Adam’s Rib (1949 film), and discusses Judy Holliday’s response to being targeted by the FBI, and her Congressional testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
Who’s Wearing the Pants in Screwball Comedy: Adam’s Rib (1949 film)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Edward Schroeder Who Wears the Pants in Screwball Comedy: Adam’s Rib (1949 film). The film stars Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and Judy Holliday; director George Cukor; and screenplay by Ruth Gordon and Garson Canin. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society. #screwballcomedy. #screwballfilmsociey #KatherineHepburn. #SpencerTracy. #JudyHolliday. #GeorgeCukor. #RuthGordon. #GarsonKanin.
Cedric Gibbons, Art Deco, and the Screwball Comedy: Libeled Lady (1936 film)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Lauren Wolfer: Cedric Gibbons, Art Deco, and the Screwball Comedy: Libeled Lady (1936 film). It stars Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy; director Jack Conway; and screenplay by Maurine Dallas Watkins and Howard Emmett Rogers. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society. #screwballcomedy. #screwballfilmsociey #JeanHarlow. #WilliamPowell. #MyrnaLoy. #SpencerTracy. #JackConway. #MaurineDallasWatkins. #HowardEmmettRogers.
Screwball Comedy’s Sexiest Scene: The Lady Eve (1941 film)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Edward Schroeder the Screwball Comedy’s sexiest scene in The Lady Eve (1941 film). It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda and Charles Coburn; director and writer Preston Sturges. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society. #screwballcomedy. #screwballfilmsociey. #BarbaraStanwyck. #HenryFonda. #CharlesCoburn. #PrestonSturges.
Screwball Comedy of Remarriage: The Philadelphia Story (1940 film)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Lauren Wolfer the Screwball Comedy of Remarriage in The Philadelphia Story (1940 film). It stars Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey; director George Cukor; and screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society. #screwballcomedy. #screwballfilmsociey #KatherineHepburn. #CaryGrant. #JamesStewart. #RuthHussey. #GeorgeCukor. #DonaldOgdenStewart.
Screwball Comedy Marriage-Revolution: The Thin Man (1934 film)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Lauren Wolfer the Screwball Comedy marriage-revolution in The Thin Man (1934 film), and the sleuthing-bantering couple sub-genre. It stars William Powell, Myrna Loy and Maureen O’Sullivan; directed by W.S. Van Dyke; screenplay by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich and story by Dashiell Hammett. #screwball_film. #screwball_film-society. #screwballcomedy. #WilliamPowell. #MyrnaLoy. #MaureenO’Sullivan. #WSVanDyke. #AlbertHackett. #FrancesGoodrich. #DashiellHammett.
Screwball Comedy vs. Slapstick: Bringing Up Baby (1938 film)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Lauren Wolfer the reasons Bringing Up Baby (1938 film) is more Screwball Comedy than Slapstick Comedy. It stars Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, May Robson and Charles Ruggles; director Howard Hawks; and screenplay by Dudley Nichols and Hagar Wilde. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society. #screwballcomedy. #screwballfilmsociey. #KatherineHepburn. #CaryGrant. #MayRobson. #CharlesRuggles. #HowardHawks. #DudleyNichols. #HagarWilde.
Screwball Comedy vs. Romantic Comedy: It Happened One Night (1934 film)
Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Lauren Wolfer the reasons It Happened One Night (1934 film) is more Screwball Comedy than Romantic Comedy. The film stars Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly and Roscoe Karns; director Frank Capra; screenplay by Robert Riskin. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society.
#screwballfilmsociety. #screwballcomedy. #ClaudetteColbert. #ClarkGable. #WalterConnolly. #RoscoeKarns. #FrankCapra.
#RobertRiskin.
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