BLITHE SPIRIT (2020) An impulse purchase this week: I suspect it was the subliminal effect of the tarot spread in the cover image. And I like Judi Dench. And Dan Stevens. And I love Coward, the snap and crackle of his dialogue. Certainly the play could use an update — like removing all the casual…
Tag: writing comedy
Is It Funny? Episode 11 – Anita Loos & Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
This episode is about the fabulously funny film THE WOMEN from the play by Clare Boothe Luce, scripted by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin.
Silly Saturday: Princess Charming (1934)
‘What is that?’ ‘That is the revolution, your highness.’ ‘Much too early! So inconsiderate.’ Here’s a peek inside the ping-pong balls that crash about in my brain: yesterday Mr B posted his Film for a Friday Get Cracking, a fine George Formby offering — I assume! You see I started watching it, thinking I could…
Is It Funny? Episode 10 – The Women (1939)
This episode is about the fabulously funny film THE WOMEN from the play by Clare Boothe Luce, scripted by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin.
Is It Funny? Episode 9 – Eddie Braben
This episode is mostly about the exceptional comedy of genius of Eddie Braben who crafted the Morecambe & Wise you know.