Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg at the Cocoanut Grove in 1936 (about three months before Thalberg’s death). Source: A Certain Cinema.
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
Groucho Marx
BBC Just Released A List of The 100 Greatest Comedies Ever (So To Speak)
That’s about as much as you can expect from these critics’ lists. It’s all very subjective– particularly comedy. And I pretty much expected Some Like It Hot to be there; it’s a safe choice lmao. Though it makes sense: that movie is so perfectly constructed and it remains hilarious no matter how many times I revisit it.
BBC Just Released A List of The 100 Greatest Comedies Ever (So To Speak)
A young Charlie Chaplin looking pleasantly overwhelmed by an enthusiastic crowd of admirers at a train stop
Interview With Steve Massa, Author Of “Slapstick Divas”
I’m happy to present this exclusive Silent-ology interview with film historian Steve Massa, talking about his brand-new book Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy!
I am so happy there’s a book about silent movie comediennes. For far too long have the comedic actresses of this period been labelled as “too concerned with being pretty to be funny.” I will so need to get a copy!
Migratory Cocoanuts 