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Rare Documentary Joke
Page 7 from 29th May 1981Melvin and Howard ("A" Gate, One and Screen on the Green) is not a specially stirring title. But the film is fascinating. No doubt the spell it......
An Essay In Old-time Crazy Comedy
Page 7 from 30th June 1972AFTER the enthusiasm roused (in me, too) by "The Last Picture Show," Peter Bogdanovich's new farce, What's Up, Doe? ("U," Warner Rendezvous) is......
Variations On An American Theme
Page 7 from 19th June 1964A MERICA'S folksy or wholesome themes are having growing pains in adjusting to today's neckingbefore-divorce civilization. Few stranger twists of......
The Film
Page 10 from 11th February 1938In The Heart Or In The Head American Fancy In Two Versions From IRIS CONLAY, Catholic Herald Film Critic Skyscraper champion of the world, where......
Laughter And Surprise
Page 6 from 23rd August 1974Laughter has become one of the cinema's most lamented lost pleasures. So last week I welcomed two movies which allowed me the rare relief of......
Forty Years On Daring Revisited
Page 6 from 2nd March 1984PRUDENT people have always been chary of seeing movies of their favourite books. Today's multiple media versions are teaching us also to beware of......
Cinema
Page 9 from 3rd April 1936By Celluloid NEW FILMS " Desire " The Plaza Ernst Lubitsch, the Puck amongst producers, has proved himself another Pommer in his ability to......
Brieks Without Straw
Page 6 from 31st May 1940George and Margaret I WELL remember—and it is something of a tribute to that prolific critic that I do remember from so long ago— a number of......
At The Cinema *******
Page 10 from 12th May 1961AN INNOCENT AT LARGE By FREDA BRUCE LOCKHART ALL IN A NIGHTS WORK Certificate "A" Director: Joseph Anthony N 0BODY I imagine would pretend that......
For Them The Race Is Life
Page 6 from 23rd July 1971M OTOR racing is my most unfavourite sport (yes, I even prefer all-in wrestling on TV!). Yet I try to remind myself not only of its popularity with......