COMEDY AND THE CRITICS

A Collection of information resources selected and organized by the CHS Librarian for Mrs. Metzger's Research Assignment

The Six Degrees Game: Connecting Movie People


The Director/Actor 

Charlie Chaplin | American Masters 
Chaplin Shorts: Article

Film Reviews:
The Immigrant (PDF)

The Circus (1928)
The Circus film review

Modern Times (1936)
Review for Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times (1936)
"Modern Times" and "Koyaanisqatsi"
OLDIES BUT GOODIES
Modern Times Movie Review
A Chaplin classic sounds off on Hollywood dream factory

The Director/Actor 

Harold Lloyd | American Masters 

Film Reviews:

Safety Last (Review- TV Guide)
1923 - Safety Last! Movies Review
Review of The Freshman [TV Guide]

The Director/Actor 

Buster Keaton | American Masters 
Buster Keaton
Keaton shorts
History, Film and Society - Week 2 Article
Review (Keaton Film): Seven Chances

Film Reviews:

Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr.
Review of Sherlock Jr. (Apollo Movie Guide)
Review of Sherlock Jr.



Review of The General [TV Guide]
The General
Review of General, The (1927) (Apollo Movie Guide)
Review of The General (1927)

The Director 

Comments by Ernst Lubitsch: Concerning Cinematography
Ernst Lubitsch In the Thirties

Film Reviews:

Design for Living Review
Movies Review- Design for Living

The Director 

Leo McCarey

Film Reviews:

Duck Soup Film Review by Roger Ebert
Duck Soup (1933)
Duck Soup Review (at bottom of page)
Duck Soup
Duck Soup (1933)
Duck Soup Review
Review: Duck Soup

The Director 

Capra and the Critics, or: Ideology is only a sliver of life 
"A Capra Moment" by Stanley Cavell
The charm of morality: Frank Capra and his cinema
The Films of Frank Capra

Film Reviews:
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night [TV Guide Review]
Reviews on It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night: Review
It Happened One Night: Movie Review
It Happened One Night [TV Guide Review]

The Director 

Howard Hawks
Keeping up with Hawks. (Style in Cinema, filmmaker Howard Hawks)
Never trust the paper you read. Or the person you love

Film Reviews:
Twentieth Century

Bringing Up Baby Movies Review
Bringing Up Baby
BRINGING UP BABY- Review- [TV Guide]
Bringing Up Baby

I Was a Male War Bride
Reviews > I Was a Male War Bride
Review: I Was a Male War Bride
Review: I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

The Director 

Leo McCarey

Film Reviews:

Review: The Awful Truth (1937) 
Review: The Awful Truth
The Awful Truth (1937): Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy

The Director 

Ants in his pants: Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges: Travelling light
A Gift for Dialogue - Preston Sturges

Film Reviews:
The Lady Eve
The Lady Eve
The Lady Eve (1941)
Lady Eve, The (1941) - Review
The Lady Eve
The Lady Eve (1941)

Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Review - Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels Review
Sullivan's Travels Review
Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels 

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Hail the Conquering Hero Review
Hail the Conquering Hero
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

The Director 

Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder: The Chiaroscuro Artist
Nobody’s Perfect: Billy Wilder and Postwar American Cinema (PDF: See Pg. 36)

Film Reviews:
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Review: The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Review - The Seven Year Itch
Seven Year Itch 
Reviews: The Seven Year Itch

Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Review: Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Comedy and identity in 'Some Like It Hot

The Apartment
The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment
Review: The Apartment (1960) 
Review: The Apartment
The Apartment - [TV Guide Review]
Review: The Apartment

The Director 
Frank Tashlin

Film Reviews:
Review: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?: Review
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
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