5 Sep
Father of the Bride Part II (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Something’s Gotta Give (film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Comedy films that are about people and relationships? Scarce!
Comedies that don’t insult our intelligence by embracing the lowest common denominator of crass taste and stupidity? Rare! […]
26 Dec
I recently discovered a gem of a book about screenwriter Irving Brecher entitled The Wicked Wit of the West: The last great Golden-Age screenwriter shares the hilarity and heartaches of working with Groucho, Garland, Gleason, Burns, Berle, Benny & many more.
Oy, that’s a mouthful!
Irving Brecher was a comedy writer and the only screenwriter to write two Marx Brothers movies – At the Circus and Go West – all by himself. He also punched up The Wizard of Oz, wrote Shadow of the Thin Man, Ziegfeld Follies, and adapted musicals Bye Bye Birdie and Meet Me In St. Louis for film.
Harpo Marx called him “Irv the Nerve.”
Groucho Marx called him “The Wicked Wit of the West.”
3 Aug
Billy Wilder… You’ve got to love a guy whose gravestone reads:
Billy Wilder’s grave (Photo credit: Alan Light)
From Brainy Quote:
I’d worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.
If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you.
If there’s anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, is being taken too seriously.
