BLAKE EDWARDS REDIRECTING PETER SELLERS FOR 'THE PARTY'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-yENWEVGWoZ19qlyG6Xgz5nfZTw0hRsb9QFBMPPGFThWOUeUfTj5emCImxhqupFAn1UUw4Z3qGjLdcA9xffj2h_aLzcsHVZneBF6vJXua7-Smz61QctC1rj70f7SkKaGg7krVnRa6ALeWVxFNmoGZ1ej4kTPmWec0tB3sLzbN8ge-dYrhCfBOiVvP6ZX/s1238/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-22%20at%201.14.42%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-yENWEVGWoZ19qlyG6Xgz5nfZTw0hRsb9QFBMPPGFThWOUeUfTj5emCImxhqupFAn1UUw4Z3qGjLdcA9xffj2h_aLzcsHVZneBF6vJXua7-Smz61QctC1rj70f7SkKaGg7krVnRa6ALeWVxFNmoGZ1ej4kTPmWec0tB3sLzbN8ge-dYrhCfBOiVvP6ZX/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-22%20at%201.14.42%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE PARTY Year: 1968 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Fans of Blake Edward’s PINK PANTHER movies starring Peter Sellers will find similarities between Indian actor Hrundi V. Bakshi and Jacques Clouseau: he destroys the English language (in the opinion of all impatient/uptight characters) and is able to turn any location into a falling-domino calamity...<br> <br> First the movie set where he plays an army bugler who refuses to die after which, behind the scenes, he blows up an entire city/location when the cameras aren’t rolling. <br> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

blake edwards, comedy, counter-culture, denny miller, gavin macleod, peter sellers, sixties, slapstick, steve franken

BLAKE EDWARDS REDIRECTING PETER SELLERS FOR 'THE PARTY'

Title: THE PARTY Year: 1968 Rating: **** Fans of Blake Edward’s PINK PANTHER movies starring Peter Sellers will find similarities between ...

HAWN AND GRODIN CHASE NEIL SIMON'S 'SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CUDjwKBJ6ea_Ku2hsHg8SsiQ_r3AVmnCusQx8zFQdKwraYXJZLhlthYKpLVqKx--b80h115kTj_CX9mVKqNfwNTI1kRNwuM7l2RkWfsD342HzATYXBCnsu6gXtMW4092p3Gb35Sv2gc1x4uslcJqjETnN1jQG_-E0MyuZyYjf1u8mbOHMGE45rwrXVzr/s1868/z.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1868" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CUDjwKBJ6ea_Ku2hsHg8SsiQ_r3AVmnCusQx8zFQdKwraYXJZLhlthYKpLVqKx--b80h115kTj_CX9mVKqNfwNTI1kRNwuM7l2RkWfsD342HzATYXBCnsu6gXtMW4092p3Gb35Sv2gc1x4uslcJqjETnN1jQG_-E0MyuZyYjf1u8mbOHMGE45rwrXVzr/s16000/z.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES Year Released; 1980 Rates: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>While the Hitchcock-style Goldie Hawn romp FOUL PLAY got the critical accolades, with Chevy Chase as her personal Cary Grant, SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES is not only a funnier pairing but better suits Chase's physical comedy...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Even though Hawn, as the wife of a prominent D.A., is the central character, we begin with her flaky ex-husband Chase, an ex-con journalist kidnapped to rob a bank, becoming the Wrong Man and sent into hiding... into Hawn's busy house housing not only her important husband but a nagging maid, a crooked chauffeur and a bevy of orphaned dogs... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

charles grodin, chevy chase, comedy, eighties, ensemble, goldie hawn, neil simon, robert guillaume, slapstick, t.k. carter, wrong man

HAWN AND GRODIN CHASE NEIL SIMON'S 'SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES'

SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES Year Released; 1980 Rates: **** While the Hitchcock-style Goldie Hawn romp FOUL PLAY got the critical accolades, with C...

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND & DICK POWELL IN WARNER'S 'HARD TO GET'

<p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaAtg1PmYdv7r8VC_ig8M9npMLtr3pVZxFkCp72ar9fFFiMt6O5mdWa0IumZ4ySQgrAVvGjpOINNFpceF_0iv95pvwA3v7h59wJoU0lG2qHN8xXtW2Ss6em2YlwxhWAyoroLn6el1EEKnRvPHqWtLFXp0TECMRY_QwTcu9hgZxo29dyFF3uo1kX0EZeA=s1172" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaAtg1PmYdv7r8VC_ig8M9npMLtr3pVZxFkCp72ar9fFFiMt6O5mdWa0IumZ4ySQgrAVvGjpOINNFpceF_0iv95pvwA3v7h59wJoU0lG2qHN8xXtW2Ss6em2YlwxhWAyoroLn6el1EEKnRvPHqWtLFXp0TECMRY_QwTcu9hgZxo29dyFF3uo1kX0EZeA=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Olivia de Havilland & Dick Powell in 1938 Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Gas station attendant Dick Powell punishes cash-less rich girl Olivia de Havilland, forcing her to scrub floors of the adjoining motel: Yet <i>she's the one</i> who seeks the plot's revenge, pretending to be her rich dad's maid instead of daughter (replaced by real maid Penny Singleton); and Powell's more than a poor man's dreamer, holding a grand idea for a "modernized" gas station...<br> <br> Long story short, Olivia falls in love after Powell croons "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" by moonlight, and then has to get out of the hole she's dug herself involving that lie... </p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

bonita granville, charles winninger, dick powell, olivia de havilland, penny singleton, romantic comedy, slapstick, warner archives

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND & DICK POWELL IN WARNER'S 'HARD TO GET'

Olivia de Havilland & Dick Powell in 1938 Rates: ***1/2 Gas station attendant Dick Powell punishes cash-less rich girl Olivia de Havill...

TOASTING NEW YEARS WITH NEW YEARS PARTY FLICK 'GET CRAZY'

<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCbks5HNHsh7VuJbK-jIxPj9WX46HR4XnzuHUaGEhx85J9PeU0e4mG9BlrJQIuod1Xd75A2bYU64TxMaFutbRTZWp0ck3R0rP3xLg1SUyNPBu78HqY_Ylc93Vh1pRMFm3BCDk130pvzqh8YnJSxgzogaCUAEu7ow8TUaIuVcRHq6SPgyJldjzxFC6kFw7/s1406/Screen%20Shot%202025-08-30%20at%207.45.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1406" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCbks5HNHsh7VuJbK-jIxPj9WX46HR4XnzuHUaGEhx85J9PeU0e4mG9BlrJQIuod1Xd75A2bYU64TxMaFutbRTZWp0ck3R0rP3xLg1SUyNPBu78HqY_Ylc93Vh1pRMFm3BCDk130pvzqh8YnJSxgzogaCUAEu7ow8TUaIuVcRHq6SPgyJldjzxFC6kFw7/w400-h295/Screen%20Shot%202025-08-30%20at%207.45.58%20PM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: GET CRAZY Year: 1983 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <i>Stoned Out</i> trope from EASY RIDER to BREAKFAST CLUB overdoses in Alan Arkush's GET CRAZY where drugs allow the characters to miraculously change their ways: Not like there's any doubt things wouldn't have turned out perfectly for Bill Graham-inspired Max Wolfe (Allen Garfield), preparing for his club's New Year's 15-year anniversary concert with acts from blues-man Bill Henderson to campy anthem-rocker Malcolm McDowell's Reggie Wanker, who, living up to his last name and high on groovy juice provided by a magical drug dealer, talks to his own... wanker... <br></p><p>Meanwhile, club managers Daniel Stern and Gail Edwards almost amount to a romance but there's so much ongoing music and old style physical comedy exploding in every direction, no real plots can bother with GET CRAZY: Mixing an eclectic ensemble also including McDowell's hot Swedish girlfriend Anna Bjorn, crooked mogul Ed Begley Jr. trying to purchase the club using the owner's selfish nephew while Lou Reed walks the streets thinking up a comeback song, Lee Ving stage dives and Stern's gorgeous little sister Stacey Nelkin's dying to meet a rock star, any rock star that, again... comes to nothing but noise: And perhaps that's deliberate in a fantasy-infused rock-comedy attempting 1960's legendary-free-form raunchiness in the glossy-slapstick 1980's by way of 1970's cult movie cameo-loaded frenzy... which is kind of a shame since the central characters have potential to stretch beyond the surrounding shenanigans. <br></p>

allan arkush, allen garfield, anna bjorn, bill henderson, comedy, daniel stern, denise galik, ed begley jr., eighties, gail edwards, lee ving, lou reed, malcolm mcdowell, miles chapin, music, slapstick, stacey nelkin

TOASTING NEW YEARS WITH NEW YEARS PARTY FLICK 'GET CRAZY'

Title: GET CRAZY Year: 1983 Rating: *** The Stoned Out trope from EASY RIDER to BREAKFAST CLUB overdoses in Alan Arkush's GET CRAZY whe...

SILENT MOVIE

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67RY1pgowHoxd12C5BDijIlXFFa-v8l6RI6PYiv_mKoOkDIfsRoMOEaxMlUrDWMbpZ2TkEOu62PpnyqEGlpJYU2bSWuvW9SOb01OP7SQiy3CcblHlqUiMqE6rOSir0gzrb3gbbul-MOU/s1600/silent-movie.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604057662272528482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67RY1pgowHoxd12C5BDijIlXFFa-v8l6RI6PYiv_mKoOkDIfsRoMOEaxMlUrDWMbpZ2TkEOu62PpnyqEGlpJYU2bSWuvW9SOb01OP7SQiy3CcblHlqUiMqE6rOSir0gzrb3gbbul-MOU/s200/silent-movie.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 178px; height: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title: </span>SILENT MOVIE<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">year:</span> 1976<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">cast: </span>Mel Brooks, Dom Deluise, Marty Feldman, Burt Reynolds, James Caan<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> ***1/2<br /><br />Mel Brooks makes a silent movie (with title cards and all) about a has-been director with a crazy idea: to make a silent movie. Brooks, along with Dom Deluise and Marty Feldman, drive around seeking big stars for their picture: Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Paul Newman, and Liza Minelli: all victims of the trio's non-stop physical comedy. Harold Gould as a keystone corporate villain and Bernedette Peters as the love interest snag the hijinks a bit, but the action always finds new ground. Not hilarious like BLAZING SADDLES, but you'll be entertained.

burt reynolds, comedy, dom deluise, james caan, mel brooks, paul newman, seventies, slapstick

SILENT MOVIE

title: SILENT MOVIE year: 1976 cast: Mel Brooks, Dom Deluise, Marty Feldman, Burt Reynolds, James Caan rating: ***1/2 Mel Brooks makes a s...