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Dudley Moore plays a composer who suspects his wife of cheating. He plots to kill her and frame it on her lover. The whole movie sort of compares his expectations of a perfect result to reality. In the end nothing turns out as planned.
Robbie, the singer and Julia, the waitress are both engaged to be married but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.
Director:
Frank Coraci
Stars:
Adam Sandler,
Drew Barrymore,
Christine Taylor
When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally steers Moose Moran's girl away from a winning bet, he is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry gangster. Fortunately it's Christmas, a time ... See full summary »
Loretta Dalrymple, a homely young country girl comes to New York City and gets a job as a chambermaid in a large hotel. She meets Ed Olson, a photographer out of work, and Dan Riley, a ... See full summary »
A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view.
Director:
Ronald Neame
Stars:
Maggie Smith,
Robert Stephens,
Pamela Franklin
Rene is broke and Kay is a rich actress visiting Paris. They meet, share a cab and dinner. He is smitten by her, but she leaves for London and he follows. At her house, when he cooks the ... See full summary »
Directors:
Mervyn LeRoy,
Bobby Connolly
Stars:
Carole Lombard,
Fernand Gravey,
Ralph Bellamy
Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of infidelity. While conducting a symphony orchestra, he imagines three different ways of dealing with the situation. When the concert ends, he tries acting out his fantasies, but things do not go as well in reality as they did in his imagination. Written by
John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
Carole Landis, who was dating Harrison at the time, was originally to play Daphne. But personal problems between them caused her to be replaced by Linda Darnell. See more »
Goofs
Just prior to the first murder-scenario fantasy, Sir Alfred's shadow is visible on the rear-screen projection screen as the camera tracks in on his eye. See more »
Quotes
Alfred:
A thousand poets dreamed a thousand years, and you were born, my love.
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I like comedy movies, and this one is pretty good. It was a little confusing and seemed to run out of steam towards the end (the slapstick sequence was amusing, but went on too long, and the revenge fantasties were just bizzare). But nontheless, there are a few jokes that stand out. If I had to watch a Sturges movie I had already seen for a second time, I'd rather watch "The Palm Beach Story". But what the heck. A movie ending on a screen-kiss between Rex Harrison and the lovely Linda Darnell can't be all bad.
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I like comedy movies, and this one is pretty good. It was a little confusing and seemed to run out of steam towards the end (the slapstick sequence was amusing, but went on too long, and the revenge fantasties were just bizzare). But nontheless, there are a few jokes that stand out. If I had to watch a Sturges movie I had already seen for a second time, I'd rather watch "The Palm Beach Story". But what the heck. A movie ending on a screen-kiss between Rex Harrison and the lovely Linda Darnell can't be all bad.