The story of Marie Dressler’s career is one of the most anomalous and curious of show business tales.
The film is more intriguing for behind-the-scenes gossip than its rather familiar screwball comedy machinations.
Four classic comedy stars liven up a tepid affair…and a bland DVD package.
The proscenium arch that marks the difference between theater and film doesn’t get obliterated in Cukor’s film.
Dinner at Eight is entitled to a more deluxe treatment.
Contrary to popular opinion, the best moment in The Public Enemy isn’t when Jimmy Cagney shoves a grapefruit in his girlfriend’s face.
James Cagney shoots a horse, and gets himself a career.