Archive for Comedy (1930′s)
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“She Married Her Boss”
(1935 – Columbia)
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Produced by Louis Silvers
Starring Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas,
Michael Bartlett, Raymond Walburn, Jean Dixon
Katharine Alexander, Edith Fellows
Clara Kimball Young, and Charles Arnt

“She Married Her Boss” (1935 – Columbia)

“She Married Her Boss” (1935 – Columbia)
Theatrical Poster

Melvyn Douglas, Edith Fellows, and Claudette Colbert in “She Married Her Boss” (1935)

Claudette Colbert in “She Married Her Boss” (1935).

Claudette Colbert in “She Married Her Boss” (1935).

Jean Dixon and Claudette Colbert in “She Married Her Boss” (1935)

Edith Fellows and Claudette Colbert in “She Married Her Boss” (1935)

Raymond Walburn and Melvyn Douglas in “She Married Her Boss” (1935)

Melvyn Douglas and Claudette Colbert in “She Married Her Boss” (1935)

Melvyn Douglas and Claudette Colbert in “She Married Her Boss” (1935)

Melvyn Douglas and Claudette Colbert in “She Married Her Boss” (1935)
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Directed by Howard Hawks
Produced by Cliff Reid and Howard Hawks
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant,
Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett, Barry Fitzgerald,
May Robson, Fritz Feld, Leona Roberts,
George Irving, Tala Birell, Virginia Walker

“Bringing Up Baby” (1938 – RKO)

“Bringing Up Baby” (1938 – RKO) Theatrical Poster

Nissa, the 8 year old Leopard who played ‘Baby’ in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Cary Grant with Katharine Hepburn in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Katharine Hepburn with Nissa (Baby) in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Cary Grant in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938).

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938

Katharine Hepburn and Nissa (Baby) in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Katharine Hepburn and Charles Ruggle in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938).

Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Charles Ruggle, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and May Robson in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Cary Grant, Nissa, and Katharine Hepburn in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938).

Cary Grant, May Robson, and Geraldine Hall in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and May Robson in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Pat O’Malley, and Walter Catlett in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Walter Catlett, and Pat O’Malley in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)
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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
(1935 – Warner Brothers)
Winner of two Academy Awards
Nominated for four Academy Awards
Directed by Max Reinhardt
Produced by Henry Blanke
Starring Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale,
Hobart Cavanaugh, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander,
Olivia de Havilland, Jean Muir, Grant Mitchell,
Frank McHugh, Dewey Robinson, James Cagney, Mickey Rooney.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1935 – Warner Brothers)

Anita Louise in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1935)

Mickey Rooney in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1935)

James Cagney in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1935)

James Cagney and Anita Louise in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1935)

James Cagney with Anita Louise in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1935)

Mickey Rooney (right) in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1935)

Olivia de Havilland and Dick Powell in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1935)

Verree Teasdale, Ian Hunter, Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, Jean Muir, Ross Alexander, and Grant Mitchell in “A Misummer Night’s Dream” (1935)
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“Free and Easy”
(1930 – MGM)
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Produced by Buster Keaton and Edward Sedgwick
Starring Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Trixie
Friganza, Robert Montgomery, Fred Niblo,
Edgar Dearing, Gwen Lee, John Miljan,
Lionel Barrymore, William Haines,
William Collier, Sr., Dorothy Sebastian

“Free and Easy” (1930 – MGM)

Buster Keaton in “Free and Easy” (1930)

Buster Keaton in “Free and Easy” (1930)

Buster Keaton and Anita Page in “Free and Easy” (1930)

Buster Keaton and Anita Page in “Free and Easy” (1930)

Buster Keaton and Anita Page in “Free and Easy” (1930)

Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Unknown, and Wallace Beery in “Free and Easy” (1930)
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“After The Thin Man”
(1936 – MGM)
Nominated for one Academy Award
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
Produced by Hunt Stromberg
Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy,
James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia,
Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshall, Teddy Hart,
Sam Levene, Penny Singleton, George Zucco

“After The Thin Man” (1936 – MGM)

Myrna Loy, Asta, William Powell – promo for “After The Thin Man” (1936)

Myrna Loy and William Powell in “After The Thin Man” (1936)

Myrna Loy, William Powell, and Joseph Calleia in “After The Thin Man” (1936)

Myrna Loy and James Stewart in “After The Thin Man” (1936)

Myrna Loy and James Stewart in “After The Thin Man” (1936)

Myrna Loy, William Powell, Sam Levene in “After The Thin Man” (1936)

Edgar Dearing and James Stewart in “After The Thin Man” (1936)

James Stewart and Elissa Landi in “After The Thin Man” (1936)

William Powell, Myrna Loy, Elissa Landi, Sam Levene, and James Stewart in “After The Thin Man” (1936)

Myrna Loy and William Powell in “After The Thin Man” (1936)