Monkey Business is a comedy about rejuvenation, a serious theme; how­ever, director Howard Hawks’s treatment of the subject does not emphasize this seriousness. His approach is to make the situations resulting from the premise as …

When Francis Iles wrote the novel Before the Fact, from which Suspicion was drawn, it had a fascinating ending. While the film was in production, Hitchcock must have been aiming toward that same ending since …

The romantic comedy is a staple of the Hollywood film. In this type of film a woman usually chooses between two men, and she virtually always chooses the more romantic and unconventional of the two …

Every film buff has their own special movie that they think tops the list of the funniest movies of all time.  But humor is a very subjective thing, so deciding upon the funniest movies of …

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

Released: 1944 (completed 1941) Production: Frank Capra for Warner Bros. Direction: Frank Capra Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein; based on the play of the
same name by Joseph Kesselring …