A Night in Casablanca (1946)
Starring: The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, and Harpo) Grade: A You don’t hear this about many people, but Groucho Marx somehow looks natural in a [Read More…]
Category: 1940s
The Great Dictator (1940)
Starring: Charlie ChaplinGrade: Classic Shoutout to Commander Schultz for the risks he took by defying Hynkel to his face, getting accused of treason because of [Read More…]
I’ll Never Heil Again (1941)
Starring: The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, and Curly)Grade: Classic I’ll Never Heil Again is arguably the Three Stooges at their finest. Summary “The characters in [Read More…]
You Nazty Spy! (1940)
Starring: The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, and Curly)Grade: Classic If you wanted to see diplomacy handled by the Three Stooges, You Nazty Spy! is for [Read More…]
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Starring: Charlie ChaplinGrade: B There’s also so many conversational gems from Monsieur Verdoux that you will find yourself genuinely wanting to add to your everyday [Read More…]
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Starring: Maya Deren and Alexandr HackenschmiedGrade: C- Today, you will probably see a better experimental short film at any random film festival. However, that doesn’t [Read More…]
The Big Store (1941)
Starring: The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo) Grade: A+ Though much later in the filmography of the Marx Brothers, The Big Store is still full [Read More…]
White Heat (1949)
Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, and Edmond O’BrienGrade: Classic Not only is White Heat one of the best gangster films of its era, it’s also [Read More…]
