Sentences with phrase «thirties screwball»

Before Myrna Loy became the sexy sophisticate of later - thirties screwball comedies and sophisticated romantic baubles, she was a saucy and sassy supporting player whose sly smiles and bedroom eyes turned every male head in the room.

by Walter Chaw An unlikely romance, an unlikely road movie, and an unlikely buddy picture all in one that somehow works (and with a surplus of charm and sweetness), Joel Hopkins's debut feature Jump Tomorrow could be described as either Harold Lloyd by way of Jacques Tati or Jim Jarmusch by way of Thirties screwball.

Not exact matches

What was really happening was that the backstage - Hollywood story was syncing up with the screwball comedies of the thirties.