marissaisgod

> I spotted him in A Guy Named Joe using the same sort > of schtick he displayed in Shop Around The Corner. Ahh! I noticed that also; in the brief period of time I wasn't entirely mesmerized by Tracy. <3

> I think the main difference is that in screwball, the > violence and silliness often takes the place of > sexual activity between the main characters. The main > characters sort of revert 3rd grade, where if a boy > likes a girl (or vice versa) he/she picks on them. In > a couple of books I've read on the subject, the > authors maintain that screwball may have arisen out > of the need to circumvent the production code without > getting too boring...or having to punish the > characters for their sinfulness(yeah, I read a lot > LOL) If you think about it, this sort of makes > sense--most screwball comedies have a love story as > their main plot. I agree with that completely, and also when I think of slapstick I think of something like the three stooges; entertaining and humorous of course, but not very intellectually challenging or dramatic or sorts.

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren BaCall; though I know she didn't make as many as he did, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Clark Gable... There are lots, really.

Personally, I really hope they don't remake Breakfast At Tiffany's, but as far as Casablanca, I remember hearing a rumor a while back that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were interesting in remaking it... I can only pray that that was a rumor and never developed into anything more. -shudders-

I'm new here too, eep. The first classic film I remember atching is "Gone With The Wind", when I was in the sixth grade. I can't recall the first actual film I watched though, it was probably something horrid like a Barney film or sorts.