DownGoesFrazier Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Can any male twosome top the comic chemistry between Peter Falk and Alan Arkin in THE IN-LAWS? They should have done more films together. Reminiscent of Lemmon and Matthau. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Can any male twosome top the comic chemistry between Peter Falk and Alan Arkin in THE IN-LAWS? They should have done more films together. Reminiscent of Lemmon and Matthau. Laurel & Hardy rule. But I suppose you meant a non-traditional comic team pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Laurel & Hardy rule. But I suppose you meant a non-traditional comic team pairing. Yes. Pairs that were not a formal comedy team. Arkin and Falk meshed incredibly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Your examples may be the tops but here are a few others: Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot Sean Connery and Michael Caine in The Man Who Would Be King - granted not strictly a comedy. Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, The Producers Robert Redford and Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and The Sting Donald Sutherland and Gene Wilder in Start the Revolution Without Me Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould in MASH Elliott Gould and George Segal in California Split Paul Giamatti and Thomas Hayden Church in Sideways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin in one of the best action comedy-dramas ever made, because its also character driven and its two stars have great rapport, MIDNIGHT RUN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I saw THE IN LAWS today (DVR) and laughed my head off. I thought the same thing-- they should have made more movies together! I've always thought these pairs were awesome together and should have made more movies together (in addition to those previously mentioned): Bing & Danny Kaye in WHITE CHRISTMAS James Stewart & Cary Grant in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor pairings had a pretty good run in the '70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougieB Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I just found a DVD of three Sherlock Holmes movies from different eras. One was "Without a Clue" (1988), with Michael Caine as Sherlock and Ben Kingsley as Watson. The twist was that Watson was the clever one and Sherlock was a total dimbulb. It brought out the ham in both of them and they were hysterically funny together. I also loved Robin Williams and Nathan Lane in Mike Nichols' "The Birdcage". The scene where Williams tried to teach Lane to walk like John Wayne was priceless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 The Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor pairings had a pretty good run in the '70s. I'm surprised Andy hasn't chimed in with Hope and Crosby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 One of my favorite pairings was Melvyn Douglas and Cary Grant in "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I'm surprised Andy hasn't chimed in with Hope and Crosby. They would be considered a traditional comedic duo and wouldn't qualify for this thread I should think. Wuz splained beelow - by yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 They would be considered a traditional comedic duo and wouldn't qualify for this thread I should think. Wuz splained beelow - by yourself Not really. Laurel and Hardy, and Abbott and Costello would fall into that category. Hope and Crosby, like Lemmon and Matthau, happened to be teamed in a number of films. They also worked often individually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 This might rise the ire in some of the more narrow minded in here, but---- I thought TONY CURTIS and JERRY LEWIS worked well together in a thing called BOEING, BOEING! Then also, GEORGE SEGAL and JANE FONDA in the original FUN WITH DICK AND JANE. And, I've never really seen one, but some have told me those SIDNEY POITIER/BILL COSBY pairings were pretty good. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 This might rise the ire in some of the more narrow minded in here, but---- I thought TONY CURTIS and JERRY LEWIS worked well together in a thing called BOEING, BOEING! Then also, GEORGE SEGAL and JANE FONDA in the original FUN WITH DICK AND JANE. And, I've never really seen one, but some have told me those SIDNEY POITIER/BILL COSBY pairings were pretty good. Sepiatone I believe that Jane Fonda may be a female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Not really. Laurel and Hardy, and Abbott and Costello would fall into that category. Hope and Crosby, like Lemmon and Matthau, happened to be teamed in a number of films. They also worked often individually. Maybe not as important as the Iranian nuclear talks but I tend to disagree. If you are referred to as 'Hope and Crosby' you are a traditional comic duo. Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello and Cook and Moore all had individual careers too. Jeesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Maybe not as important as the Iranian nuclear talks but I tend to disagree. If you are referred to as 'Hope and Crosby' you are a traditional comic duo. Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello and Cook and Moore all had individual careers too. Jeesh When you attend a Bud Abbott or Oliver Hardy film festival, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Alec Guinness had chemistry with his co-stars in The Man in the White Suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I believe that Jane Fonda may be a female. Ah, yeah....caught that. I was simply referring to comedy chemistry between two actors who usually didn't do comedy, or at least, usually together. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 When you attend a Bud Abbott or Oliver Hardy film festival, let me know. Sorry you were unable to attend ... 25th Oliver Hardy Festival Saturday in Harlem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Love all the ones mentioned so far. I'd add George Burns and Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Sorry you were unable to attend ... 25th Oliver Hardy Festival Saturday in Harlem Yeah, but how many times can one watch "The Fighting Kentuckian", eh Bogie??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Yeah, but how many times can one watch "The Fighting Kentuckian", eh Bogie??? Stan and Ollie made lots of silents before they became a pair. It's time to bow out of this. I have to get back to the nuclear bargaining table. ciao for niao baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydecker Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I saw THE IN LAWS today (DVR) and laughed my head off. I thought the same thing-- they should have made more movies together! I've always thought these pairs were awesome together and should have made more movies together (in addition to those previously mentioned): Bing & Danny Kaye in WHITE CHRISTMAS James Stewart & Cary Grant in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Great choices! I swear, my favorite scene in The Philadelphia Story is between Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant when Jimmy Stewart shows up drunk at Cary's. A tour de force for both actors. "Champagne -- it's a great leveler. It makes you my equal. Not quite. Well, almost my equal." Also love Bing and Danny Kaye in White Christmas: "My dear partner, when what's left of you gets around to what's left to be gotten, what's left to be gotten won't be worth getting, whatever it is you've got left. When I figure out what that means, I'll come up with a crushing reply." Perfect chemistry. Lydecker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movie Collector OH Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Love all the ones mentioned so far. I'd add George Burns and Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys That and The Odd Couple - both from Neil Simon. Heck, I like just about anything anything Walter Mathau or Neil Simon did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movie Collector OH Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Kind of an obscure one by now is Tough Guys (1986). Burt Lancaster • Kirk Douglas • Charles Durning • Alexis Smith • Dana Carvey Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone. Two train robbers just out of 25-30 years in prison for robbing the "Gold Coast Flyer". Anyone remember that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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