 Funny Girl 1968  G, 151 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Lee Allen, Mae Questel, Gerald Mohr, Frank Faylen, John Harmon, Mittie Lawrence, Gertrude Flynn, Penny Santon, Thordis Brandt, Bettina Brenna
Barbra Streisand's talent was discovered by the world during the run of her Broadway performance in her role as Fanny Brice. The story is about comedian Fanny Brice's turbulent marriage to Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), which coincided with her rise to fame. Fanny Brice, "I'm a bagel on a plate of onion rolls." Streisand carried away an Oscar for Best Actress.
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It's Only Money 1962 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Zachary Scott, Joan O'Brien, Mae Questel, Jesse White, Jack Weston, Ted de Corsia, Barbara Pepper, Milton Frome, Michael Ross
Bumbling Lester March (Jerry Lewis) is an amateur detective who comes close to losing his own life while searching for a lost heir.
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A Majority of One 1961  N/R, 156 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton, Madlyn Rhue, Mae Questel, Alan Mowbray, Frank Wilcox, Gary Vinson, Sharon Hugueny, Dale Ishimoto
Different backgrounds of Jewish Mrs. Jacoby (Rosalind Russell) and Japanese Koichi Asano (Alec Guinness) come together and the result is a humorous romance.
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Mr. Bug Goes to Town 1941 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
aka: Hoppity Goes To Town
Bugville
Director: Dave Fleischer
Cast: Kenny Gardner, Gwen Williams, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce, Carl Meyer, Stan Freed, Pauline Loth, Pinto Colvig, Mae Questel, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, The Four Marshals, The Royal Guards
The insects that live in the melting pot of Bugtown fear the encroachment of humans. Hoppity (voice of Stan Freed) works to save the day for his friends by looking for greener pastures. He finds the perfect place: the garden of struggling songwriter Dick Dickens (voice of Kenny Gardner) and his wife Mary Dickens (voice of Gwen Williams). Not only does Hoppity find a utopia for his friends, he wins the heart of Honey bee (voice of Pauline Loth) as well.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Christmas Vacation
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Diane Ladd, Miriam Flynn, Juliette Lewis, E.G. Marshall, John Randolph, Johnny Galecki, Doris Roberts, Cody Burger, William Hickey, Mae Questel, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Sam McMurray
One thing you can always say about the Griswolds is that they never give up. This time, instead of leaving home, Clark (Chevy Chase) prepares the family home for an old-fashioned Christmas. Relatives arrive, and pandemonium follows.
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New York Stories 1989  PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen
Cast: Heather McComb, Talia Shire, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Patrick O'Neal, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Mae Questel, Marvin Chatinover, Jesse Borrego, Ira Wheeler, Jessie Keosian, Larry David, Talia Shire
This film looks at life in New York City from three different perspectives. In "Life Lessons," director Martin Scorsese examines the facets of a great painter's personality, while director Francis Ford Coppola presents one day in the life of a very creative young girl in "Life Without Zoe," and Woody Allen offers "Oedipus Wrecks" about the stereotypical Jewish mother.
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One Hour with You 1932 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: George Cukor, Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin, Charles Ruggles, Roland Young, Josephine Dunn, Richard Carle, George Barbier, Barbara Leonard, Charles Judels, Eric Wilton, Donald Novis, Mae Questel
Andre and Colette (Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald) are happily married. Andre, a doctor, has had chances to be unfaithful due to come-on's by his female patients, but when he meets Colette's best friend, Mitzi (Genevieve Tobin), the matrimonial mix-ups begin. Lots of music in this good remake of 1924's "The Marriage Circle," also directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film received a Best Picture Oscar nomination.
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| 1. Funny Girl (1968)
2. It's Only Money (1962)
3. A Majority of One (1961)
4. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
aka: Hoppity Goes To Town
aka: Bugville
5. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
aka: Christmas Vacation
6. New York Stories (1989)
7. One Hour with You (1932)
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