tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post50425553412047054..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: Spot the patternFlaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-89160861036257246882007-07-27T00:51:00.000-04:002007-07-27T00:51:00.000-04:00And Sturges "Palm Beach Story" is also a great com...And Sturges "Palm Beach Story" is also a great comedy of remarriage.Pamphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709191371678901051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-9773885743316750972007-07-27T00:50:00.000-04:002007-07-27T00:50:00.000-04:00Funny, I just saw His Girl Friday! Loved it, but ...Funny, I just saw His Girl Friday! Loved it, but love Philadelphia Story better (because the chemistry's more there). But I still haven't found anything that holds a candle to Trouble in Paradise and Lubitsch's Design for Living (forget Coward; it's all screwball pre-Hayes code era comedy). Preston Sturges comes close, of course. The Lady Eve is my favorite of his (Barbara Stanwyck as a con artist!)Pamphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709191371678901051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-27938845865861752192007-07-24T22:11:00.000-04:002007-07-24T22:11:00.000-04:00Ooh! Must go rent. Thanks for the rec.Ooh! Must go rent. Thanks for the rec.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-55593779643934147042007-07-24T19:28:00.000-04:002007-07-24T19:28:00.000-04:00My favorite comedy of remarriage is My Favorite Wi...My favorite comedy of remarriage is <I>My Favorite Wife</I>. And it fits the Cary Grant theme as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-18208150154636944032007-07-23T12:33:00.000-04:002007-07-23T12:33:00.000-04:00Well, Scriv handily set the land-speed record on t...Well, Scriv handily set the land-speed record on this one (although I'm willing to consider alternate possible patterns--get 'em in!).<BR/><BR/>I haven't read Cavell's book, although I've been meaning to do so; it was the remarriage plot itself that I was thinking of.<BR/><BR/>(Boy. I wonder what <I>that's</I> all about. . .)Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-36071029302620269342007-07-23T10:37:00.000-04:002007-07-23T10:37:00.000-04:00And really, couldn't the pattern be Cary Grant? I...And really, <I>couldn't</I> the pattern be Cary Grant? It's such a <I>good</I> pattern.Horacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662740021328265642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-66639838113943455892007-07-23T07:21:00.000-04:002007-07-23T07:21:00.000-04:00Oh, that's an easy pattern: books that Stanley Cav...Oh, that's an easy pattern: books that Stanley Cavell has written brilliantly about. Or, if you wanna get technical, we could call them comedies of remarriage.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.com