classic comedies

The Astronomical Cult of Will Hay in Oh, Mr Porter!

cultfilmalley April 25, 2020 2

*contains spoilers There is an old, old British play by Arnold Ridley (1896-1984 after a fall) which was written originally in 1927 and was made into a film a couple of times under its original title of The Ghost Train. It is not supernatural, despite the title, as it relates to a phantom train that…

The Who Done It of Radioland Murders

cultfilmalley October 15, 2019 0

*contains spoilers After his success with American Graffiti (1973), producer and director George Lucas (1944-) had a script in mind based on murders in a radio station during a big opening launch based on the Bud Abbott (1897-1979 throat cancer) and Lou Costello (1906-59 heart attack) movie Who Done It? (1942). It went through almost…