Sunday 21 October 2012

Duck Soup (1933 Leo McCarey)

Not to be confused with 1927 Laurel & Hardy film of same name, on which allegedly McCarey worked (unsubstantiated). He made dozens of shorts in the twenties and is one of seven winners of top three Oscars for Picture, Director and Screenplay on same film - the others being Wilder, Coppola, Coen Brothers, James L Brooks and Peter Jackson - his was Going My Way (1944). He also made Make Way for Tomorrow which Orson Welles said would make a stone cry, one of Ayoade's Top 10.

Scr. Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman & Nat Perrin.

With Raquel Torres.

Actually made it through to the end, which seemed quite unfamiliar!

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