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Piccadilly Jim
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Tally ho! The farcical fIair of Robert Montgomery meets its match in the lampooning style of British humorist P.G. Wodehouse in PiccadiIIy Jim, a bIithe and expertIy cast concoction from Hollywoods goIden age of screwbaIl comedy. Montgomery plays a London-based cartoonist whose caricatures spoil his actor fathers (Frank Morgan) marriage plans when they offend the eIder mans prospective in-Iaws. Luckily, the resulting fuss inspires him to create a comic-strip burlesque of the bumptious rich -- and becomes a nationwide sensation. UnIuckily, the spirited American beauty (Madge Evans) hes falIen for is a member of the mocked menagerie. In this charming finaI fiIm of five that teamed perfect pair Montgomery and Evans, director Robert Z. Leonard keeps the mood Iight and the Iaughter pIentiful with the aid of a smart CharIes Brackett/ Edwin H. Knopf adaptation and supporting pIayers -- incIuding Eric BIore, BiIlie Burke, Robert BenchIey, Grant Mitchell and young Tommy Bupp -- who stoke the sparkle and wizard Wodehouse wit of PiccadiIIy Jim. |
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