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Dinner for Schmucks is the U.S. remake of Francis Veber’s Le diner de cons (The Dinner Game) with Steve Carell taking the role of the con/Schmuck played by Jacques Villeret in the French original.
Divine Madness is a film of Bette Midler’s stage show filmed in Pasadena in 1980.
The Harder They Fall—Bogart’s final film role—yet another decent man surrounded by vultures.
Hollywood or Bust is the aptly titled last film of Martin & Lewis.
In the earliest days of sound films, the major studios put together vaudeville-like musicals to show of their contract players’ musical and vocal talents. MGM’s contribution featured most of their contract players showing off their speaking chops for the audience which they knew had to be convinced that “talkies” were here to stay. The only star who appeared but never uttered a word was Buster Keaton.