• Rated #103 on TSPDT which is very overrated
  • Carole Lombard is absolutely stunning in her final role before her tragic plane crash death
  • It’s both a socially and politically important movie and a great comedy- not hard to see how it’s rated so high by so many critics but it’s just not nearly one of the best directed movies of all-time
  • There are a ton of hilarious scenes but my favorite might be Robert Stack leaving right in Benny’s Hamlet soliloquy and that ongoing joke
  • Very detailed and intelligent narrative
  • Blends drama horror of WW2/Hitler/Nazi’s and comedy with such grace
  • The scenes with Ruman and Benny are great as well
  • Certainly Benny took a lot from Groucho Marx
  • There are some small editing flubs but not something that would demit my evaluation on it’s own
  • I can see some influences here on Inglourious Basterds (Nazis in a theatre in the finale for one)
  • Shakespeare is woven throughout with both hamlet and Shylock in merchant of venice
  • Wonderful screenplay
  • Top 5-8 of 1942
  • Must-See/ Highly Recommend