Laughter Overview:

Laughter (1930) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and produced by Monta Bell.

Academy Awards 1930/31 --- Ceremony Number 4 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best WritingHarry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty, Donald Ogden StewartNominated
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CMBA’s Laughter is the Best Medicine blogathon: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

By Carol Martinheira on Oct 22, 2021 From The Old Hollywood Garden

CMBA’s Laughter is the Best Medicine blogathon: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) On October 22, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized The wonderful silliness of the ?Abbott and Costello Meet?? series of films is an absolute joy to behold! And because this... Read full article


CMBA 2021 FALL BLOGATHON, LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE: Disney's Pluto

on Oct 19, 2021 From Caftan Woman

The Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) presents its Fall 2021 blogathon, Laughter is the Best Medicine. The contributions from members can be accessed HERE. Don't crack your funnybone!Look at the adorable face of Pluto. It is a face full of personality and mischief; the face of all lovable and wa... Read full article


Book Review: David O. Selznick's Secretary Dishes the Dirt Under a Veil of Fiction in I Lost My Girlish Laughter

By KC on Oct 29, 2019 From Classic Movies

I Lost My Girlish Laughter Jane Allen with Jane Shore Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Vintage, 2018 (Random House, 1938) With a foreboding title like I Lost My Girlish Laughter, I was sure this rediscovered roman ? clef written by David O. Selznick’s former secretary would be a harrowing rea... Read full article


Book Review-- Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter and a Lifetime in Hollywood

By KC on May 11, 2017 From Classic Movies

Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter and a Lifetime in Hollywood Kirk and Anne Douglas with Marcia Newberger TCM/Running Press, 2017 When I received Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter and a Lifetime in Hollywood in my media swag bag for TCM Classic Film Festival, I didn't pay the book muc... Read full article


Risos, culpa e tabu: personagens travestidos no cinema / Laughter, guilt and taboo: A brief history of dressing in drag at the movies

By L? on Oct 31, 2016 From Critica Retro

Risos, culpa e tabu: personagens travestidos no cinema / Laughter, guilt and taboo: A brief history of dressing in drag at the movies Ah, cinema! Uma fonte hist?rica maravilhosa, um espelho poderoso de como a sociedade pensava e se comportava d?cadas atr?s. Claro, nenhum pensamento ? un?nime,... Read full article


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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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