comedy &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:comedy @settima@mograph.social Fri, 13 Nov 2026 01:29:52 +0100 Polyester (John Waters, 1981) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wt0r <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Polyester (John Waters, 1981)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Polyester (1981)/div div class="caption" Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter) and Francine Fishpaw (Divine) in wild ecstasy. The scene appears to summon that moment of passion between Chris Flanders (Richard Burton) and Flora Goforth (Elizabeth Taylor) in Boom! (Joseph Losey, 1968). DP: Dave Insley./div div class="txt" "Purr Francine! Purr, purr Francine!" ### – Cuddles Kovinsky\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #November #JohnWaters #Divine #TabHunter #EdithMassey #MinkStole #StivBators #CookieMueller #MichaelKamen #DaveInsley #comedy #crime #melodrama #USA #1980s ★★½/div /section ]]>

Polyester (John Waters, 1981)

Nov

10

Polyester (1981)

Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter) and Francine Fishpaw (Divine) in wild ecstasy. The scene appears to summon that moment of passion between Chris Flanders (Richard Burton) and Flora Goforth (Elizabeth Taylor) in Boom! (Joseph Losey, 1968). DP: Dave Insley.

“Purr Francine! Purr, purr Francine!”

– Cuddles Kovinsky

#FilmDuJour #November #JohnWaters #Divine #TabHunter #EdithMassey #MinkStole #StivBators #CookieMueller #MichaelKamen #DaveInsley #comedy #crime #melodrama #USA #1980s ★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wt0r Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Joanna (Michael Sarne, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cfw4 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Joanna (Michael Sarne, 1968)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Joanna (1968).png)/div div class="caption" Possibly Joanna's father (Geoffrey Morris), Joanna (Geneviève Waïte) – twice –, and Joanna's beau Gordon (Calvin Lockhart) (via). DP: Walter Lassally./div div class="txt" "I don't like leaving London. Everyone will miss me so much." ### – Joanna /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #November #MichaelSarne #GenevièveWaïte #ChristianDoermer #CalvinLockhart #DonaldSutherland #CliftonJones #FionaLewis #CarolineMunro #RodMcKuen #WalterLassally #drama #comedy #ComingOfAge #London #UK #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Joanna (Michael Sarne, 1968)

Nov

3

Joanna (1968)

Possibly Joanna's father (Geoffrey Morris), Joanna (Geneviève Waïte) – twice –, and Joanna's beau Gordon (Calvin Lockhart) (via). DP: Walter Lassally.

“I don't like leaving London. Everyone will miss me so much.”

– Joanna

#FilmDuJour #November #MichaelSarne #GenevièveWaïte #ChristianDoermer #CalvinLockhart #DonaldSutherland #CliftonJones #FionaLewis #CarolineMunro #RodMcKuen #WalterLassally #drama #comedy #ComingOfAge #London #UK #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cfw4 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0100 Yoyo (Pierre Étaix, 1965) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-gb2c <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Yoyo (Pierre Étaix, 1965)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 29/div div class="occasion" 1929/div div class="img" Yoyo (1965).png)/div div class="caption" One of multiple dates in the film. A circus poster featuring Yoyo with the caption ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1942) THE WAR BREAKS OUT. October 29, 1929, was of course the date of the Wall Street Crash. DP: Jean Boffety./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #PierreÉtaix #ClaudineAuger #PhilippeDionnet #LuceKlein #PierreMoncorbier #FernandGuiot #WilliamCoryn #AnnieSavarin #JeanPaillaud #JeanBoffety #comedy #drama #romance #circus #animals #clowns #France #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Yoyo (Pierre Étaix, 1965)

Oct

29

1929

Yoyo (1965)

One of multiple dates in the film. A circus poster featuring Yoyo with the caption ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1942 THE WAR BREAKS OUT. October 29, 1929, was of course the date of the Wall Street Crash. DP: Jean Boffety.

 

#FilmDuJour #October #PierreÉtaix #ClaudineAuger #PhilippeDionnet #LuceKlein #PierreMoncorbier #FernandGuiot #WilliamCoryn #AnnieSavarin #JeanPaillaud #JeanBoffety #comedy #drama #romance #circus #animals #clowns #France #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-gb2c Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Tajemství hradu v Karpatech [The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians] (Oldřich... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-x51h <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Tajemství hradu v Karpatech [The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians] (Oldřich Lipský, 1981)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="occasion" 1897/div div class="img" Tajemství hradu v Karpatech (1981)/div div class="caption" A calendar – undeniably designed by the great Jan Švankmajer – with the date October 27, 1897, set on the day of – or referencing a saint – Sabina. Screenshot via DVDBeaver. DP: Viktor Růžička./div div class="txt" – You surely know that my financial support is unlimited. – Yes. Long live your false cheque factories! /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #OldřichLipský #MichalDočolomanský #EvelynaSteimarová #JanHartl #JanŠvankmajer #RudolfHrušínský #LubošFišer #ViktorRůžička #SciFi #fantasy #comedy #JulesVerne #Carpathians #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1980s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Tajemství hradu v Karpatech [The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians] (Oldřich Lipský, 1981)

Oct

27

1897

Tajemství hradu v Karpatech (1981)

A calendar – undeniably designed by the great Jan Švankmajer – with the date October 27, 1897, set on the day of – or referencing a saint – Sabina. Screenshot via DVDBeaver. DP: Viktor Růžička.

– You surely know that my financial support is unlimited.

– Yes. Long live your false cheque factories!

#FilmDuJour #October #OldřichLipský #MichalDočolomanský #EvelynaSteimarová #JanHartl #JanŠvankmajer #RudolfHrušínský #LubošFišer #ViktorRůžička #SciFi #fantasy #comedy #JulesVerne #Carpathians #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1980s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-x51h Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0100 The Skeleton (1912) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-pj1g <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Skeleton (1912)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 7/div div class="occasion" 1912/div div class="img" The Skeleton (1912).png)/div div class="caption" A note for Dr. Robert Tilton dated October 7supth/sup, 1912./div div class="txt" "Dear Sir, "We are shipping you to-day by Adams Express one specially made Paper Mache Skeleton. Very truly yours, ### – H. Brandle." /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #ThePowersKids #BabyEarlyGorman #CharlesManley #MattyRoubert #MaiWells #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #horror #comedy #HorribleChildren #USA #1910s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

The Skeleton (1912)

Oct

7

1912

The Skeleton (1912)

A note for Dr. Robert Tilton dated October 7th, 1912.

“Dear Sir,

“We are shipping you to-day by Adams Express one specially made Paper Mache Skeleton. Very truly yours,

– H. Brandle.”

#FilmDuJour #October #ThePowersKids #BabyEarlyGorman #CharlesManley #MattyRoubert #MaiWells #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #horror #comedy #HorribleChildren #USA #1910s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-pj1g Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Your Safety First (George Gordon, 1956) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-xctk <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Your Safety First (George Gordon, 1956)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="occasion" 2000/div div class="img" Your Safety First (1956)/div div class="caption" The protagonist, voiced by George O'Hanlon, reading an ad for tomorrow's car in the October 5, 2000 newspaper./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #GeorgeGordon #MarvinMiller #GeorgeOHanlon #EugenePoddany #JohnSutherland #comedy #animation #SciFi #promo #cars #3D #ShortFilm #USA #1950s/div /section ]]>

Your Safety First (George Gordon, 1956)

Oct

5

2000

Your Safety First (1956)

The protagonist, voiced by George O'Hanlon, reading an ad for tomorrow's car in the October 5, 2000 newspaper.

#FilmDuJour #October #GeorgeGordon #MarvinMiller #GeorgeOHanlon #EugenePoddany #JohnSutherland #comedy #animation #SciFi #promo #cars #3D #ShortFilm #USA #1950s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-xctk Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Die Republik der Backfische [The Republic of Flappers] (Constantin J. https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-f0vy <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Die Republik der Backfische [The Republic of Flappers] (Constantin J. David, 1928)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1928/div div class="img" Die Republik der Backfische (1928)/div div class="caption" The Berliner Zeitung (a rag of a paper that's still around to this day) of September 20, 1928. It blares something about America and Graf Zeppelin, the then-new airship. DP: Mutz Greenbaum./div div class="txt" description Depending on the language version you watch, you'll see a 1928 newspaper headline dated September 20 (a Thursday), January 10 (a Tuesday), or January 9 (a Monday). &nbsp; /description /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #ConstantinJDavid #KätheVonNagy #ErnstStahlNachbaur #IlseStobrawa #MichaelVonNewlinsky #HermineSterler #MaxSchreck #ArthurDuarte #MutzGreenbaum #flappers #SilentFilm #heist #comedy #feminism #LGBT #romance #Germany #1920s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Die Republik der Backfische [The Republic of Flappers] (Constantin J. David, 1928)

Sep

20

1928

Die Republik der Backfische (1928)

The Berliner Zeitung (a rag of a paper that's still around to this day) of September 20, 1928. It blares something about America and Graf Zeppelin, the then-new airship. DP: Mutz Greenbaum.

Depending on the language version you watch, you'll see a 1928 newspaper headline dated September 20 (a Thursday), January 10 (a Tuesday), or January 9 (a Monday).

 

#FilmDuJour #September #ConstantinJDavid #KätheVonNagy #ErnstStahlNachbaur #IlseStobrawa #MichaelVonNewlinsky #HermineSterler #MaxSchreck #ArthurDuarte #MutzGreenbaum #flappers #SilentFilm #heist #comedy #feminism #LGBT #romance #Germany #1920s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-f0vy Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Happy End (Oldřich Lipský, 1967) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bwpq <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Happy End (Oldřich Lipský, 1967)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" 1889/div div class="img" Happy End (1967)/div div class="caption" Butcher Bedřich Frydrych (Oldřich Lipský), born September 1, 1889 in Trumberk. DP: Vladimír Novotný./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #OldřichLipský #VladimírMenšík #JaroslavaObermaierová #JosefAbrhám #BohušZáhorský #StellaZázvorková #VlastimilHála #VladimírNovotný #Movember #ČeskoslovenskáNováVlna #comedy #ExperimentalFilm #crime #romance #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Happy End (Oldřich Lipský, 1967)

Sep

1

1889

Happy End (1967)

Butcher Bedřich Frydrych (Oldřich Lipský), born September 1, 1889 in Trumberk. DP: Vladimír Novotný.

#FilmDuJour #September #OldřichLipský #VladimírMenšík #JaroslavaObermaierová #JosefAbrhám #BohušZáhorský #StellaZázvorková #VlastimilHála #VladimírNovotný #Movember #ČeskoslovenskáNováVlna #comedy #ExperimentalFilm #crime #romance #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bwpq Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Äppelkriget [The Apple War] (Tage Danielsson, 1971) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bfjt <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Äppelkriget [The Apple War] (Tage Danielsson, 1971)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="occasion" 1971/div div class="img" Äppelkriget (1971).png)/div div class="caption" Blond people read two bright-yellow posters from two well-known, real-world Swedish newspapers. There's news about Deutschneyland. DP: Lars Swanberg./div div class="txt" "Look! Those tourists have already arrived. And they pitch their tents IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET! It's bloody awful." ### – bicycle repairman /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #TageDanielsson #Per Grundén #GöstaEkman #StureEricson #IngvarOttoson #PerWaldvik #YvonneLombard #MaxVonSydow #EvertTaube #LarsSwanberg #comedy #witches #witchcraft #fantasy #satire #Sweden #1970s ★★★★★ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Äppelkriget [The Apple War] (Tage Danielsson, 1971)

Aug

27

1971

Äppelkriget (1971)

Blond people read two bright-yellow posters from two well-known, real-world Swedish newspapers. There's news about Deutschneyland. DP: Lars Swanberg.

“Look! Those tourists have already arrived. And they pitch their tents IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET! It's bloody awful.”

– bicycle repairman

#FilmDuJour #August #TageDanielsson #Per Grundén #GöstaEkman #StureEricson #IngvarOttoson #PerWaldvik #YvonneLombard #MaxVonSydow #EvertTaube #LarsSwanberg #comedy #witches #witchcraft #fantasy #satire #Sweden #1970s ★★★★★ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bfjt Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-tpvc <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" 1941/div div class="img" Kanzashi (1941).png)/div div class="caption" A formal paper with the date stamp for August 10, Showa 16 (1941). DP: Suketarō Inokai./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #HiroshiShimizu #MasujiIbuse #KinuyoTanaka #HirokoKawasaki #TatsuoSaitō #ChishūRyū #ShinIchiHimori #TakeshiSakamoto #TakaakiAsai #SuketarōInokai #comedy #drama #BookAdaptation #Japan #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)

Aug

10

1941

Kanzashi (1941)

A formal paper with the date stamp for August 10, Showa 16 (1941). DP: Suketarō Inokai.

 

#FilmDuJour #August #HiroshiShimizu #MasujiIbuse #KinuyoTanaka #HirokoKawasaki #TatsuoSaitō #ChishūRyū #ShinIchiHimori #TakeshiSakamoto #TakaakiAsai #SuketarōInokai #comedy #drama #BookAdaptation #Japan #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-tpvc Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200