comedy &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:comedy @settima@mograph.social Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:25:31 +0200 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 Domenica d'agosto [Sunday in August] (Luciano Emmer, 1950) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-815c <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Domenica d'agosto [Sunday in August] (Luciano Emmer, 1950)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 7/div div class="occasion" 1949/div div class="img" Domenica d'agosto (1950)/div div class="caption" A little boy runs down a Roman street. Superimposed a calendar page: SUNDAY AUGUST 7 S. GAETANO THE SUN RISES AT 5:15 SUNSET AT 19:42 – CRESCENT MOON. "S. Gaetano" refers to Saint Cajetan, who's feast day is on August 7. DPs: Leonida Barboni, Ubaldo Marelli & Domenico Scala./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #LucianoEmmer #AnnaBaldini #VeraCarmi #MarcelloMastroianni #RomanVlad #LeonidaBarboni #UbaldoMarelli #DomenicoScala #holidays #romance #comedy #drama #Neorealismo #Ostia #Rome #Italy #1950s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Domenica d'agosto [Sunday in August] (Luciano Emmer, 1950)

Aug

7

1949

Domenica d'agosto (1950)

A little boy runs down a Roman street. Superimposed a calendar page: SUNDAY AUGUST 7 S. GAETANO THE SUN RISES AT 5:15 SUNSET AT 19:42 – CRESCENT MOON. “S. Gaetano” refers to Saint Cajetan, who's feast day is on August 7. DPs: Leonida Barboni, Ubaldo Marelli & Domenico Scala.

#FilmDuJour #August #LucianoEmmer #AnnaBaldini #VeraCarmi #MarcelloMastroianni #RomanVlad #LeonidaBarboni #UbaldoMarelli #DomenicoScala #holidays #romance #comedy #drama #Neorealismo #Ostia #Rome #Italy #1950s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-815c Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wk6y <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 4/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 黒蜥蜴 (1968)/div div class="caption" The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #KinjiFukasaku #RampoEdogawa #YukioMishima #AkihiroMiwa #IsaoTomita #HiroshiDōwaki #drama #romance #action #crime #comedy #drag #LGBT #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)

Aug

4

黒蜥蜴 (1968)

The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki.

#FilmDuJour #August #KinjiFukasaku #RampoEdogawa #YukioMishima #AkihiroMiwa #IsaoTomita #HiroshiDōwaki #drama #romance #action #crime #comedy #drag #LGBT #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wk6y Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Sinong lumikha ng yoyo? https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4lh3 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Sinong lumikha ng yoyo? Sinong lumikha ng moon buggy? [Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?] (Kidlat Tahimik, 1979)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1969/div div class="img" Sinong lumikha ng yoyo? Sinong lumikha ng moon buggy? (1979)/div div class="caption" A Bavarian onion dome with the date July 20, 1969 superimposed over it. DP: Kidlat Tahimik./div div class="txt" "Fantastic! You are a first class dilettante!" ### – Kidlat's proud parents /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #KidlatTahimik #KidlatGottliebKalayaan #documentary #docufiction #animation #fantasy #SciFi #comedy #Philippines #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Sinong lumikha ng yoyo? Sinong lumikha ng moon buggy? [Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?] (Kidlat Tahimik, 1979)

Jul

20

1969

Sinong lumikha ng yoyo? Sinong lumikha ng moon buggy? (1979)

A Bavarian onion dome with the date July 20, 1969 superimposed over it. DP: Kidlat Tahimik.

“Fantastic! You are a first class dilettante!”

– Kidlat's proud parents

#FilmDuJour #July #KidlatTahimik #KidlatGottliebKalayaan #documentary #docufiction #animation #fantasy #SciFi #comedy #Philippines #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4lh3 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Ansiktet [The Face / The Magician] (Ingmar Bergman, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-04fb <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ansiktet [The Face / The Magician] (Ingmar Bergman, 1958)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Ansiktet (1958)/div div class="caption" Granny Vogler (Naima Wifstrand) telling a sobbing Sara (Bibi Andersson) that yes, she may indeed be a witch. DP: Gunnar Fischer./div div class="txt" "I see what I see, and I know what I know. But nobody believes me." ### – Granny Vogler /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #IngmarBergman #MaxVonSydow #IngridThulin #BibiAndersson #NaimaWifstrand #BirgittaPettersson #ErikNordgren #GunnarFischer #witches #witchcraft #comedy #horror #drama #mystery #Sweden #1950s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Ansiktet [The Face / The Magician] (Ingmar Bergman, 1958)

Jul

14

Ansiktet (1958)

Granny Vogler (Naima Wifstrand) telling a sobbing Sara (Bibi Andersson) that yes, she may indeed be a witch. DP: Gunnar Fischer.

“I see what I see, and I know what I know. But nobody believes me.”

– Granny Vogler

#FilmDuJour #July #IngmarBergman #MaxVonSydow #IngridThulin #BibiAndersson #NaimaWifstrand #BirgittaPettersson #ErikNordgren #GunnarFischer #witches #witchcraft #comedy #horror #drama #mystery #Sweden #1950s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-04fb Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200