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November 7 - Sir Richard Steele's "sentimental comedy" The Conscious Lovers (loosely based on Terence) opens at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London with an initial run of eighteen consecutive nights.

Anders Bircow

In 1979 he formed the comedy group Linie 3 along with Preben Kristensen, with whom he had previously had the four-man group Barbershop Harmony, and Thomas Eje.

Ask Father

Ask Father is a short, 13-minute, slapstick-style comedy made by Harold Lloyd in 1919 before he got into his classic full-length feature films.

Before the Fall

Before the Fall (also known as NaPolA: Hitler's Elite; German: Napola - Elite für den Führer) is a 2004 German drama film written and directed by Dennis Gansel.

Bhargavacharitham Moonam Khandam

The plot is inspired from Harold Ramis directed classic black comedy Analyze This (1999) with Robert De Niro playing a mafia don who due to frequent bouts of anxiety attacks gets treated by a famous psychiatrist enacted by the great comedy actor Billy Crystal.

Billee Taylor

Billee Taylor, or The Reward of Virtue is "a nautical comedy opera" by Edward Solomon, with a libretto by Henry Pottinger Stephens.

Birds Do It

Producer Ivan Tors filmed the comedy at his Miami studios with cameos provided by Dean Martin (Columbia's Matt Helm), Flipper, director Andrew Marton as himself, and a Cary Grant impersonator played by Ray Anthony.

Chevron Cars

The Chevron Cars television ads have been parodied in several television shows, including Robot Chicken, the animated comedy Family Guy (episode "Deep Throats"), and a MADtv sketch in which one of the cars gets fitted with a bomb and explodes after asking questions about the ticking.

Christie Film Company

As comedy specialists, the Christie Film Company debuted comedy actors Harold Lloyd, Fatty Arbuckle, Anita Garvin and black actor Spencer Williams, later known for his portrayal of Andy Brown in the Amos & Andy" CBS Television series.

Colonial Theatre, Idaho Falls

The first moving picture shown at the theater was in November 1929, Harold Lloyd’s “Welcome Danger.” It was originally a silent film but at its preview it was eclipsed by a one-reel comedy with sound.

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Dan Dion

Upon graduation, he moved to San Francisco to work for political satirist Will Durst at his comedy club, the Holy City Zoo.

David William Parry

In December 2011, he directed the first English language production of "Shakespeare: a comedy in ten scenes, both serious and tragic" (by the Azerbajiani playwright Elchin Afandiyev).

Dean Spratt

He then took up his hobby of amateur radio, propelled by the internet, and joined the W0KIE Satellite Radio Network where he hosted a weekly music/tech/comedy show, Thursday Night Potpourri.

Des Bishop

He began hosting shows at the International Comedy Cellar - a venue set up by Irish comics such as Ardal O'Hanlon, Kevin Gildea and Barry Murphy.

Ek Ghar

Ek Ghar (The House) is a 1991 Indian Hindi psychological drama film directed by Girish Kasaravalli with Deepti Naval, Naseeruddin Shah and Rohini Hattangadi.

Felicity Montagu

Montagu's reputation in comedy character parts was enhanced by her film performance alongside Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones's Diary as Perpetua, Bridget's unpleasant colleague.

Frank McGlynn, Sr.

By 1896 though, he was appearing on stage at the Casino Theatre performing in The Gold Bug, a burlesque musical comedy written by Glen MacDonough with music from Victor Herbert.

Freddie Davies

Freddie acted in films including the 1995 comedy Funny Bones and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004.

Future Cop

Future Cops, a 1993 Hong Kong action-comedy film loosely based on the Street Fighter video game franchise.

G.I. Wanna Home

Films like Playing the Ponies, An Ache in Every Stake, Sock-a-Bye Baby, and I Can Hardly Wait are finer examples of Curly preparing food and creating comedy genius with little effort.

Guillermo Francella

Two more sequels to Los Extermineitors followed, Extermineitors III: La gran pelea final and Extermineitors IV: Como hermanos gemelos, whose central argument was largely a parody of the classic Schwarzenegger/DeVito comedy Twins.

Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal

Ithu Kathirvelan Kadhal (English: This is Kathirvelan's love) is an upcoming Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by S. R. Prabhakaran starring Udhayanidhi Stalin and Nayantara.

Ina Balin

She also did summer stock, which led to roles on Broadway, and in 1959, she won the "Theatre World Award" for her performance in the Broadway comedy, A Majority of One, starring Gertrude Berg and Sir Cedric Hardwicke.

Jay Davis

Jay Davis is an American actor, stand-up comedian and comedy promoter/producer who garnered nationwide attention after appearing in Dane Cook's Tourgasm, a 30-day cross-country-tour-turned-reality-show which also included Cook, Gary Gulman and Robert Kelly, and was given a 8-episode run on HBO.

Kyle Mooney

Mooney, along with John Milhiser, Michael Patrick O'Brien, Noël Wells, Brooks Wheelan, and his comedy partner and friend, Beck Bennett, joined the thirty-ninth season of Saturday Night Live to fill the void left by the recent departures of Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Jason Sudeikis.

La Celestina

Although most scholars admit that an earlier version by an unknown author already existed, the first known edition is credited to be the Comedy published in Burgos by printer Fadrique Aleman in 1499 with the title Comedia de Calisto y Melibea (Comedy of Calisto and Melibea).

Lee and Herring

At Oxford, Lee and Herring performed in a regular comedy revue called The Seven Raymonds, which also included the material and performance of Emma Kennedy, Michael Cosgrave and Tim Richardson.

Louise Bennett-Coverley

In 1986, she appeared as Portia in the comedy film Club Paradise, starring Robin Williams, Jimmy Cliff and Peter O'Toole.

Michelle Stafford

In 2013, Stafford created her own web comedy series, The Stafford Project.

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford is a 1931 crime / romantic comedy film starring William Haines as a con artist and Jimmy Durante as his pickpocket buddy.

No Sleep till Brooklyn

Comedian Christopher Titus sarcastically referenced the song in his 2001 comedy special Norman Rockwell is Bleeding when describing an event from his youth in which he was on drugs and Licensed to Ill was playing "at a soothing billion-and-five decibels".

Overacting

William Shatner's performance in the original Star Trek series has been frequently parodied across numerous comedy television shows.

Pacuvius

Hence he never attained to that perfect idiomatic purity of style, which was the special glory of the early writers of comedy, Naevius and Plautus.

Pete Price

Shortly after, Price made his first appearance on the comedy scene at Liverpool's 'The Shakespeare', working at various venues which include The Palladium and the QE2.

Peter Andrew Jones

He has also produced images for film publicity, creating the movie posters for The Sword and The Sorceror and Alligator, contributed during the early 1980s to television shows including BBC comedy The Two Ronnies Show and the BBC's '80s sci-fi adaptation of The Tripods, and has produced cover illustrations for video game publishers such as US Gold, Psygnosis and Virgin Interactive.

Querolus

Querolus (‘The Complainer’) or Aulularia (‘The Pot’) is an anonymous Latin comedy from late antiquity, the only Latin drama to survive from this period and the only ancient Latin comedy outside the works of Plautus and Terence.

Quick Gun Murugun

Quick Gun Murugun is a 2009 Indian comedy film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and written by Rajesh Devraj.

Ray Cooney

With Tony Hilton, he co-wrote the screenplay for the British comedy film What a Carve Up! (1961), which features Sid James and Kenneth Connor.

Repeated Absences

Repeated Absences (French: Absences répétées) is a 1972 French drama film directed by Guy Gilles.

Ricky Bruch

As well as achieving his sporting career and his turbulent personal life, Bruch also acted in light-entertainment films, debuting in the Italian action comedy film Anche gli angeli tirano di destro and appearing in a minor role in the film version of Ronia the Robber's Daughter.

Salt of the Earth

A drama film, based on the making of the film, was chronicled in One of the Hollywood Ten (2000).

Soldier in the Rain

Soldier in the Rain is a 1963 American comedy-drama film starring Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen.

Take the Plunge

Take The Plunge was an early evening game show that was produced by Thames Television and aired on the ITV network for one series in 1989, the programme was hosted by comedy actress Su Pollard.

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

Sturges directed only one more film in his life, the 1955 French comedy Les carnets du Major Thompson (released in the U.S. as The French, They Are a Funny Race).

Tom Agna

He has also written for a number of comedies which include, the "Chris Rock Show", "Late Night With Conan O'Brien", "MADtv", "The George Lopez Show", "Weekends at the DL", and for the documentary "P.Diddy present the Bad Boys of Comedy".

Tom Dahlgren

In June 2000 Former Miss America Lee Meriwether starred with Bridget Hanley in the world premiere of Eugene Pack's "Elinor Adjusting" at Theatre West in L.A. The comedy ran for a four-week run at Theatre West where Hanley portrayed Elinor, a widow who finds herself without a home or a business after her husband dies.

Twisted Issues

Twisted Issues is a 1988 splatter film billed as a 'psycho-punk splatter-comedy,' It featured Gainesville, Florida punk bands such as Psychic Violents, Young Pioneers, Mutley Chix, Doldrums, Just Demi-gods, Cindy Brady's Lisp, Officer Friendly, and the Smegmas, as well as local speed metal band Hellwitch avante gard incidental music by The Bill Perry Orchestra.

Whole Lotta Sole

Whole Lotta Sole (known as Stand Off in North America) is a 2012 independent comedy film written and directed by Terry George and starring Brendan Fraser, David O'Hara, Colm Meaney, Yaya DaCosta and Martin McCann.

Wives Never Know

Lawrence Journal-World called the film "a delightful and hilarious comedy of married life".


see also

A.C.O.D.

A.C.O.D. is a 2013 American comedy-drama film directed by Stu Zicherman, based on a script by Zicherman and Ben Karlin, and starring Adam Scott, Amy Poehler, Jessica Alba and Jane Lynch.

Amor se dice cantando

Amor se dice cantando ("Love is Said Singing") is a 1959 Mexican- Argentine comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Morayta and written by María Luisa Algarra.

Annie Rooney

Miss Annie Rooney, a 1942 American comedy-drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin

Dicen que soy mujeriego

Dicen que Soy un Mujeriego ("They Say I am a Womanizer") is a 1949 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Roberto Rodríguez.

Dil Daulat Duniya

Dil Daulat Duniya (meaning Love, Wealth and the World) is a 1972 Bollywood comedy drama film directed by Prem Narayan Arora and starring Rajesh Khanna, Sadhana, Ashok Kumar, Om Prakash, Sulochana, Helen and Jagdeep.

Expired

Expired is a 2007 comedy-drama film and the first writer-director credit for Cecilia Miniucchi, whose previous credits include the documentary on the work of artist Hermann Nitsch entitled Nitsch 1998.

Going My Way

Going My Way is a 1944 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald.

Good Sam

Good Sam is a 1948 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Gary Cooper as a Good Samaritan who is helpful to others at the expense of his own family.

Gordy

Gordy is a 1995 American family comedy-drama film about a piglet named Gordy who searches for his missing family (who are taken away to a slaughterhouse in Omaha).

Gule

The Raindrop (Turkish title: Güle Güle), a 2000 Turkish comedy-drama film

Heiter bis Wolkig

Heiter bis Wolkig is a 2012 German comedy-drama film directed by Marco Petry and starring Max Riemelt, Elyas M'Barek, Jessica Schwarz and Anna Fischer.

Hush Money

Hush Money is a 1931 American comedy-drama film featuring Joan Bennett, Hardie Albright, Owen Moore, Myrna Loy, and George Raft.

Jinxed!

Jinxed! (also simply known as Jinxed on promotional media) is a 1982 comedy-drama film starring Bette Midler, Rip Torn and Ken Wahl.

La scuola

La scuola (also known as School) is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti.

Landon Pigg

Pigg made his feature-film début in the comedy-drama film Whip It (2009), directed by Drew Barrymore, appearing as Oliver, the guitar-playing love interest of Ellen Page's character.

Liz Tigelaar

Tigelaar was an associate producer on the 2006 comedy-drama film, Stick It, about gymnasts.

Martian Child

Martian Child is a 2007 American comedy-drama film about a writer who adopts a strange young boy who believes himself to be from Mars.

Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie is a 1969 American comedy-drama film directed by Fred Coe.

Meet Monica Velour

Meet Monica Velour is a 2010 American independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Keith Bearden.

Mickybo and Me

Mickybo and Me is a 2004 Northern Irish comedy-drama film written and directed by Terry Loane and based on the stage play Mojo Mickybo by Owen McCafferty.

Missy Doty

Doty became well-recognized with her performance in the dark comedy/drama film Sideways (2004), playing the minor, yet crucial, role of Cammi, the waitress with whom a main character, Jack, copulates before getting caught in flagrante delicto by her cuckolded husband.

Patrick Ssenjovu

Ssenjovu appeared as Ibrahim Moshoeshoe in Game 6 (2005), a sport, comedy-drama film directed by Michael Hoffman; and Sydney Pollack’s The Interpreter (2005), a mystery-thriller, drama film directed by Sydney Pollack.

Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends is a 1992 British comedy-drama film written by Rita Rudner and her husband Martin Bergman, and directed and produced by Kenneth Branagh.

Raja Huli

Raja Huli is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language comedy-drama film directed by Guru Deshpande and written by S. R. Prabhakaran.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a 2011 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked.

Silent Wedding

Silent Wedding (Nunta mută) is a 2008 Romanian comedy-drama film about a young couple prior to marry in 1953, but their marriage was stopped because Soviet leader Joseph Stalin died the night before their wedding.

Siriyakorn Pukkavesh

Her break-out film role was as the lead actress in Monrak Transistor, a 2001 comedy-drama film by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.

Thanks for Sharing

Thanks for Sharing is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Stuart Blumberg, from a screenplay written by Blumberg and Matt Winston.

The Ninth Cloud

The Ninth Cloud is an upcoming feature length comedy-drama film set in contemporary London starring Michael Madsen, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Leo Gregory, Meredith Ostrom, Megan Maczko, Joshua Feinman, Wendy Thomas and a strong supporting cast of up-and-coming British and Foreign talent.

The Private Life of Don Juan

The Private Life of Don Juan is a 1934 British historical comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon and Benita Hume.

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

The Young Girl and the Monsoon is a 1999 comedy-drama film from Monsoon Productions and starring Terry Kinney and Ellen Muth.

Two weeks

Two Weeks, a 2006 American comedy drama film starring Sally Field

Vinodayathra

Vinodaythra (English: Vinod's Journey) is a 2007 Malayalam comedy-drama film written and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, and starring Dileep, Murali, Mukesh, Meera Jasmine, Innocent, KPAC Lalitha, and Nedumudi Venu.