Rocky III

Rocky III

MGM/United Artists

May 28, 1982

Sports Drama

DVD
C-

It was better than I expected, but I've never seen the first two movies, although I read two or three of the MAD Magazine parodies.  (I think this was the one that foreshadowed Rhinestone.)  Stallone wrote, directed, and obviously stars.

Second Chorus

Second Chorus

Paramount

January 3, 1941

Musical, Comedy

DVD
B-

A sprightly, implausible (Astaire and Meredith as college students?), and charming movie directed by H.C. Potter.  Goddard remains one of the most bewitching actresses of the first fifteen years of the talkies, here gorgeous and funny.

That Uncertain Feeling

That Uncertain Feeling
United Artists
April 20, 1941
Romcom
DVD
B-

I said that Nothing Sacred was a romance and a comedy but not a romcom.  Well, I think this is, although, yes, with the Lubitsch touch.  It is a triangle where an insurance-salesman (Douglas, going from boring to scheming) woos and tricks his wife (Oberon, lovely and fun), who's strayed with a "genius" musician (Meredith, both irritating and surprisingly sexy).  Although slow-moving at times (something I've noticed in other Lubitsch movies), it is witty and at times laugh-out-loud funny, with a good cast, including, yes, a scene-stealing Eve Arden.  The movie bombed at the time, but while I don't think it's on the level of Design for Living (reviewed here https://reviewingeverymovieiown.blogspot.com/2014/02/design-for-living.html), it is better than I expected, especially compared to the other "comedy classics" so far.