There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
GYPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK!
ジャンル : コメディ
上映時間 : 1時間 0分
演出 : Harold Young
脚本 : Brenda Weisberg, Robert B. Hunt
シノプシス
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
An actor in low hours and a young interpreter who threatens to displace the former thanks to the tricks of their agent; the owner of the high mountain hotel and her estranged sister, creator of a new and unique discipline that mixes yoga and fengshui; a group of children wanting to have fun, but also to discover hidden secrets; a taciturn bellboy who sees everything; and a tremendous storm that will leave everyone isolated just before Christmas. A weekend in which everything can happen, and in which everything will happen.
内気で不器用な高校生テッドが憧れのメリーとデートする幸運をつかむが、ズボンのファスナーがひっかかるトラブルがもとでデートは中止、メリーとの仲もそれきりになってしまう。13年後、テッドはまだメリーのことを忘れられず--やや妄執的--、怪しげな探偵パット・ヒーリーを雇って、マイアミに住むメリーを調査してもらう。ところがパットもメリーに夢中になってしまい、テッドとパットのあいだで騙しあい化かし合いのメリー争奪戦になる。やがて2人はメリーに首ったけなのが自分たちだけではないのを知り、結局、5人の男たちがメリーに自分を選ぶよう迫ることになる。
今から遠くない未来の話。フリーのコンピューターエンジニアのマイケル・ジェニングスは、プロジェクトを完成させる度に、機密保持のためそのプロジェクト期間の記憶を消されていた。そんなある日、大企業のオールコム社から100億円もの大金を報酬に提示される。その代償は3年間分の記憶。しかし、記憶を消した後のマイケルが手にしたものは、19個のガラクタが入った紙袋だけだった。さらにマイケルは、FBIやオールコム社のエージェントに追われ始める。
前夫である編集長の思惑で、死刑が予定されている囚人の取材をすることになった女性新聞記者ヒルディ。次第に記者魂に火がついてしまい……。ケイリー・グラント、ロザリンド・ラッセルの顔合わせによる都会派コメディ。
先鋭のハリウッドスター、イザベラ“イジー”パターソン（イモージェン・プーツ）は、ニューヨーク５番街にあるバーでインタビューを受けていた。コールガールをしていたこともあっけらかんと語る天真爛漫な彼女は、偶然に出会った演出家アーノルド（オーウェン・ウィルソン）から「君の将来のために三万ドルをプレゼントする」という奇妙な申し出をされ、人生が一変した日を振り返る……。
Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits losers hardest". This compilation of bogus news stories, celebrity profiles, movie trailers and skits come courtesy of the ace satirists at The Onion.
大富豪のわがまま娘エリーは、結婚を反対されて家出。マイアミからNYへ向かうバスで出会った失業中の新聞記者ピーターは、スクープ狙いで彼女に同行するが……。古き良きラヴ・コメディの傑作。
レジーナは友人とのスキー旅行の途中で離婚を決意するが、帰宅すると夫は死んでいた。さらに、夫が戦時中に3人の男と軍資金を横領したあげく、仲間をだましていた事実が発覚する。3人から脅迫を受けるはめになったレジーナは、旅行で知り合ったピーターに助けを求めるが……。
ハーヴェイとは純粋な心を持った人にしか姿の見えない巨大ウサギ。味気ない生活を送る家族や医師たちが、空想好きの楽天家に翻弄される姿をほのぼのと描いたハートウォーミング・コメディ。
After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
An uptight New York tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down, all in a single day, when he's asked to escort a feisty and free-spirited female ex-convict whom asks him to help prove her innocence of her crime.
男性的タッチで知られるホークスがコメディにもその才能を発揮した名作。ベビーという豹をめぐり、次から次へと災難に巻き込まれる動物学者と困った令嬢の姿を軽妙なタッチで描く。
Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex-wife who is now a public defender and has remarried — to a prosecutor.
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry (Geraldine), decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.
Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
