{"id":2980,"date":"2007-04-13T10:04:51","date_gmt":"2007-04-13T17:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2021-01-26T17:44:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T00:44:23","slug":"laughter-1930-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2980","title":{"rendered":"Laughter (1930)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You&#8217;re rich &#8212; you&#8217;re dirty rich, and nothing but laughter can make you clean.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Laughter-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Laughter-Poster-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Laughter-Poster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Laughter-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Laughter-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA former chorus girl (Nancy Carroll) married to a boring millionaire (Frank Morgan) is wooed by her hedonistic ex-lover (Fredric March).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fredric March Films<\/li>\n<li>Golddiggers<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis rarely seen film is widely regarded as a formative precursor to 1930s screwball comedies, and remains a humorous look at the pull between love and wealth: if given the choice between living a boring life in the lap of luxury, or laughing your days away in poverty, which would <em>you<\/em> choose? Carroll is fine as the female lead, but it&#8217;s Fredric March who really shines here &#8212; from the moment he enters Carroll&#8217;s house and attempts to woo her back, we can&#8217;t help smiling at his antics. Though it&#8217;s hard to feel much sympathy for Carroll (she wants to have her cake <em>and<\/em> eat it, too), she and March have such genuine chemistry together that it&#8217;s easy to see why she&#8217;s tempted by his charms. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Director Harry d&#8217;Abbadie d&#8217;Arrast &#8212; who also wrote the Oscar-nominated script &#8212; helmed just seven films between 1927-1933, then was blackballed from Hollywood.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fredric March as Carroll&#8217;s former lover<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Laughter-March.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Laughter-March.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"537\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Laughter-March.jpg 700w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Laughter-March-128x98.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Laughter-March-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A clever, Oscar-nominated script<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its historical importance as a precursor to 1930s screwball comedies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0021053\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/80200.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re rich &#8212; you&#8217;re dirty rich, and nothing but laughter can make you clean.&#8221; Synopsis: A former chorus girl (Nancy Carroll) married to a boring millionaire (Frank Morgan) is wooed by her hedonistic ex-lover (Fredric March). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Fredric March Films Golddiggers Infidelity Romantic Comedy Review: This rarely seen film is widely regarded as a formative precursor to 1930s screwball comedies, and remains a humorous look at the pull between love and wealth: if given the choice&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2980\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2980"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66211,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980\/revisions\/66211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}