One for the Unjustly Forgotten Screwball Comedies Department -- He Married His Wife.

Two years ago, Valerie (Nancy Kelly) and Randy (Joel McCrea) married. One year ago, she divorced him because he was obsessed with horse racing and his stable of race horses.

Now, Randy is tired of paying $1500 a month (in 1940 dollars) in alimony, which Valerie doesn't really need. So when Ethel Hilary (Mary Boland) invites Randy, Valerie, and Randy's old friend Paul (Lyle Talbot) -- as well as Randy's lawyer, Willie (Roland Young) -- to her country house for a long weekend, Randy decides to encourage Paul and Valerie to marry each other. Not that Paul needs much encouragement, having loved Valerie for years. But then mysterious Latin lover Freddie (Cesar Romero) becomes attracted to Valerie. Yoga buff Dickie (Elisha Cook, Jr.) and Ethel's niece Doris (Mary Healy) complete the menagerie. Comedy ensues.

Loads of fun. If you've seen The Women, you know Boland's style (she's the Countess who's always talking about "l'amour"). She's equally entertaining here as the much-married mistress of the huge country place. Cook has too few moments as the junior Gandhi. Kelly balances her pursuers nicely. McCrea fumes well when it looks like Freddie is getting somewhere -- and has a pratfall that rivals his getting out of bed in Palm Beach Story.

Main weaknesses -- The movie is of its time as to gender politics (especially when McCrea tries to put his foot down), but many movies are a lot worse. Talbot never shows any real presence, and it isn't clear why anyone thinks Valerie might want to marry Paul.

Still, it's a very entertaining hour and a half. And a chance to see Boland outside The Women.

We need to find a babysitter for a PotC showing.

We need to find a babysitter for a PotC showing.

Don't hire a space monkey, unless it has good references.

What exactly is hotlinking?

The most evil hotlinking is when you use an t img tag to display a picture from a server that doesn't belong to you right in the middle of your page (or post). Many hotlinking prevention schemes make it so that you can't just click on an t a href tag straight to the image, which is why she provided a link to the whole page.

Oh! Seeing the monkey movie tonight. Am psyched.

Don't hire a space monkey, unless it has good references.

That's a given. Although I think Owen could give a space monkey a run for its money.

Right, okay. Thanks. I'm not computer savvy.

Also:

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48!

To be fair, some of those photos are a couple of years old.

Is Emmanuelle's top lip naturally like that, or was it a result of injections?

Is Emmanuelle's top lip naturally like that, or was it a result of injections?

I think that happened to her when she was in space.

A. O. Scott's review of the pirates movie:

"Jack, as usual, finds himself in all kinds of trouble, pursued not only by agents of the British crown, but also by an undead, squid-faced mariner, the famous Davy Jones, who commands a ghoulish crew of half-human, half-aquatic creatures. These sailors are like the cast of "SpongeBob SquarePants" — or the menu at a seafood restaurant —come to life: Night of the Living Bouillabaisse."

Ha! Ha ha ha! I have no need to see this movie -- having been underwhelmed at the charms of the first -- but this is a pretty fun review of it. (Later, there are also jabs at the blandeur of our favorite tiny-headed elf, Orlando Bloom.)

Ooh, a follow-up on the "space monkeys" report...

I've also been informed that Will is a "ghost" and that he and Jack "do it in the butt." (Now I'm not spoiled, just disappointed that it's a joke.)

He was kidding, I went to a porny place. And thought about AU Jack/Dead!Will. I feel like such a Buffista.