Video: 'My Man Godfrey' trailer

(Tuesday, September 8, 1936, 8:30 p.m. PDT) — My Man Godfrey, a screwball comedy film about a zany heiress who tries to help a tramp by making him the family butler, premiered tonight at Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Boulevard, near Hollywood and Vine, in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Continue reading ‘My Man Godfrey’ screwball comedy film premieres in Hollywood 90 years ago this hour (Sep 8 1936) →

Video: 'Swing Time' trailer

(Thursday, August 27, 1936, 10:05 a.m. EDT) — Swing Time, a musical comedy film about a dancer who tries to make it big to prove himself worthy of his fiancee only to fall for his dancing partner, opened this morning at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Continue reading ‘Swing Time’ musical comedy film opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Aug 27 1936) →

Video: 'Mr. Deeds Goes to Town' trailer

(Thursday, April 9, 1936, 8:00 p.m. CST) — Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, a screwball comedy about a small-town poet who has to deal with the corruption of city life when he inherits a fortune, premiered tonight at the Malco theater in Memphis, Tennessee, to benefit Red Cross flood and tornado relief. Continue reading ‘Mr. Deeds Goes to Town’ premieres in Memphis 90 years ago this hour (Apr 9 1936) →

Video: 'Modern Times' trailer

(Wednesday, February 5, 1936, 8:30 p.m. EST) — The gala world premiere of Modern Times, a comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world, was held tonight at the Rivoli Theatre at 1620 Broadway (at 49th street) in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Continue reading ‘Modern Times’ premieres in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Feb 5 1936) →

Video: 'A Night at the Opera' trailer

(Friday, December 6, 1935, doors scheduled to open at 10:15 a.m. EST) — A Night at the Opera, a comedy film about three zanies who turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their protege’s romance with the leading lady, opened today at the Capitol Theatre, 1645 Broadway, just north of Times Square in New York City, across from the Winter Garden Theatre. Continue reading ‘A Night at the Opera’ opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Dec 6 1935) →

Video: 'Mutiny on the Bounty' trailer

(Friday, November 8, 1935, doors opened at 9:45 a.m. EST) — Mutiny on the Bounty, a drama film about the sadistic Captain Bligh who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas expedition, opened this morning at the Capitol Theatre located at 1645 Broadway, just north of Times Square in New York City, across from the Winter Garden Theatre. Continue reading ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Nov 8 1935) →

Video: 'Anna Karenina' trailer

(Friday, August 30, 1935, 10:45 a.m. EDT) — Anna Karenina, a film adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love, premiered this morning at the Capitol theater in New York. Continue reading ‘Anna Karenina’ premieres in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Aug 30 1935) →

Video: 'Top Hat' trailer

(Thursday, August 29, 1935, 10:05 a.m. EDT) — Top Hat, a screwball musical comedy film about a woman who thinks the man who loves her is her best friend’s husband, opened today at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Continue reading ‘Top Hat’ musical comedy film opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Aug 29 1935) →

Video: 'Murder Man' trailer

(Friday, July 12, 1935) — The Murder Man, a crime-drama film about a hard-drinking reporter who specializes in murder cases and then becomes a suspect in one himself, was released today in the U.S. Continue reading Jimmy Stewart’s first feature film ‘Murder Man’ released 90 years ago today (July 12 1935) →