16-469: [REDACTED] Look up stormy weather in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stormy Weather may refer to: Films [ edit ] Stormy Weather (1935 film) , a British comedy film directed by Tom Walls Stormy Weather (1943 film) , an American musical motion picture produced and released by 20th Century Fox in 1943 Stormy Weathers (film) ,
32-713: A camp sensibility lay behind the successful Carry On films , while in America subversive independent film-maker John Waters made camp films for college audiences with his drag queen friends that eventually found a mainstream audience. The success of the American television show Saturday Night Live drove decades of cinema with racier content allowed on television drawing on the program's stars and characters, with bigger successes including Wayne's World , Mean Girls , Ghostbusters and Animal House . Parody and joke-based films continue to find audiences. While comedic films are among
48-831: A 1992 film directed by Will Mackenzie Stormy Weather (2003 French-Icelandic film) , a French-Icelandic film Stormy Weather (2003 Spanish film) , a Spanish film Television [ edit ] "Stormy Weather," an episode of Blue's Clues "Stormy Weather," an episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog "Stormy Weather," an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants "Stormy Weather," an episode of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir "Stormy Weather," an episode of Star Trek: Discovery Music [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] Stormy Weather (Lena Horne album) , 1957 Stormy Weather (Thelonious Monster album) , 1990 Stormy Weather (Grace Knight album) , 1991 Stormy Weather (AT&T album) ,
64-626: A 1998 live compilation album by various artists Songs [ edit ] "Stormy Weather" (song) , a 1933 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler and first sung by Ethel Waters at The Cotton Club in Harlem "Stormy Weather", a song by the Pixies from their 1990 album Bossanova "Stormy Weather" (Echo & the Bunnymen song) , their 2005 single "Stormy Weather", a song by Grime MC Wiley , from his 2006 mixtape "Da 2nd Phaze" "Stormy Weather",
80-555: A 2009 biography of Lena Horne by James Gavin A cocktail made with rum, ginger beer and lime juice Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Stormy Weather . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stormy_Weather&oldid=1245178592 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
96-451: A British comedy film of the 1930s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor . These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending , with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre . Some of
112-464: A song by Kings of Leon from their 2021 album When You See Yourself "Stormy Weather", a song by The Kooks from their 2008 album Konk "Stormy Weather", a song by Nina Nastasia from her 2000 album Dogs Other uses [ edit ] Stormy Weather (yacht) , the 1934 yacht that won both the 1935 Fastnet race and Trans-Atlantic races Stormy Weather (novel) , a 1995 novel by Carl Hiaasen Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne ,
128-665: Is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London . Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them. Back in London, Mrs. Craggs
144-524: Is based on a story by Ben Travers . Since 1930, a popular series of film adaptations of Traver's Aldwych Farces had been released. Although the film was based on an original screenplay by Travers rather than one of his stage farces, it features a number of actors who had appeared in Aldwych films. The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at Islington Studios . The film's sets were designed by art director Alex Vetchinsky . This article related to
160-519: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Stormy Weather (1935 film) Stormy Weather is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn and Robertson Hare . Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan
176-641: Is horrified to discover she is still married to the White Russian Count Polotsky, whom she had thought was dead. The villainous Polotsky plans to kidnap her and blackmail her new husband. Craggs, Penny and Bullock eventually rescue her from the Chinatown dive where she is being held. It is discovered that Polotsky has married a young Chinese woman and is equally guilty of bigamy. They are able to recover all incriminating evidence as well. In gratitude, Craggs appoints Penny as his assistant. Stormy Weather
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#1732848061067192-658: The earliest silent films were slapstick comedies , which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue . Comedy, compared with other film genres , places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to
208-515: The film industry due to their popularity. In The Screenwriters Taxonomy (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story, and therefore, the labels "drama" and "comedy" are too broad to be considered a genre. Instead, his taxonomy argues that comedy is a type of film that contains at least a dozen different sub-types. A number of hybrid genres have emerged, such as action comedy and romantic comedy . The first comedy film
224-743: The most popular with audiences at the box office, there is an 'historical bias against a close and serious consideration of comedy' when it comes to critical reception and conferring of awards, such as at the Academy Awards . Film writer Cailian Savage observes "Comedies have won Oscars, although they’ve usually been comedy-dramas, involved very depressing scenes, or appealed to stone-hearted drama lovers in some other way, such as Shakespeare in Love ." According to Williams' taxonomy , all film descriptions should contain their type (comedy or drama) combined with one (or more) sub-genres. This combination does not create
240-508: The use of comedy film to make social statements by building their narratives around sensitive cultural, political or social issues. Such films include Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb , Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and The Graduate . In America, the sexual revolution drove an appetite for comedies that celebrated and parodied changing social morals, including Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Fanny Hill . In Britain,
256-414: Was L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed and produced by film pioneer Louis Lumière . Less than a minute long, it shows a boy playing a prank on a gardener. The most notable comedy actors of the silent film era (1895–1927) were Charlie Chaplin , Harold Lloyd , and Buster Keaton , though they were able to make the transition into “ talkies ” after the 1920s. Film-makers in the 1960s skillfully employed
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