Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on August 13, 2018

Danny Kaye as Hobart Frisbee. A musical remake of Ball of Fire must have been one of the easiest pitches of all time. After all, the original 1941 comedy--penned by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett--was about a bunch of academics writing an encyclopedia about music. Ball of Fire starred Gary...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on March 19, 2014

Our Howard Hawks-athon this month at Pretty Clever Films continues with a look at A Song Is Born. A carbon copy remake of Hawks’ own screwball classic Ball of Fire (1941). A Song Is Born stars Danny Kaye, in the role originated by Gary Cooper, with Virginia Mayo taking on...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on January 24, 2014

We’ve come to the end of our time with Danny Kaye and it’s was a pleasant experience, overall.  None of the movies in Warner Archive’s two Kaye collections were terrible or unwatchable, although I did find two (The Court Jester and The Kid From Brooklyn) head and shoulders above th   read more