Streaming The Court Jester Online
Lundi, août 30th, 2010 |
Streaming The Court Jester Online.
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Possibly the funniest musical comedy ever made. Even if you are not a Danny Kaye fan, you should try this movie. Don’t be put off by the opening sequence, which looks rather dated now. The film contains some excruciatingly funny scenes, including the classic “Flagon with the dragon” routine. This is Kaye at his brilliant best.
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The story (set in a mediaeval England which cheerfully makes no attempt at historical accuracy) is remarkably solid and complex, which helps maintain the film’s brisk pace.
So when you are in the mood for some good old-fashioned fun, put your feet up and summon “The Court Jester”.
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Update: I recently watched this movie again and I think my original 4-star rating was wrong. This is a 5-star classic.
Danny Kaye is a classic example of a wildly talented performer who was not well-served by the movie industry. Sam Goldwyn knew to shoot Kaye in Technicolor to show off his red hair, but not to give Kaye first-rate material. In most of Kaye’s films he plays some sort of congenital [dounce]. If you think stupidity came to movies only recently, you’ve never seen “The Kid from Brookly,” “On the Riviera,” and similar Kaye [stuff].
“The Court Jester” is a wonderful exception. Panama and Frank were at their peak with a wildly convoluted send-up of Robin Hood and similar derring-do. In addition to the clever wordplay, they aren’t afraid to descend to the deliriously dumb — when Glynis Johns, pretending to be a deaf-mute, makes 15 seconds worth of hand gestures that Kaye interprets as “No,” he explains it’s because she stutters.
The Panama-Frank direction is also on-target. When Kaye and Johns clobber John Carradine, it’s shown as shadows on the wall, in the best Michael Curtiz fashion.
Danny Kaye’s wife, Sylvia Fine, wrote a lot of specialty material for him. Her comic songs are often modeled on Gilbert & Sullivan; “The Maladjusted Jester” is her take on “Oh, a private buffoon” from “The Yeomen of the Guard.” (I suspect she wanted to use Sullivan’s music, but couldn’t, as it was still under British copyright.)
Basil Rathbone reprises Sir Guy from “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” and Panama-Frank gave him plenty of screen time, both as an actor and as a fencer — Rathbone is the consummate slick villain. And what can one say about Glynis Johns but “delicious,” or Mildred Natwick but “inimitable,” or Angela Lansbury but “chunky”? (Sorry about that.)
Pretty much a perfect entertainment — the ideal film to chase away the blues.
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