In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. They vow to meet after the war ends, but they don’t know each other’s name or face. Ten years later, the young woman, a nightclub singer, takes in a naive girl fresh from the country. The country girl falls in love with the would-be song-writer upstairs who, unbeknownst to the singer, is none other than the soldier from the bridge.
Tag: screwball comedy
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Who’s That Girl
An uptight New York tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down, all in a single day, when he’s asked to escort a feisty and free-spirited female ex-convict whom asks him to help prove her innocence of her crime.
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The Hudsucker Proxy
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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The Man Who Knew Too Little
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it’s all part of the act.
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There’s Something About Mary
For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.
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Udayapuram Sulthan
Udayapuram Sulthan movie tells Avittam Thirunal Narayana Varma( Narendra Prasad) who is the former Ruler and a loving grandfather. His daughter Malavika Thampuratti (Ambika) had at one time walked out of the palace after falling in love with Abdul Rahman (Captain Raju) who is crippled in the ensuing clash with her brothers. Sulaiman (Dileep) who has been nurtured in Carnatic classical music by his mother. Sulaiman is persuaded to go to his grandfather’s palace to attend an important religious ceremony to remove the impediments to the marriage of the ruler’s grand daughter Gopika (Preetha Vijayakumar). Gopika falls for the charm of Sulaiman, alias Unnikrishnan. Finally, history repeats itself, but without real harm being done, when Malavika Thampuratti and Abdul Rahman come to claim their son. The ball is now in the court of the grandfather, whether Udyapuram Palace needs a Sultan or not.
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Runaway Bride
Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded “the runaway bride” by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his facts are called into question, Ike races to Maggie’s hometown to save his reputation and report on her upcoming fourth trip down the aisle – during which he’s convinced she’ll run again. Though he’s there on a muckraking mission, Ike can’t help but fall for this breathtaking heartbreaker.
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Intolerable Cruelty
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
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The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.