Straight Up (2019), It Happened One Night (1934), Ball of Fire (1941), Cry Danger (1951), The Damned Don't Cry (1950), Arise, My Love (1940), Ex-Lady (1933), No Man of Her Own (1932) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Fast-talking movies.
Storyline: Intellectual soul mates bond.
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, lgbtq+, romance, youth, coming of age, urban, contemporary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. Actually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, classic, road movie, journalist, opposites attract, oscar winner ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O'Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice: mobster boyfriend Joe Lilac is suspected of murder and Sugarpuss' testimony could put him away. Naive Professor Bertram Potts meets Miss O'Shea while researching an article on slang and in true romantic comedy fashion the two worlds collide. When Miss O'Shea hides out with Potts and his fellow professors, everyone learns something new: the professors how to cha-cha and Potts the meaning of "yum-yum"!—A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, classic, black comedy, dialogue-driven, musical, witty ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rocky Mulloy, back in town after serving 5 years of a life sentence for armed robbery, hopes to clear his friend Danny Morgan who's still in prison for the same crime. It won't be easy. Even the witness who cleared Rocky thinks he's guilty; Danny's glamorous wife Nancy, living in a sleazy trailer court, seems lukewarm about getting Danny back; cynical cop Gus Cobb just wants to stir things up in hopes that the missing "hot" $100,000 will surface. Plenty of tough talk, night scenes, deceptive dames and double crosses in this typical film noir.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: film noir, crime, drama, thriller, mystery, detective, revenge ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The murder of gangster Nick Prenta touches off an investigation of mysterious socialite Lorna Hansen Forbes, who seems to have no past, and has now disappeared. In flashback, we see the woman's anonymous roots; her poor working-class marriage, which ends in tragedy and her determination to find "better things." Soon finding that sex appeal is her only salable commodity, she climbs from man to man toward the center of a nationwide crime syndicate...a very perilous position.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: film noir, crime drama, femme fatale, gangster, melodrama, classic hollywood, 1950s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1939, American Tom Martin, who fought in the Spanish Civil War, awaits execution at the hands of the Fascist victors when reporter Augusta 'Gusto' Nash, for a scoop, aids him in an audacious escape. Of course, Tom tries to romance Gusto; but though she likes him, her career comes first, and Tom himself prefers freedom-fighting to settling down. Comedy becomes drama as their mixed feelings lead them on a circuitous path through the deepening chaos and catastrophe of the early days of World War II.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, drama, war, adventure, historical, black-and-white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Commercial artist Helen Bauer believes marriage kills romance. She lives with advertising writer Don Peterson. He convinces her to marry him. He later carries on with client Peggy Smith; Helen takes up with Don's competitor Nick Malvyn. In the end, the couple agree to give marriage another chance.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, comedy, 1930s, black-and-white, warner bros, remarriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Clark Gable plays a card cheat who has to go on the lam to avoid a pesky cop. He meets a lonely, but slightly wild, librarian, Carole Lombard, while he is hiding out. The two get married after Lombard wins a coin flip and they move back to the city. Gable continues his gambling/cheating scheme unbeknownst to Lombard. When she discovers his "other life", she presures him to quit. Gable feels crowded and tells her that he is leaving for South America. In fact, Gable has decided he wants to go straight and turns himself in to the cop...—Jordan Caldwell <jcaldwell@tamu.edu>
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, comedy, pre-code hollywood, marriage, gambling, deception ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This is the story of two New York divorce attorneys who are often competing against each other, but end up in a relationship nonetheless. When they get married, can they avoid the same issues at home that lead people to provide them business at work? One of the central cases in the story is the heavily-publicized divorce of a rock star from his wife...
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, legal drama, opposites attract, courtroom, marriage, chemistry, 2000s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two songwriters want to cast a British star in their new show.
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, dance, 1930s, broadway, show business ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Unknown writer Jonathan Briggs is tricked into buying in to a struggling western magazine only to find that all Is not as it appears. In the meantime, he falls for the publisher's assistant and complications arise.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, 1940s, hollywood, black-and-white, lighthearted ...
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