Chris Yogerst
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Chris Yogerst
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Writer, professor, media historian.
Columns at The Hollywood Reporter, Time, Washington Post, LARB, Atlantic, etc.
Author: The Warner Brothers; Hollywood Hates Hitler; Liberty Valance
Guide @ Cinejourneys
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I'll cosign this!
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Good point...this whole "make the movies I want" will create a comeback tour for disgraced MAGA actors and other hangers on.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This gets worse the closer we look. Yeesh. I guess there are just so many great comedies, but the omissions are increasingly glaring.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Well, hell. Maybe I scanned to quickly. Yikes. All of those need to be in a list of top 100!
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Definitely strange. Ghostbusters would definitely be in my top 10. I feel like Superbad was put in there to appear unbiased to younger audiences. I thought Home Alone was in there somewhere (Hughes writer, not director of coruse)
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Totally agree. I love ZAZ but why this one out of all of them? It's a strange list, for sure, and maybe that's the point. I'm just glad to see a focus on comedy. Many great recommendations in here for those looking for a laugh.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reposted by Chris Yogerst
The mixing of Crawford, director Michael Curtiz, cinematographer James Wong Howe, studio boss Jack Warner, and gossip queen Hedda Hopper and you have yourself a scene!

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The One and Only Joan Crawford
On Scott Eyman's definitive biography
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November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I wouldn't rule out the mob, either, given that it was early 60s LA.
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Who knows, CIA probably. She was just in over hear head (anyone would be with JFK and RFK and that messed up family).
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Yeah...same thing there. That story stinks to high heaven. Christopher Walken knows something.
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Right!?! I feel like most media savvy folks, especially the film history crowd, have been settled on this for ages. (and happy birthday, again :)
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The mixing of Crawford, director Michael Curtiz, cinematographer James Wong Howe, studio boss Jack Warner, and gossip queen Hedda Hopper and you have yourself a scene!

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The One and Only Joan Crawford
On Scott Eyman's definitive biography
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November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Really the only similarity is organized crime (Bootlegging vs Cocaine). That's about it. And the title.
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM