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The recent box office success of The Boss firmly establishes Melissa McCarthy as the current queen of movie comedies (Amy Schumer could be a new contender after an impressive debut last Summer with Trainwreck), but let us think back about those other funny ladies of filmdom. So while we’re enjoying the female reboot/re-imagining of Ghostbusters and those Bad Moms, here’s a top ten list that will hopefully inspire lots of laughter and cause you to search out some classic comedies. It’s tough to narrow them down to ten, but we’ll do our best, beginning with… 10. Eve Arden The droll Ms. Arden represents the comic sidekicks who will attempt to puncture the pomposity of the leading ladies with a well-placed wisecrack (see also the great Thelma Ritter in Rear Window). Her career began in the early 1930’s with great bit roles in Stage Door and Dancing Lady.

“Movie House of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those that are like temples of cinema catering to the most religious-like film geeks. This week, guest submitter Ethan Schaeffer shares one of his favorite theaters. His comments are those quoted. If you’d like to suggest or submit a place you regularly worship at the altar of cinema, please email our weekend editor. Name: Alex Theatre Location: 216 North Brand Boulevard, Glendale, CA Opened: September 4, 1925, as a vaudeville and movie house called the Alexander. Reopened on December 31, 1993, as the Alex Theatre Performing Arts & Entertainment Center. No. of screens: 1 Current first-run titles: none Repertory programming: The Alex Theatre doesn’t play movies too often anymore, but when they do it’s usually repertory events. The last screening on the calendar appears to have been an annual Three Stooges showcase presented by the theater’s Alex Film Society (reportedly regularly attended by relatives...

The Redford Theatre in Detroit announces a Three Stooges Film Festival this weekend: 

The Redford Theatre is happy to present another  "Three Stooges Festival" for your laughing pleasure this weekend. We've selected six of the their funniest shorts featuring Curly, Moe, and Larry, for a total of 2 hours of hilarious slapstick comedy. In "Three Little Pigskins," watch for a very young blonde Lucille Ball in one of her earliest movie roles. Note that the teams shown on the football scoreboard are actually baseball teams -- the Cubs (Chicago), and our own Tigers. It wasn't all fun and games making this film. Curly broke a leg riding down a dumbwaiter, and Larry lost a tooth to a mis-timed punch.

Two of the slapstick routines in "Three Little Beers" were deemed to be such classics that they were incorporated in the recently released "Three Stooges" movie. The Pygmalion theme of "Hoi Polloi...