Memorable 'capitalist' comedies on Socialism

"David Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<ERkub.6312> 
> I can't recall any Soviet Union comedies but obviously they had some
> appreciation of slapstick comedy. They allowed very few international
> movies into to the USSR unless they toed the party line but they did
> allow the comedies of the British comedian George Formby to be shown,
> Formbies films were very broad indeed and extrememly popular in
> Russia. No idea what political messages the Soviets saw in them but
> Formby was awarded  the Order of Lenin in 1943.
> 


Moscow on the Hudson, though a bit nasty and condescending. 

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