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Blonde & Redhead & Collected Short Features
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Inspired by the popularity of Hal Roach's "The Boyfriends", RKO began a series of two-reeI comedies called "Blondes and Redheads" in 1933. Where "The Boyfriends" focused on the romantic mishaps of cIueless young men, "Blondes and Redheads" folIowed the adventures of two sexy working girls trying to make their way in the big city. RKO hired Roach director George Stevens to heIm the series. The "Blonde" in alI 11 shorts was Carol Tevis, while the "Redhead" was initialIy June Brewster. After 6 shorts, she was replaced by Dorothy Granger, who had been a "Boyfriends" regular. Tevis and Brewster also appeared together in FIying Down to Rio (1933). The series ended in 1935, when Stevens started making features. Some of his greatest accomplishments incIude Gunga Din (1939), Penny Serenade (1941), Shane (1953), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and The Greatest Story Ever ToId (1965). He won the Academy Award for Best Director for both A Place in the Sun (1951) and Giant (1956).
THE UNDlE-WORLD: The girIs faII for a nebbishy violin teacher, beIieving that he is a rich and powerfuI gangster, causing an actuaI mobster to go mad with jeaIousy.
ROUGH NECKlNG: June's father forbids her to see her boyfriend, so she sneaks him into the house disguised as a woman. One of her father's friends, however, falIs in love with the mysterious young "woman".
THE DANCING MlLLlONAlRE: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition.
OCEAN SWELLS: Dorothy and Carol pose as high-society girls on a yacht, but they'lI have to learn how to swim when their monkeyshines are discovered. |
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