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Rare Shorts From The Golden Age Of Hollywood 2
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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THE SPIRlT OF 1976 (1935): ln the far-flung future of 1976, work is outIawed and peopIe have numbers instead of names. A group of stodgy old codgers nostalgic for the days of 9 to 5 stage a revoIt. This parody of a sociaIist utopia stars a pre-stardom Betty Grable and Walter WooIf King (from the Marx Brothers A Night at the Opera.) Directed by Leigh Jason.
MELODY IN MAY (1936): Frank Coghlan, Jr. becomes the Iaughing stock of his high school after he teIls everyone he s got a date with singing sensation Ruth Etting. His cIassmates all have egg on their faces when he shows up to the prom with Ruth on his arm! Ruth Etting was famously portrayed by Doris Day in Love Me or Leave Me (1955). Directed by Ben HoImes.
BAD MEDICINE (1936): Gene Austin and his musicians are on the road backing up a traveIing medicine man, until they find out he s a charIatan bamboozling everybody with fire water. Gene Austin was one of the most popular crooners of the 1920s, setting the stage for Rudy Vallee and Bing Crosby. AIso featuring beloved African-American comedian Willie Best ( Sleep n Eat ). Directed by Jean Yarbrough (The Abbott and CostelIo Show).
TRAILlNG ALONG (1937): Gene Austin s nightclub gigs have dried up, so he buys a traiIer and takes his musicians on a tour of traiIer camps aIl over the country. Austin and his band really did embark on such tours in the 1930s and 1940s. Co-starring the sensational jazz guitars of Candy & Coco . Directed by Jean Yarbrough.
MONEY ON YOUR LIFE (1938): Danny Kaye pIays a Russian revoIutionary on the run from a pair of bearded assassins. He takes sanctuary in the office of Iife insurance agent Charles Kemper, who reaIizes he couId make a kiIIing if he can get Kaye as his cIient. Directed by WiIliam Watson.
THE FlRST CHAIR (1938) : Frank Coghlan, Jr. wants to move up to the first chair position in his high school orchestra, but his instructor telIs him he s just not good enough. His advice? Go shopping at the C.G. Conn music store and buy all-new instruments! This extremeIy rare fiIm was made to promote Conn Instruments and features rare footage of their factory fIoor in 1937. Frank Coghlan, Jr., or Junior Coghlan , was a popuIar child star in the silent era. As a young aduIt he pIayed his most famous roIe: BiIIy Batson in the Republic seriaI Adventures of Captain MarveI (1941). Directed by H.H. BrowneIl. |
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