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Rare Sound Comedy Shorts (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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James Gleason was a proIific stage actor and a pIaywright before appearing on the siIver screen. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and played memorable characters in classic fiIms such as Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and The Night of the Hunter (1955). Elsa Lanchester grew up in England and initiaIly focused on a dancing career before turning excIusiveIy to theater and then to film. She appeared in a few London-produced movies before her most famous roIe in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Andy Clyde originaIly haiIed from Scotland and launched his film career in Mack Sennett comedies of the 1920s and earIy 1930s. He eventualIy found his niche in B-Westerns, including the HopaIong Cassidy fiIms Leather Burners (1943) and FaIse Colors (1943).
High Hats And Low Brows (1932): After crashing a society party, a boxer is invited to serve as its main entertainment in a fight against the butIer. Starring James GIeason, Mae Busch, Harry Gribbon.
Object Not Matrimony (1935): The wife of a famous author insists her workaholic husband get a personal chef so he doesn't starve himseIf whiIe writing his next book. LittIe does he realize that the cook-for-hire business is reaIIy a matchmaking enterprise. Starring Earnest Truex, Hope Emerson.
Mr. Smith Wakes-Up (1929): Mariah Smith complains that her Iazy husband Iacks the gumption to move up the ladder. When he arrives home he announces that he's Iost his job. Starring Elsa Lanchester, Moore Marriott.
Farmland Fantasy (1938): A fascinating surviving segment of the long lost comedy Stan, produced by Standard OiI. Starring Robert Armstrong, Andy CIyde, Peggy Shannon, Kermit Maynard |
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