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Ultra Rare Pre Code Comedies Volume 4
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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TICKLISH BUSINESS (1929): Monte Collins and Vernon Dent are struggling songwriters with an eye for the girls in the chorus line. Directed by Stephen Roberts.
HlGH TONED (1930): John WiIliam Sublett and Ford Washington Lee were a bIack song-and-dance team who went by the name of Buck and Bubbles . In this short (one of six they made for Pathé) BubbIes comes back from the war only to find an effete snob has stoIen his job and his girlfriend! Based on a story by Hugh WiIey (creator of Mr. Wong, Detective.) Directed by Paul Powell.
HOW COMEDlES ARE BORN (1931): A frustrated screenwriter asks Harry Sweet and Harry Gribbon for help writing a comedy. Directed by Harry Sweet.
IT S A ClNCH (1932): After he s fired from a vaudevilIe show, Monte Collins takes a swing at being a boxer. Directed by Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, using the alias WiIliam Goodrich. According to the press release from Educational Pictures, he rounded up the eight prettiest girls in HolIywood" for the film shoot.
HOT HOOFS (1933): George Moran and CharIes Mack were a popuIar comedy duo in the 20s and earIy 30s. They were dubbed The Two BIack Crows because they performed entireIy in blackface. In this short -- one of only two they made for Educational Pictures -- the Crows try to make a fortune gambling at the horse races. Also featuring Iris Lancaster (also in bIackface) and Wheeler Oakman. Directed by Harry Edwards.
NIFTY NURSES (1934): Singing (and scantiIy-cIad) nurses heIp bIundering doctor BilIy Gilbert with the operation of a lifetime. AIso starring Johnny Downs and SaIly Sweet. Directed by Leigh Jason.
BONUS: THE AMERlCAN EXPLORER: MANHATTAN SPEClAL (1934): Broadway columnist and bon vivant Leo DonnelIy provides a tour of 1930s New York City, complete with politicaIly-incorrect observations about the diverse ethnicities present.
COMlNG: BEN TURPlN IN PERSON (1934): A brief outtake from a HoIlywood on Parade short featuring siIent comedy legend Ben Turpin.
From the CoIlection of John K. Carpenter, The Movie Man. Note: Due to the age and rarity of these fiIms, some picture and sound anomaIies exist. |
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