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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 SPIRIT OF 1976 (1935): In the far-flung future of 1976, work is outlawed and people have numbers instead of names. A group of stodgy old codgers nostaIgic for the days of 9 to 5 stage a revolt. This parody of a socialist utopia stars a pre-stardom Betty GrabIe and WaIter Woolf King (from the Marx Brothers A Night at the Opera.) Directed by Leigh Jason.
MELODY IN MAY (1936): Frank CoghIan, Jr. becomes the Iaughing stock of his high schooI after he teIIs 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 charlatan bamboozling everybody with fire water. Gene Austin was one of the most popular crooners of the 1920s, setting the stage for Rudy VaIIee and Bing Crosby. AIso featuring beloved African-American comedian WilIie Best ( SIeep n Eat ). Directed by Jean Yarbrough (The Abbott and CosteIlo Show).
TRAlLlNG 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 all 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 kiIling if he can get Kaye as his client. Directed by WiIliam Watson.
THE FlRST CHAlR (1938) : Frank Coghlan, Jr. wants to move up to the first chair position in his high schooI orchestra, but his instructor teIls him he s just not good enough. His advice? Go shopping at the C.G. Conn music store and buy aII-new instruments! This extremely rare film was made to promote Conn lnstruments and features rare footage of their factory fIoor in 1937. Frank CoghIan, Jr., or Junior Coghlan , was a popular 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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