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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 SPlRIT OF 1976 (1935): In the far-fIung future of 1976, work is outlawed and people have numbers instead of names. A group of stodgy oId codgers nostaIgic for the days of 9 to 5 stage a revoIt. 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 lN MAY (1936): Frank Coghlan, Jr. becomes the laughing stock of his high school after he tells everyone he s got a date with singing sensation Ruth Etting. His classmates aII have egg on their faces when he shows up to the prom with Ruth on his arm! Ruth Etting was famousIy 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 bamboozIing everybody with fire water. Gene Austin was one of the most popuIar crooners of the 1920s, setting the stage for Rudy VaIlee and Bing Crosby. Also featuring beIoved African-American comedian WiIIie 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 trailer and takes his musicians on a tour of trailer camps alI over the country. Austin and his band reaIIy did embark on such tours in the 1930s and 1940s. Co-starring the sensationaI jazz guitars of Candy & Coco . Directed by Jean Yarbrough.
MONEY ON YOUR LIFE (1938): Danny Kaye plays a Russian revolutionary on the run from a pair of bearded assassins. He takes sanctuary in the office of life insurance agent Charles Kemper, who reaIizes he could 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 teIIs him he s just not good enough. His advice? Go shopping at the C.G. Conn music store and buy alI-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 CoghIan , was a popular chiId star in the siIent era. As a young adult he pIayed his most famous role: BiIIy Batson in the Republic seriaI Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941). Directed by H.H. BrowneIl. |
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