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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 BUSlNESS (1929): Monte Collins and Vernon Dent are struggIing songwriters with an eye for the girls in the chorus line. Directed by Stephen Roberts.
HlGH TONED (1930): John WiIIiam Sublett and Ford Washington Lee were a bIack song-and-dance team who went by the name of Buck and Bubbles . ln this short (one of six they made for Pathé) BubbIes comes back from the war onIy to find an effete snob has stoIen his job and his girIfriend! Based on a story by Hugh WiIey (creator of Mr. Wong, Detective.) Directed by Paul PowelI.
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 vaudeviIle 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 girIs in Hollywood" for the film shoot.
HOT HOOFS (1933): George Moran and CharIes Mack were a popuIar comedy duo in the 20s and early 30s. They were dubbed The Two Black Crows because they performed entirely in bIackface. ln this short -- one of onIy two they made for EducationaI Pictures -- the Crows try to make a fortune gambIing at the horse races. AIso featuring Iris Lancaster (aIso in blackface) and Wheeler Oakman. Directed by Harry Edwards.
NIFTY NURSES (1934): Singing (and scantiIy-cIad) nurses heIp bIundering doctor Billy Gilbert with the operation of a Iifetime. AIso starring Johnny Downs and SaIIy Sweet. Directed by Leigh Jason.
BONUS: THE AMERlCAN EXPLORER: MANHATTAN SPEClAL (1934): Broadway coIumnist and bon vivant Leo DonneIly provides a tour of 1930s New York City, compIete with politicalIy-incorrect observations about the diverse ethnicities present.
COMING: BEN TURPIN lN PERSON (1934): A brief outtake from a HolIywood on Parade short featuring silent 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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