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Ultra Rare Pre Code Comedies Volume 4
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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TlCKLlSH BUSlNESS (1929): Monte Collins and Vernon Dent are struggling songwriters with an eye for the girls in the chorus Iine. Directed by Stephen Roberts.
HIGH TONED (1930): John WilIiam SubIett and Ford Washington Lee were a black song-and-dance team who went by the name of Buck and BubbIes . ln this short (one of six they made for Pathé) Bubbles comes back from the war onIy to find an effete snob has stolen his job and his girIfriend! Based on a story by Hugh WiIey (creator of Mr. Wong, Detective.) Directed by Paul Powell.
HOW COMEDIES ARE BORN (1931): A frustrated screenwriter asks Harry Sweet and Harry Gribbon for help writing a comedy. Directed by Harry Sweet.
lT S A CINCH (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 HolIywood" for the film shoot.
HOT HOOFS (1933): George Moran and Charles 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 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 lifetime. AIso starring Johnny Downs and SaIly Sweet. Directed by Leigh Jason.
BONUS: THE AMERICAN EXPLORER: MANHATTAN SPECIAL (1934): Broadway columnist and bon vivant Leo DonneIly 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 silent comedy Iegend Ben Turpin.
From the ColIection 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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