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Posters for “Monte Carlo” (1930) from The USA and Sweden
#Comedon #MonteCarlo #PreCode -
The music for “The Cocoanuts” stage show and film was composed by none other than Irving Berlin
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #IrvingBerlin #PreCodeApril #PreCode -
“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy -
“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy -
“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy -
“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy -
“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy -
I was embarrassingly old before I realized that Groucho’s trademark eyebrows and mustache were grease paint 😶 BUT he did grow a real mustache later in life
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #GrouchoMarx #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode -
“The Cocoanuts” began life as one of The Marx Brothers’ stage shows which also starred their frequent collaborator Margaret Dumont. She went on to be in 6 more of their films!
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #MargaretDumont #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode -
And now our feature presentation: “The Cocoanuts” (1929) staring Harpo, Chico, Groucho AND Zeppo Marx (https://youtu.be/9FxpREDf_l0?si=4GvI__dJtRR4hvS9)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #PreCode -
Next up is “The Stolen Jools” (1931) (https://youtu.be/Y0GSQpZu7AQ?si=IZS5wvGAuq9ea9u-) which is stuffed with some of the biggest stars of the stage & screen of the 1920s and early 1930s to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheStolenJools #PreCode -
This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh -
This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh -
This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh -
This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh -
This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh -
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from #SilentFilm & #PreCode -era films it’s that folx got publically rowdy and destructive quickly and at the drop of a hat!
#RetroView #TheHotSpot -
<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:
Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:
Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:
Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:
Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:
Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
“Havana Widows” (1933) in summation:
#MusComEnt #HavanaWidows #PreCodeApril #PreCode -
#PreCode films: (near) nudity for everyone… even Guy Kibbee 🥴
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And the man of the hour: Frank McHugh (May 23, 1898 – Sept. 11, 1981), who was from a theatrical family. He struck out on his own in 1930 and quickly made his way into film & later TV, where he easily cornered the market on being the (often tipsy) comic relief
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
And the man of the hour: Frank McHugh (May 23, 1898 – Sept. 11, 1981), who was from a theatrical family. He struck out on his own in 1930 and quickly made his way into film & later TV, where he easily cornered the market on being the (often tipsy) comic relief
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
And the man of the hour: Frank McHugh (May 23, 1898 – Sept. 11, 1981), who was from a theatrical family. He struck out on his own in 1930 and quickly made his way into film & later TV, where he easily cornered the market on being the (often tipsy) comic relief
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
And the man of the hour: Frank McHugh (May 23, 1898 – Sept. 11, 1981), who was from a theatrical family. He struck out on his own in 1930 and quickly made his way into film & later TV, where he easily cornered the market on being the (often tipsy) comic relief
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
And the man of the hour: Frank McHugh (May 23, 1898 – Sept. 11, 1981), who was from a theatrical family. He struck out on his own in 1930 and quickly made his way into film & later TV, where he easily cornered the market on being the (often tipsy) comic relief
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode -
“Havana Widows” (1933) is the first of 5 films centered around the “Blonde Bombshell” comedy duo of Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, who were WB’s answer to Hal Roach’s female comedy pair Zasu Pitts & Thelma Todd
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #JoanBlondell #GlendaFarrell #PreCode -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/116400447546036723
⏰ONE HOUR⏰ until #MusComEnt honors one of the unsung character actors of the #PreCode era: Frank McHugh (info⤵️)
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Tune in Thursday @ 6:30pm EST/5:30pm CST when #RetroView continues our #PreCodeApril Frank McHugh salute with some #PreCode Comedy Shorts! Playlist available here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfsT1JWpxwBvHsXQRV2LZomr&si=TwWqx1_IkNU-l9nX) I’ll see y’all then💕
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There’s A LOT of really fucked up things in today’s #SatMat selections not limited to: simulated animal abuse, nudity, etc.. if this isn’t for you I can recommend the #PreCode Marx Bros. comedy “Monkey Business “ (1931) (https://youtu.be/E77bb799hE0?si=5Ux0m0JKPj3QmYF_)
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Our first film today is the #PreCode psychological sexploitation #horror film “Maniac” AKA “Dwain Esper’s Maniac” AKA “Sex Maniac” (1934) (https://youtu.be/yfDZH0Vr5p8?si=6isMaFOILou6nZ3P)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #Maniac #scifi -
Our first film today is the #PreCode psychological sexploitation #horror film “Maniac” AKA “Dwain Esper’s Maniac” AKA “Sex Maniac” (1934) (https://youtu.be/yfDZH0Vr5p8?si=6isMaFOILou6nZ3P)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #Maniac #scifi -
Our first film today is the #PreCode psychological sexploitation #horror film “Maniac” AKA “Dwain Esper’s Maniac” AKA “Sex Maniac” (1934) (https://youtu.be/yfDZH0Vr5p8?si=6isMaFOILou6nZ3P)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #Maniac #scifi -
Our first film today is the #PreCode psychological sexploitation #horror film “Maniac” AKA “Dwain Esper’s Maniac” AKA “Sex Maniac” (1934) (https://youtu.be/yfDZH0Vr5p8?si=6isMaFOILou6nZ3P)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #Maniac #scifi -
Our first film today is the #PreCode psychological sexploitation #horror film “Maniac” AKA “Dwain Esper’s Maniac” AKA “Sex Maniac” (1934) (https://youtu.be/yfDZH0Vr5p8?si=6isMaFOILou6nZ3P)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #Maniac #scifi -
Mae West’s iconic wiggle was the product of her being inspired by vaudeville drag performers and b/c underneath her dresses she would wear these weird double decker shoes to make herself taller than her natural 5ft height
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ImNoAngel #MaeWest #PreCode -
Mae West’s iconic wiggle was the product of her being inspired by vaudeville drag performers and b/c underneath her dresses she would wear these weird double decker shoes to make herself taller than her natural 5ft height
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ImNoAngel #MaeWest #PreCode