And now “On the Loose” (1931) starring Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd (https://youtu.be/d7Qtzm_TWmE?si=Z0auB_0UhBIgfOZj)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #PreCode #OnTheLoose
First up is “Sons of the Desert” (1933) starring Stan Lauren, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, and Dorothy Christy (https://youtu.be/SVQHveBaBX8?si=_4mJexRMwC9KITk5)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #PreCode #SonsOfTheDesert #LaurelAndHardy
30 MINUTES
until #RetroView closes out #PreCodeApril with hijinks (info
https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/114369891090748204)
Thanks for tuning in! Join me tomorrow for a triple dose of #PreCodeApril hijinks from Laurel & Hardy and Zasu Pitts & Thelma Todd on #RetroView (link & info https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/114369891090748204) Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday, #MusComEnt friends
Claudette Colbert’s beautiful silk wedding dress in “It Happened One Night” was designed by Robert Kalloch
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #ItHappenedOneNight #ClaudetteColbert
Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable on the set of “It Happened One Night” (with a little help from director Frank Capra) #MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #ItHappenedOneNight #ClaudetteColbert #ClarkGable
Despite both reservations by its stars and being a ~poverty row~ film, “It Happened One Night” was the first film to ever sweep the Oscars. It won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Writing!
#MusComEnt #ItHappenedOneNight #PreCodeApril
Need something to do Saturday afternoon? Drop by for #SatMat @ 4pm EST/3pm CST (over on birdsite) when we close out #PreCodeApril with a #horror double feature: “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933)(https://tinyurl.com/33f83h87) & “Doctor X” (1932)(https://tinyurl.com/yn7xwh76) I hope y’all can make it
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And tune in Thursday @ SPECIAL TIME
6pm EST/5pm CST when #RetroView closes out #PreCodeApril with a Laurel & Hardy and Zasu & Thelma triple feature:” Sons of the Desert” (1933), “On the Loose” (1931) and “The Music Box” (1932). Playlist available here (https://tinyurl.com/7fpbvy25) I hope to see y’all then
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Join me Wednesday @ 6pm EST/5pm CST when #MusComEnt closes out #PreCodeApril with the screwball-y RomCom “It Happened One Night” (1934) . Available on CriterionChannel (https://tinyurl.com/3skbdun8) and for free on TUBI (https://tinyurl.com/y6yyfnyw), InternetArchive (https://tinyurl.com/bdcrp6hx) and here (https://tinyurl.com/mun8ceen)
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Louis Armstrong plays us out… Thanks for tuning in! If you can drop by #SatMat for “Night of the Lepus” (1972) (info https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/114339909567069747) + Join me next week when we close out #PreCodeApril with “It Happened One Night” (1934) on #MusComEnt and with the hilarity of Laurel & Hardy and Zasu & Thelma on #RetroView. Enjoy the rest of your week
And, of course, our leading man is John Barrymore AKA “The Great Profile” of the legendary Barrymore Family Acting Dynasty. Like Carol Lombard he also passed away in 1942 but of cirrhosis and pneumonia complications.
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #TwentiethCentury #JohnBarrymore
Our leading lady is Carol Lombard who is known for her work in screwball comedies. “Twentieth Century” is considered to be her breakout film. She passed away at age 33 in a plane crash following a 1942 War Bond fundraiser
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #TwentiethCentury #CarolLombard
Need something to do Saturday afternoon? Drop by for #SatMat @ 4pm EST/3pm CST (over on birdsite) when we continue the #PreCodeApril fun with a Marx Brothers double feature: Horse Feathers” (1932) and “Duck Soup” (1933). Available for free separately here (https://tinyurl.com/bd7yu9vx), here (https://tinyurl.com/5xcv2f2c) and together on Internet Archive (https://tinyurl.com/bp6exkh6) I hope y’all can make it
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Join me Wednesday AKA TODAY @ 6pm EST/5pm CST when #MusComEnt continues to celebrate #PreCodeApril with the Carol Lombard and John Barrymore screwball comedy “Twentieth Century” (1934). Available for free here (https://ok.ru/video/2733852789275)
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