Not on that list but two I am happy my spouse insisted we see in the theater who is much more into these than I am are Night Nurse and Red Dust.
Awesome!
If only I couldâve found this earlier and used it to post unheard of films in the Over/Under-rated Movies thread.
Ahem, I mean, âtopicâ.
âDrawn like a dirigible to the flame.â
thereâs one film where every time you see a character holding a piece of
paper, itâs soaking wet because at the time there was no other way to
keep from picking up every crackle and rustle of a dry sheet of paper
with the microphones.
That would be The Cocoanuts, and while itâs not the best Marx bros movie, Iâd still say itâs worth including. Then again, this is a surprisingly short list of âworthyâ pre-code films. Still, leaving out The Cocoanuts, Rain, Scarface, or (on a lighter, Bubsy-er note) Footlight Parade in favor of Kept Husbands and Dirigible? If you say so. Then again, I like Whoopee, so who am I to talk?
Whatever happened to Fay Wray, that delicate satin-draped frame?
On second thoughts Iâm not sure I want to know, having been down that path many times.
I would also highly recommend Trouble in Paradise directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
M, 1931
Hollywood? Fritz Lang didnât fetch up there until 1934. And it was in German.
âFreaks, 1932 â DefinitelyâŚdefinitely some ableism.â
Yes, ableism for sure, but itâs not played for gags. Itâs not a comedy, itâs disturbing. Itâs engrossing, even if the premise is somewhat⌠gross to modern sensibilities.
I particularly like saying âone of us, one of usâ when my sister says something about how weird our family is. She always laughs.
Yeah, that was weird that it was put in with all the other deservedly obscure âunpleasantâ films because it really is a classic. Calling it âableistâ ignores that the whole point was that the able-bodied characters were the worst people in the movie.
actually worth tracking down through Amazon, Netflix, and other sources.
Some of these (and plenty of other early films) are freely available on archive.org.
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