Showing posts with label pre-code Hollywood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pre-code Hollywood. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Triumph of the Will: as seen by Busby Berkeley

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Come out, come out, come out and get your lovin' Now don't you keep me in suspense Come on, come on, we'll do our turtledo...
Thursday, February 2, 2017

Pettin' in the dark: pre-Code Hollywood

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Gorgeous, in a pre-Code sort of way. The "little boy" is really a dwarf named Billy Barty.
Friday, September 5, 2014

Footlight Parade Redux: I can't wait to see it again!

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And here are a few delicious gifs I made LAST time I saw it:
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

James Cagney and other cool cats

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I promised you gifs, and here they are. It's a treat to watch Cagney dance like a cat, in a sinuous manner that is nevertheless alw...
Friday, June 28, 2013

"Oh, you nasty man": lovely (pre-Code) Alice Faye

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

What you do while you're waiting (for something you REALLY want)

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This was a pre-code 1930s cartoon, featuring a familiar player. . . who was soon to announce a new character. . . Yes, it'...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

Naked chicks on a plane: really cool GIFs!

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Saturday, October 6, 2012

Betty Boop - she's such a bitch

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The cartoons I used to watch very early on Saturday mornings (I mean before the REAL cartoons came on, like Huckleberry Hound and Bullwin...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Betty Boop Cartoon Banned For Drug Use 1934

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This is all a little unbelievable, like most early cartoons. Not to mention a little nightmarish. At least Betty looks like a girl: in he...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Flying Down to Rio, the hard way

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Just discovered this at the end of an otherwise-unremarkable old '30s musical, Flying Down to Rio. I started watching it coz it had F...
Saturday, February 4, 2012

What's under that skirt?

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ACK!   This has to rate as the most hallucinogenic 1930s production number I've ever seen, and I don't even think it's Busby ...