Caught in the Web of Love (1929)

[mar3589com]

Singers are Donald Douglas and Betty Compson : should be given credits

[LordWham]

@mar3589com Done!

[FoPo4]

One online source said the dancing was done by "the team of Myles and Kover." Compson's voice was likely dubbed. A reference said she wasn't a singer, (she played the violin well).

[FoPo4]

She is sexy! Doubt that one cutie really did that singing and the dancing with the dangerous drops? There are a lot of odd cuts in the number.

Anyone know how this number was done?

[asorls1]

When this dance routine was pitched to the studios, it must have had the same response as when they pitched Hogans Heros years later. VERY weird! I do see stuff that Sigmund Frieud would have a field day with.

[LivingMindfully1975]

The man has really good legs!

[VJCZAJA]

we need a new version---with Will Farrell as the lead male perhaps

[3investigators]

this is really quite amazing. Sexy and strange and captivating.

[CircusGuideAgency]

How wonderful! Thanks for posting. Haven't seen an adagio like that in a long time

[naisammon]

That blonde chick is SO HOT! I want to dig up her corpse and bang it!

[AmericanEvita]

I first saw this scene from the film The Great Gabbo on Classic Arts Showcase on KCET channel 28. This is the epitome of 1920's song and dance spectacle. I loved it. What a wonderful time the 20's seems to have been. It was before my time (I was born in 1980) but it looks like a marvelous dream of a time!

[TAofMoridura]

What a remarkable sequence! It epitomised its period, as the twenties ended with a bang (the 1929 Crash) and the thirties effectively began prematurely. It combined the old feather and sequins style of the Ziegfeld Follies with the new modernism of helmets and metallic themes. The two principals were athletic and graceful dancers, and physically perfect for the roles. It is too much to expect that he also did his own singing, in that fine, muscular tenor voice.

[machodonna]

SUBLIME!!!!!

[bayderman]

wow ! I must be dreaming now ! No doubt, my favorite.

[muscleco]

Yeah. He HAS got big legs! Great tunes in this film.

[whizbang47]

Sure beats that horrible "Sonny Boy" in the theaters just before it.

[Corrie121]

Don't know who "Spiderman" is but he has a good voice. This is a great video.

Thanks for posting.

[cushtichavi]

Could be Don Douglas who sings in 'Every now and then ' sequence also on 'youtube'

[clipper1194]

Say that was a really swell number!

[jeanniedee]

Guy who plays the spider is very 'camp' and he's got better legs than me !!!

[camilelcoyne]

I've seen a lot of strange things in my life but I think this takes the cake! The costumes, the staging- everything- just cracks me up! Thanks so much for posting it!

[disco79]

LOL This number always makes me laugh. :) It must have look even more surreal in the original Multicolor.

[saxondog2001]

This has a high degree of sexual charge to it, in my view.  I love this dreamy sequence. It's so weird, and to look back at it now is like looking at some strange parallel universe.

Thanks!

[Somerset45]

Thanks to your posts found the entire movie on Google. Very wierd and interesting. Can see why this has a cult following.

[cushtichavi]

According to feedback on 'Every now and then' sequence on 'You tube' the Google film is missing some great scenes.

[kspm01]

Thank you so much for posting! This film is one of my great favorites.

[LordWham]

Thank's....! I finally decided to post this clip along with "I'm In Love You" in response to the wonderful "High Hatters" versions you posted...!

[kspm01]

I'm glad you did!