Breakdowns of 1938, Part 1

[bchfront]

Yes, that is Henry Fonda, along with director Edmund Goulding. The clip of Fazenda and Davies was from 1937's Ever Since Eve, Davies' last. My grandfather, M.K. Jerome (along with Jack Scholl) wrote the title song. My late father, Stuart, was then 18 and just starting as a messenger on the lot. According to Dad, these were run at the annual Christmas parties, where everyone was "half-in-the bag" already!) Dad's book "Those Crazy Wonderful Years When We Ran Warner Bros." gives us further insight.

[BetsyBooth22]

Carole Lombard WOULD have a lot of bloopers with all her craziness.

[ksol1460tv]

@BetsyBooth22 I love Carol. 73 years later she's still making people fall off their chairs laughing.

[iLikePeanutButter9]

wow they cussed a lot

[Pie2]

Whoops forgot to mention I saw the movie of the blooper

[Pie2]

My mind is blown away right now because I've always loved Louise Fazenda's blooper @3:41 and I had no clue that that was Marion Davies walking with her. HA!

[eddiebear100]

"She's the shits.........Woohoo!"

[classicsfan10]

At 6:05 is that Henry Fonda with his tongue sticking out?

[nicoley132]

@classicsfan10 Yup. :o)

[Bestmanme08]

Carol Lombard is beautiful in her blooper! She never lived to get old!

[smichelle65]

1:17--I thought the blooper was going to be Carole Lombard's boobs would come flying out XD

[lou1606]

I love Claude Rains in this!

He also looks really good

[Bestmanme08]

@lou1606 My sister born in 1962 had a crush on Claude Rains!

[Nergaladdictchic]

what the heck is with Basil Rathbone trying on the different helmets? How is that a breakdown?

[nicoley132]

@Nergaladdictchic It ain't. I think they're making fun of how seriously he's taking the costume tests. Or just the fact that he has to try so many helmets. Or something.

[ksol1460tv]

@nicoley132 Plus the fact that he was starting to make fun of himself there, in a deadpan way as usual. Good ol'Basil. I'd love to have seen him guest star on Monty Python.

[rem2267]

I love the ones where the co-stars look pissed off!

[DirtinSky]

You heard all those bings and bangs.. That be those F-Bombs and worse are popping up. This probably would further censored when some of those brits swear "Bloody~" which is the F*CK of the UK. I watched a recent comedy show with one of the contestants yelled "Bullshit" Unedited.

[lamiatepes]

I love Claude Rains' reaction...so terribly English. Does anyone know what movie that was from?

[nicoley132]

White Banners

[DLCOrganization]

White Banners = WB!

By the way, at the risk of sounding stupid,

was that supposed to have been Jack Warner at the beginning?

> Professor DLC

[nicoley132]

@DLCOrganization Well, I don't think so but I do see a similarity. Don't know who he is then though.

[DLCOrganization]

Observing this a little more carefully...

That's not Jack Warner, by a long shot.

> Professor DLC

[kingcaesar5]

why aren't there any f bombs

[KateIsMySlaveName]

Probably because Warner put this together, and since it wasn't really available to the public, they could put the more mild swear words in there, but I think they were shown at dinners and stuff so anything other than damn or hell would probably just be too much for the occasion. I know a lot of these stars were known to curse like sailors, especially Carole Lombard.

[bluedahlia409]

1:12 hahahaha

these are so fun!!

[ClassicMovieClub]

1.19 !AHHH!" hahaha

i felt sori for Bette its so annoyin when u cant get somethin off, it must b reli bad if theres a whole camera cree there, 5.58 she looks so good. haha at the guys pullin faces at her

[229095]

Such a resemblance between the actress at 2:33 and Carrie Fisher. Maybe it's just me.

[MarkMaginel]

Who is the actor in the top hat from 00:32 to 00:42?

[nicoley132]

Hugh Herbert

[looneywoman]

1:41 -- I don't like too many of Pat O'Brien's bloopers, but that's one of his better ones. Reminds me of The Simpsons' "Are we there yet?/No!"-bit.

[nicoley132]

Ha, that's a good one. Then again I like pretty much all of Pat's bloopers. He's all over the place in these things.

[christentze]

i love that about bette, she just said it all, whether it was delivering a great monologue, witty dialogue, or a shitload of cuss words. she's one of the best...though i'd be afraid if she hated me. lol.

[Pri03]

who was the woman that came running into the room? was that carole lombard?

[nicoley132]

At about 1:20? Yeah, Carole Lombard.

It's kinda hard to imagine Carole making a movie at Warners, but she did make one: Fools for Scandal (1938).

[lovesbela]

whats with all the hats and numbers that guy keeps wearing?

[nicoley132]

That's Basil Rathbone from The Adventures of Robin Hood. They're making fun of his serious costume tests.

[jayjayvet]

Yep, that was Bette Davis, allright. Meanwhile, back in Sherwood Forest with Basil Rathbone.....

[meowmeowkitty3]

Who was the intended audience? I would assume it was warner brothers' staff?

[nicoley132]

Yep -- apparently these were shown annually at the studio social club's Christmas party.

[meowmeowkitty3]

I'm just wondering how funny they thought nuts and god damn were...I wonder if anyone ever said shit or fuck?

[nicoley132]

Probably... Maybe that was just too much even for the in-house blooper reel.

[looneywoman]

Maybe those words weren't at that time used as popularly as they are now?

[Quex01]

@looneywoman Yeah, we've gone a long way, havn't we. Thats called progress, dear madam...

[ksol1460tv]

@meowmeowkitty3 From what I've read from back then "Fuck" was used more as a verb, rather than a stronger version of "damn" the way it is today. In the Army, they said FEIL (Fuck 'Em, I'm Leaving) and SNAFU.

[imsokewl27]

@meowmeowkitty3 The Warner Bros staff and thier families.

[sspdirect02]

5:24 LOL

[thewomaninthemoon]

Claude Rains was indeed one of the greats.He had the greatest accent of any actor.He's really funny when he messes up,too.I love Rains!

[thewomaninthemoon]

Is that Bette Davis at 4:00.

[nicoley132]

Gotta be.

[thewomaninthemoon]

Yeah it is,that's from,I believe,That Certain Woman.

[k8nairne]

hahaha - Claude Rains: "Damn and bloody and bugger and blast!"

[RubyTuesday717]

Claude Rains: Was there anything he couldn't say or do?

[nicoley132]

Not in my book. The man was brilliant. It's especially fun to see someone like him screw up.

[Prilpril21]

Nice!