Breakdowns of 1936

[19gloria56]

Goddamnit! xD



[yowzephyr]

At 5:15 and 5:23 we see why Jon Stewart gave up acting and moved on to doing talk shows.

[honorjj]

What's the movie at 3:48?

[nicoley132]

@honorjj The Payoff (1935)

[honorjj]

@nicoleY

Thank you.

[RegisPhilbinFan]

i love how claude rains says god damn @ 2:56

[BarnabasFrid]

@RegisPhilbinFan It used to be my outgoing message on voice mail!

[Microglia1]

does anyone know how the words/captions to the scenes look so crisp and HQ?

[SAHLISS]

What wus with the farting sound? I didnt know they had toilet humor in the 30's.

[Ed86Wood]

Its neat to see Leslie Howard in action in a blooper reel - something i never thought i'd get to see :) at 8.00

[HellLord0931]

my grandfather was born that year!

[Kevashidaz]

Time... marches on!

[Luckynumber78]

Who is the guy at 7:46 in the video?

[nicoley132]

@Luckynumber78 Yet another one of those actors I should probably know because he looks very familiar and I've likely seen him in a number of movies... lol. But I don't know, sorry.

[gtrrs71]

@Luckynumber78 That is Donald Woods in The Story of Louis Pasteur, 1936. Paul Muni played the lead.

[Luckynumber78]

@gtrrs71 Okay, thank you! Boy, did he have a long career.

[cbalducc]

Were these "Breakdowns" shown in the theaters? I can't believe they would, considering how cuss words were a no-no in movies back then. God bless.

[SOLE2SOUL]

@cbalducc If I'm not mistaken, these were only shown at the studio holiday parties for the crew & actors under contract. The Hays Office would never have allowed these to be shown to the public.

[nicoley132]

@SOLE2SOUL Right -- thanks. :)

[101zombie]

Okay, who is that at 5:22? "Now how do you like that word?" lol

Agreed, Leslie Howard's even more sexy/cuter when he flubs a line.

So many great actors in this video. Wish they would have thought of doing this sooner and keeping more. Love these breakdowns and bloopers! I always watch the bonus features on home videos, if they're available. Sometimes they're just as enjoyable as the film itself.

[nicoley132]

@101zombie Don't know, sorry. He looks familiar though, doesn't he?

These blooper reels are definitely some of the best bonus features. I wonder if the average actor liked or hated these things? I guess they'd be okay if you had a sense of humor about yourself, but if you considered yourself a Serious Actor...

[OofusTwillip]

@101zombie - The one at 5:22 is the same one as in the blooper just before it: Ross Alexander. His story was very tragic, involving secret homosexuality, mental illness, and suicide. He was briefly married to Ann Nagel (his co-star in the 1936 WB B-picture, "Here Comes Carter"). She, too, had a very tragic life, which ended far too soon.

Elsewhere on YouTube, there's a clip from "Here Comes Carter", showing Nagel & (briefly) Alexander. She's singing a beautifully haunting song.

[nicoley132]

@OofusTwillip Thanks so much for the answer and all of the other information. Very tragic.

[Dtrollmancan]

So time marches on??

[eddiebear100]

"I don't know........"

".....The next line"

[eddiebear100]

What the hell are green frields?

[robbanzana]

Maybe someone already asked, but who is the lady at 3:39 ? Never seen her before, she's pretty. :)

[nicoley132]

@robbanzana Claire Dodd I believe. From a movie called The Payoff. :)

[pryto]

@robbanzana Actually, I think its Beverly Roberts but I could be wrong... imdb.com/name/nm0730859/

[BOomeek]

2:54, 5:00, 5:25 are priceless!

Thanks so much for the upload.

[ritchie4]

5:25 - "And right into the goddamn.."

Does anyone know who this is or what film its from?

[jahoodunrama]

this was fantastic, thanks for uploading!

[LevZeppelin3]

Wow......Leslie Howard's sexy even when he forgets his lines. What a man.

w Leopardi

[smichelle65]

For a guy who played a lot of saintly priests, Pat O'Brien sure was quick to let the "goddamn"s fly!

[Lissbirds]

Does anyone know what the first movie is? It doesn't look familiar, but I'd like to see it. I love period movies.

And Edward G. Robinson with the gun...lol.

[nicoley132]

@Lissbirds Anthony Adverse I believe.

[Lissbirds]

@nicoley132 Ahh--thank you!!

[lou1606]

Do you believe Leslie howard is 43 here?

He look so young and handsome

[nicoley132]

@lou1606 I take it you like Leslie Howard. Haha, that's super; I do too. Still too old to be playing Romeo though. :p Ah well.

[LevZeppelin3]

@nicoley132 Do you think so? I don't know, he looks so "romeo-like", young and feverish.

[najami12]

@lou1606 Who cares what a man looks like!

[lou1606]

@najami12 i do!!!

[RegisPhilbinFan]

@lou1606 its a shame that not many people know of him. he was one of the best actors of the 30's who's life was cut down too short.

[lou1606]

LESLIE HOWARD IS ADORABLE!

[jpongsin2002]

^_^ Love That Breakdown of 1936!

[alovelyjessture]

"NUTS!" :)

[LippyNSkippy]

Fascinating

[WhyRYouReadingThis1]

I didn't even know those words even existed back then.  Wow!!!

[koneill]

Love it

[GeorgeO5CARHarrison]

What did I learn? I learned that in 1936, cuss words consisted of: damn, god damn, and nuts.

[OofusTwillip]

@GeorgeO5CARHarrison - There were others, including "son of a bitch", but it's very true that it would be several decades until the F-word became the common-as-punctuation word it is today.

Back then, it was truly (as it was described in "A Christmas Story") "the Queen Mother of Dirty Words, the F-dash-dash-dash Word", so was generally reserved for very special occasions. Today, it's so overused that it's lost a lot of its power to shock. The C-Word, on the other hand...

[bluejay00234]

Not much smiling during the bloopers. Even stiff then.

[rugburngarry]

GORGEOUS!!

who is that at 6:45, wow

[nicoley132]

@rugburngarry Victor Jory -- from A Midsummer Night's Dream

[LizKS48]

They sure swore a lot when missing lines and they don't seem to think it funny when they do. Not so much like actors today who make big fun of it all. :)

[Suplyndmnd]

Well, if you notice soon as they flub a line it cuts. Film was expensive then and stoppages were costly. Film now is the least of the expenses and they can make up for it by adding it as "extras" on the DVD. Flubs then cost money, now they can make money.

[nederland4045]

Also back then the scenes recorded were often longer, actors had to learn more lines and act more per shot.

Today we use several camera from several angles and can easily do a pickup when a mistake is made.

[BacotSia]

Bette Davis!!!!!

[229095]

Edward at 2:30 is beyond classic!

[looneywoman]

Worst places to forget a line:

1. In this reel, Cagney's "Look, I've told you everything I know!"

2. In one of the later Breakdowns, Kay Francis's "I could give you lots of reasos!"

[ConfusedSponge]

1. 7:47 who are the actors and what is the film?

2. 6:30 tallulah banks or someone else?

3. you're so young but how did you get all this bloopers?

[looneywoman]

I think Warner Home Video may include them as extras on the DVDs of assorted classics.

[nicoley132]

1. Donald Woods & Anita Louise -- The Story of Louis Pasteur

2. Ann Dvorak & Paul Muni -- Dr. Socrates

3. Yep -- specifically they're included with Humphrey Bogart, Vol. 2 & Gangsters, Vol 2. The '38 one's with The Adventures of Robin Hood.

[ConfusedSponge]

thanks a bunch

[Niouni]

I love Humphrey Bogart between 01:56 and 02:05 haha.

And Leslie Howard is just wonderful, even when he forgets his lines.

Thanks for uploading!

[nicoley132]

I love the Eddie G. screw ups there. XD

You're welcome! :)

[looneywoman]

The Eddie Robinson screwups are probably the best, especially at 2:03. :)  I also like Cagney at 4:26.

Wonder if that's Ann Dvorak at 3:04?

[nicoley132]

Nah, not Ann Dvorak... It's... It's... Margaret Lindsay?

[looneywoman]

Probably; they were both in "G-Men," if I'm not mistaken, which is the film I assumed this particular clip was from...

[229095]

The older I get, the more I appreciate Edward G. Robinson. I liked him since "Scarlet Street," which I saw when I was 16. He had so much more range than people seem to get.

[thewomaninthemoon]

bette davis was so cute when she was young but she did become very beautiful later on.

GO BETTE!!!