"Office Blues" Ginger Rogers (1930)

[ewd76]

Is the boss really that good looking, or is she just a gold digger?

[TheRiverquest]

A quick bit of Wiki research after reading polistra's post reveals-

Elinor Glyn- Author of mass market women's erotic fiction.

Schopenhauer- Philosopher who believed emotional, physical & sexual desires can never be fulfilled.

Lohengrin- Fictional romantic Knight who was sent to rescue a maiden.

The lyrics are very clever! 

[albanybeardguy]

The music is probably provided by Nat Finston and the Paramount Studio Orchestra- they had a way with jazzy dance music few studio groups could match.

[3xquisit3]

"Pardon me, Miss Gravis are you busy?"

"No, I'm just playing a game of tiddly-winks."

LOOOL!

[greenbutterfly101]

OH Ginger is soooo sweeeet

[Thialeana]

this was so cute! Thank you for posting it! I really enjoyed the cute little whimsical songs.

[katandbaby]

Ginger is so cute in this and her singing's pretty good too!

[vintagefan92]

Hehe This video makes me giggle!

[skydogz1]

I love Ginger's singing!

[GRAYGRAY53]

Does anyone know anything about Claireborne

Bryson in this film? It's a fantastic film from 1930!

Some great early 30's songs.

[tangoredlucy]

i love it its soooo cuite !

[mcjd43e]

I find something very comforting about the simple plot and the innocent tone of this short film. The tunes are catchy and the song lyrics incredibly clever (who would have thought to rhyme cynical with rabbinical?). Plus, its fun to see a pre-blond Ginger Rogers. Where did you find this gem?

[SIMPFANN]

I can tell you where he got it from- it's on a DVD of Paramount musical shorts. You can find it on Netflix under the title "Hollywood Rhythm: The Best of Big Band and Swing vol. 2"

[InfraRendell]

Thank you!!!!

[Cresantstar]

ginger rogers singing in a helen kane style 5 stars

[Postduster]

This one reeler has Helen Kane written all over it. The song is sung in the Helen Kane style except it ends with la da da dum instead of boop boop a doop. Ginger has an identical Kane's hair style as well.. Both were at Paramount at the same time. Kane was a bigger star but was putting on a little weight and Paramount was looking for a thinner and prettier version of Kane. Kane could sing better, though in her baby squeek. Kane was the inspiration for Betty Boop.

[famw]

Ginger is a much better dancer than a singer. Her beau is a much better singer than an actor and OH BABY was that an ending for the 30s. I too wish I was around during that time. Black & white, less complicated. But someone said to me, You'd be dead now. Oh well.

[blowtorchacurlyfry1]

gosh, she was only 19 here.

[prinsessemy]

Oh how I miss this era (...even though it was way before my time ;)! - I've had a boyfriend who read Schopenhauer, but he never engaged in darling little dreamscape-spur-of-the-moment-­duets with me like this...Sigh

[dixielarue]

I had these songs on an LP. Where oh where can I get them as MP3 files or on a CD?

[kenaco2009]

where did you get this?

[kenaco2009]

I love Ginger Rogers, and it's great to see her early work. She's just too cute,at 3:34 she sounds just like Betty Boop! lol

[thank you so much for posting this!]

[JillyGrant]

Black&white maybe nothing to most people... but it's got to be the most adored genre ever. It's everything to me. I'm drooling over 3:34.

[SirCyrano]

In these early clips Ginger seems to be almost a Helen Kane clone, both visually and vocally. (Kane was at the height of her popularity then, so it makes sense.) It would take a few more years for her to find her own sassy style. Still, she's adorable here. Great find!

[ro141]

What a treat. I had no idea a copy of this still existed. What an age of song writing that was, when wit such as Harburg's could be found in such a piece of cinematic trivia.

[rosieyposie7]

youre absolutely correct about that too,

wonder who wrote those lyrics"

ROSIEY

ABSOLUTELYsounds like ROGERS & HART"

[mlaprarie]

It's Vernon Duke and 'Yip' Harburg. Their most famous collaboration is probably "April In Paris." Harburg is best known as the lyricist who collaborated with Harold Arlen to write the songs for "The Wizard of Oz."

[polistra]

Delightful is an understatement!

Aside from Ginger's infinite talent, the lyrics are immensely clever. And the writers fully expected the audience to understand references to Schopenhauer and Lohengrin. Think about that....

[rosieyposie7]

wow, what a rare late1920s?

GINGERogers" musicalclip"

recall DannyStyle of WEVD1050

aired it in late 90s, but I never

seen the movie,

thanks for this sub of delightful youngGINGER!