@ELECTRICCLOCK That was the films problem, it had no storyline, being a review format, with only a vague story of the history of variety music to hold it together. After the wall Street crash money was short and the film was too costly to complete, and musical feel into a lull till Warners revived interest. MGM has seen Universal lose money on King of Jazz, and did not want to repeat it.
Ah...remnants of that ill fated "Hollywood Revue of 1930". Parts of it were cut into shorts, and some parts were being inserted by MGM into movies as late as 1933 to get something - anything - out of the money lost in making this film that was never released.
@calvinnme2 Small correction.. it was "The March of Time" film that this wonderful dance number by the Dodge Twins was shot for, they did the musical numbers first as the cameras were available from Technicolor. Most of the rest of the film was never competed, with surviving clips being used to recoup costs.
You have to wonder what everyone in this scene went off to do after this.
ELECTRICCLOCK 4 months ago
@ELECTRICCLOCK That was the films problem, it had no storyline, being a review format, with only a vague story of the history of variety music to hold it together. After the wall Street crash money was short and the film was too costly to complete, and musical feel into a lull till Warners revived interest. MGM has seen Universal lose money on King of Jazz, and did not want to repeat it.
swallin19 1 month ago
Ah...remnants of that ill fated "Hollywood Revue of 1930". Parts of it were cut into shorts, and some parts were being inserted by MGM into movies as late as 1933 to get something - anything - out of the money lost in making this film that was never released.
calvinnme2 4 months ago
@calvinnme2 Small correction.. it was "The March of Time" film that this wonderful dance number by the Dodge Twins was shot for, they did the musical numbers first as the cameras were available from Technicolor. Most of the rest of the film was never competed, with surviving clips being used to recoup costs.
swallin19 1 month ago
Great vid. Thanks for the post.
ScriptWorker 5 months ago
Great stuff.
operamichael 6 months ago
Phenomenal! Interesting to hear the references to Vernon Dalhart's The Prisoner's Song around midpoint, too. Love it!!
MikeBlitzMag 10 months ago
Thank you so MUCH for sharing... What a "wham"!... Amazing that such footage of these "lost films" still survive... and such a TREAT to see them!
ClarasBeau 11 months ago
lovely video :)
LADFGDSU 1 year ago
WTF !! Only one vote for this Masterpiece ??
altobiotero 1 year ago