Fragment from Lilies Of The Field (1930)

This number often referred to as "The Mechanical Ballet" appeared in Lilies of the Field in 1930. It was recycled in 1933 in the Joe E. Brown movie "The Tenderfoot", as a cost cutting way to add a big budget number to a low budget 1932 comedy. Scenes of Joe E. Brown were shot and edited into it, replacing the stunning images of Corrine Griffith high atop a giant motor car as its "flying goddess" radiator cap ornament! Lilies Of The Field is a lost movie.

Thanks 2Reeler, songplugger & perfectjazz78

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[perfectjazz78]

This was used in "The Tenderfoot" a 1932 comedy starring Joe E. Brown .

You are Right

This Sequence was filmed for "Lilies of The Field" in 1930 but not used until 1932 for "The Tenderfoot"

[stjn00]

Thank you! I suspected it was from The Tenderfoot but wasn't sure since I don't have it. I heard voices say this sequence was filmed for The March Of Time but since it's not the same studio it can't be. Great clip anyway.

[ClarasBeau]

It is interesting for old movie fans that Hollywood apparently "recycled" footage of what are now lost films into some of the later movies that followed. Apparently, as a cost savings, they wove in this number, from 1930, into this Joe E. Brown vehicle. Oddly enough, when, having done this, they have given us a chance to see footage from that which is now lost. Another example would be "Broadway To Hollywood", which contains scenes from the abandoned ""March of Time" (1930)... Fascinating!

[vietgrove]

Pity the original film is lost! I'd rather watch Corinne Griffith than Joe E. Brown for, er, fairly obvious reasons.

[whizbang47]

If you have the movie, and not just this clip,

do us fools for art a great favor and upload it.

This stuff is too hot to keep to yourself!

[Mobius4077]

hey that guy came out in Some Like it Hot!

[whizbang47]

Was this considered too arty for mass consumption? I'd watch it even with Joe E. Brown! Now I'll have to bone up on Hugo Ball. I'd love to see promotional stills. Its that engrossing!

[oobleckboy]

Good lord! It's Joe E. Brown watching a Dadaist girlie show designed by Hugo Ball. Salvador Dali is unnecessary.

[2reeler]

Thank you for sharing this amazing number! I love Joe E Brown! I have 22 of his movies, including this one. You're vids are the best!

[stjn00]

Brilliant! Thanks! All questions I had has been answered.

[2reeler]

Yes, what a treat to see! This number appeared in "Lilies of the Field", made at First National & Vitaphone. Then used again as "stock footage" by the same studio a few years later in the Joe E. Brown movie "The Tenderfoot", as a cost cutting way to add a big budget number to a low budget 1932 comedy. Scenes of Joe E. Brown were shot and edited into it, replacing the stunning images of Corrine high atop a giant motor car as its "flying goddess" radiator cap ornament!