Herbert Marshall and Norma Shearer in Riptide (1934)

The opening sequence of the pre-code MGM feature Riptide, featuring Norma Shearer and Herbert Marshall wearing some unusual insect costumes. (Busby Berkeley could have done something with this!)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• riptide
• pre-code
• norma shearer
• insect costumes

[hellolauratube]

sent by coco :)

[davidesk]

I love just love Norma

[ohsnapiam59]

SHe is wearing a costume Cher would love.

[ohsnapiam59]

@4MaryAnna Me too. Three time Oscar winner.

[ohsnapiam59]

WOW, you'd never know that Herbert Marshall had a wooden leg. He really perfected his walk.

[sanjac07]

4:29 I love that dress!

[jahaniman]

Without doubt some of the funniest few minutes I've ever seen with not a wasted second. Elegance, wit and a dash of sex.

[bbb136]

Could not be improved. Exquisite timing, subtle humour, elegance and certainly an erotic element.

[4MaryAnna]

I love Walter Brennan.Soon after this,he wasn't playing chauffeurs anymore,and was in many MANY movies. Oh yeah and the tv series "The Real MCcoys" too.

[thalialuvmx]

i love this movie!!!!! and herbert marshall is so suave!!!

[dvlaries]

Norma was 31 at the time of filming and it was her first film back at MGM after a long European sabbatical with Irving. It's also her precious last pre-Code, and invaluable for that reason alone. It made a profit, if not spectacularly so, insiders expecting something more epic from Thalberg after his return. They weren't disappointed for long: The Merry Widow, China Seas, and Mutiny On The Bounty were all in the pipeline.