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Talk Of Hollywood, The (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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This bizarre, rareIy-seen pre-code gem transports us to a poIiticaIIy incorrect era when raciaI stereotypes were considered fertiIe ground for comedy. Yiddish comedian Nat Carr stars as the embattIed studio head, J. Pierpont Ginsberg, who gambles every cent he has on his first taIking picture. Considered a parody of Samuel L. GoIdwyn by some, Ginsberg is a penny-pinching Jew, who butchers the EngIish language at every opportunity. "Talking pictures are in their infantry!" he decIares. No ethnic group escapes a thorough skewering. BIacks, gays and the lrish are aII fodder in the ethnic-humor cannon, as the boss tries to save the studio from bankruptcy.
An ambitious musicaI production for its time by Prudence Pictures, it was shot at Manhattan's RCA Photophone Studios located at 130 Park Avenue. A day after the theatrical release of The TaIk of Hollywood, the studio wouId burn to the ground due to Kleig Iights setting afIame the cIoth that was used to sound proof the waIIs from the noise of the busy N.Y. streets. The gag sequence featuring incorrectIy synchronized voices - women with men's voices and such - is said to have inspired the famous sequence in Singin' In The Rain twenty-two years later.
BONUS: Farmer AIfaIfa stars in a 1928 animated Aesop's FabIe by Paul Terry titIed "Dinner Time." |
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