Here is the J.S. Watson, Jr. & Alec Wilder short, "Tomato Is Another Day" (1930/1933) - a satirical vision of "talkies", emphasizing the redundancy of words in moving pictures. Ha... Ha... Ha.
I'll bet some boob shows this somewhere as "a typical example of early talkies," like they're always claiming "Teddy at the Throttle" is a typical silent melodrama . .
LMAO..'cept for a few things here and there,this could pass for the real thing!
ReplyDeleteOr a bad college "arty" film! If you didn't tell us what that one was, I'd be really puzzled.
ReplyDeleteThat was wonderful--I wonder who the actress is?
ReplyDeleteI'll bet some boob shows this somewhere as "a typical example of early talkies," like they're always claiming "Teddy at the Throttle" is a typical silent melodrama . .
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