![]() ![]() Vieira provides a scholarly examination of the studios, the directors, producers, and writers, including excerpts of decisions made and processes followed (and not followed), resulting in the promotion of the careers of some of Hollywood’s biggest names: Jean Harlow, Barbara Stanwyck, Myrna Loy, Mae West, Joan Crawford, Marlena Dietrich, Clara Bow, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, James Cagney, Ward Bond, Bela Legosi, Boris Karloff, and Lon Chaney. They’re doing nothing but harm to the younger element of the country.”įilm historian Mark A. Even real-world gangster Al Capone thought the new, 1930s era of movies was bad for kids, saying “These gang pictures–that’s terrible kid stuff. Footlight Parade looks at how talkies affected. #FOOTLIGHT PARADE FULL MOVIE MOVIE#That group would govern movie standards for nearly 35 years–until the ratings system would arrive in 1968. Usually such films deal with the difficulties pantomimists found upon having to suddenly master dialogue. The chaos and in-fights would last until July 1934, when religious groups combined to take a stand, prompting the industry to bow to their demands with the formation of the League of Decency. The handling of decency by the industry would have ramifications that would have an impact on generations of film creators and audiences. Turner Classic Movies′ Forbidden Hollywood takes an educational, film school-level walk through an industry fighting within itself to both make money and please an audience it would find varied widely by geography, down to the community level. A new book takes a look at this era, now referred to by film historians as the “Pre-Code Era”–1930 to 1934–a time when the self-regulating movie industry pushed the bounds of its own rules, only to hit a wall when the public pushed back. But in the Depression-era early 1930s, many previously unaccepted concepts soared onto film. In the realm of what is appropriate and what is not, the cinema has approached each new boundary with baby steps. Rural audiences and even film goers in big cities like Chicago would label all this as “smut” or “disgraceful” back in the day. Actresses backstage get ready for a show. A gangster with a Tommy Gun shooting a room full of people. This is stressful to him, because he always needs new units. With the beginning of the talkies era he changes to producing short musical prologues for movies. Chester Kent produces musical comedies on the stage. ![]() This is an extraordinary Blu-ray of an extraordinary film, which should be in every serious collection, containing some of the greatest Berkeley set pieces ever filmed.A leg thrown over the arm of a chair. Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live 'prologues' for movie houses. William Keighley, before he graduated to directing some of the great Cagney and Flynn vehicles, as dialogue coach. Rating: 3.5/4- A great play but just a good movie. Footlight Parade (1933) is one of the three most spectacular musicals in 1933 from Warner Bros. Ruby Keeler, proving that she really couldn’t dance Footlight Parade (Blu-ray) - Blu-ray BD-R (1933) for 20.00 from Musicals & The Arts Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rivals spy to produce spectacular live prologues for movie houses. James Cagney, proving that he really could dance The film is a veritable who’s who of WB talent – musicals of the ’30s, even though it was his third for the studio, after 42nd Street and Gold Diggers (both also 1933). ![]() Black levels, shadow detail, are both meticulously rendered.įootlight Parade is probably the perfect introduction to the Warner Bros. The grain structure is velvety, gaining a bit at dupes, which are short cut. The Wizards of WB, have taken a recently produced fine grain master, derived from the almost 90 year-old nitrate camera negative, and taken it back to perfection. It truly does not get any better than this.įootlight Parade, the Lloyd Bacon directed musical extravaganza, photographed by George Barnes and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, once again looks much as it did at its premiere in 1933. ![]()
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