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Comedy Gone Wrong: Film #222 - War Babies (1932)

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Viewed August 10, 2006
War Babies is one of a series of short comedy films made by Educational Pictures in the early 30s. The idea behind the series was to parody popular films with small children (about aged 3 - 5) in the roles instead of adults. They are most notable today for being […]

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Film #041 - Speak Easily (1932)

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

Viewed February 10, 2006
After watching so much Buster Keaton material from his classic silent era, I was in the mood to see some more from his “down” period. I came across Speak Easily, Keaton’s second film in which he is paired with Jimmy Durante and gave it a shot.
And it’s not bad. Sure, […]

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