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Post by Mark on Apr 5, 2006 0:32:21 GMT -5
I enjoy the majority of the late Our Gang shorts, even shorts like Calling All Kids and Doin' Their Bit because they're just different. But there's a few that just make me cringe. I have to chose between two shorts that is the worst in my opinion, but I think I'd go with "1-2-3-Go!" That one's just all messed up. Terrible acting at the beginning, like it's all been rushed. It also looks like a promotional short, like MGM is promoting this 1-2-3-Go thing. How do you like how this older couple talked for a minute about why the man was counting and then yelling "go!"? Then they cross the street and didn't count again when a car could've came by and hit them like what happened to Mickey. The other really bad one I can hardly stomach is "Good Bad Boys." That whole courtroom scene is just... "Mr. Judge, I don't know what you're going to do to us but I gotta tell ya. From the minute I became a crook, I became crooked inside and I didn't think I'd ever like myself anymore. Now I like myself and everything is honky dory!"
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Post by zootmoney on Apr 5, 2006 1:03:28 GMT -5
Mr. Judge, I got acquitted of murdering my wife. Everything is hunky dory.
It has been way too long since I have seen those MGM shorts. Either that, or it hasn't been long enough. I'm not sure which.
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Post by Froggy0705 on Apr 5, 2006 10:47:32 GMT -5
I love the MGM Shorts and to me they are just as good as the Roach era! 1-2-3-Go! I personally liked this one alot considering Froggy my favorite rascal and always will be, was hilarious in this flick! I loved when he drank the salt water and it made him sleepy and he falls over in the chair and then at the end when he speaks in the microphone! As far as worst i would have to go with Family Troubles good gawd Janet was annoying in that one! Benjamin Franklin Jr was another that i didn't really care for although i liked the part of how Froggy got his pants tore! All About Hash, Dad For A Day are other ones too that i found rather boring.
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Post by ymymeatemup on Apr 5, 2006 14:44:01 GMT -5
How do you like how this older couple talked for a minute about why the man was counting and then yelling "go!"? Then they cross the street and didn't count again when a car could've came by and hit them like what happened to Mickey. I've thought about this as well. A rather illogical moment in the film, I must say. It also occurs to me that the 1-2-3-Go idea is only logical at a T-intersection. If it's a four-way stop, shouldn't it be 1-2-3-4-Go? And if you're crossing in the middle of the street, wouldn't the tried-and-true "look both ways before crossing" suffice? Anyway, I think the low point in the series was "Benjamin Franklin, Jr." and that "Family Troubles" and "Election Daze" were close on its heels in more than just a chronological sense. But how about this for pondering?: MGM titles that would never have been used for a Roach film: Captain Spanky's Show Boat All About Hash Ye Olde Minstrels 1-2-3-Go! Doin' Their Bit
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Post by sidewayscap on Apr 5, 2006 16:57:45 GMT -5
Mr. Judge, I got acquitted of murdering my wife. Everything is hunky dory. ;D
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Post by OPT on Apr 8, 2006 19:27:55 GMT -5
FINALLY I can toss in "Benjamin Franklin, Jr." as my worst pick without getting the razzberries
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Post by Hiram on Apr 21, 2006 21:27:27 GMT -5
Little Miss Pinkerton Those two crooks were rather upsetting to watch.Killing that nice janitor.Violently abusing poor Froggy.
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Post by Mark on Apr 21, 2006 22:28:51 GMT -5
Ew, I know! So much for a "comedy".....
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Post by 4farina2 on Apr 23, 2006 20:58:52 GMT -5
Hello Mark~ It's been awhile since i posted a message on the site[ i even had to recall my password not thinking I could]
So good to see all the interest going on here with the LittleRascals site and on a continuing basis! I have been busy improving sound scores on silent films ( using music from the same time period from the 1920's ) ..I have recently finished a few desirable end results on some Buster Keaton films and of course ~ Hal Roach films of Charlie Chase. It has been a very fullfilling task and I am working with one of Joan Crawford's nephews on some of these projects; in fact he helped kick-start this whole thing out of the water and i am well pleased as he is also. It was so good to read the latest updates on the front page of your site, by the way. I discovered a GREAT SILENT FILM.. believed lost for good; The Cook, featuring the stupendous Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle with Buster Keaton! HAVE YOU SEEN THIS ? It was put out by The Milestone Collection. The Cook, discovered in 1998 among a cache of unidentified nitrate prints at the Norsk Filminstitutt... and then some other material from the same film was found also to fill in what was incomplete on the other so that now, it has been wonderfully preserved, and i highly recommend this film to all us lovers of good, entertaing old film. Take good care for now Mark , reply when you get a spot of time. ....... 'now tell me casackly..' 4farina2
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Post by sidewayscap on Apr 24, 2006 14:39:14 GMT -5
A question...
How come they keep finding all these vaults with "lost" films in them? I mean, why didn't they think of looking in the vaults in the first place?
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Post by ymymeatemup on Apr 24, 2006 15:22:10 GMT -5
I think normally the word 'vault' is used loosely. The big film producers all have vaults full of their old films, but the only 'discoveries' that are made there involve reels that are unlabeled or mislabeled. With silent films, a lot of the discoveries turn out to be foreign prints of films that were believed to be missing here in the States. I think most lost films that are discovered turn out to be in private collections, or are pieced together with home movie fragments.
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Post by Mark on Apr 24, 2006 16:52:36 GMT -5
I also wonder how films become lost in the first place. Thousands (millions maybe?) of copies were sent to theatres across the world to show them to audiences. What happened to all those thousands/millions of prints?
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Post by sidewayscap on Apr 24, 2006 18:27:21 GMT -5
I also wonder how films become lost in the first place. Thousands (millions maybe?) of copies were sent to theatres across the world to show them to audiences. What happened to all those thousands/millions of prints? Maybe, since back then they didn't think they'd ever be watching them again, they just kinda...threw them out???
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Post by ymymeatemup on Apr 24, 2006 22:28:55 GMT -5
I think you hit the nail right on the head, Scotty fan. A lot of studios would toss out old prints to make more room, and didn't think anybody would ever want to see those old films. There's also the decomposition of the films, and the combustability of the film stock before 'safety film' was invented.
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Post by Paul F. on May 6, 2006 11:46:12 GMT -5
Mr. Judge, I got acquitted of murdering my wife. Everything is hunky dory. Well, we don't really know that he killed his wife. In fact, Blake's friend Tommy Bond ("Butch") defended him during this time, insisting there was "no murder in his heart." I think there's a call for compassion here. Blake has been emotionally scarred since childhood. In fact, his life closely mirrors that of Scotty Beckett, with the exception of the early death. I certainly hope he didn't do it. I pray for him and hope he gets healed emotionally. God Bless -- PAUL
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