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Post by rascalwatcher on Mar 16, 2005 13:23:00 GMT -5
I have a copy of this on a DVD featuring mostly public domain episodes. Has anyone else here seen it?
If you have, I have a question: Is that little girl at the end of the film supposed to be Mary Ann Jackson? It kind of looks like it's someone who is trying to look like her, and she is not credited in M&B's book for having appeared in that film.
On that note, isn't The Stolen Jools really kind of an oddity? It reminds me of an American version of a Monty Python skit set in the 1930s.
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Post by OPT on Mar 17, 2005 9:55:08 GMT -5
I will have to watch it again. I got a copy on an $.88 DVD sale  Is this the pic of the girl your asking about?  OPT |
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Post by rascalwatcher on Mar 17, 2005 13:45:01 GMT -5
That's the one. And according to www.imdb.com, she does indeed appear in that film. You only paid 88 cents for your copy? I received mine as a gift, but the person who bought it for me only paid $1. Just goes to show that you never know just what you'll find in the bargain bins! |
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Post by Hiram on Jul 15, 2005 17:00:11 GMT -5
I've had that film on VHS since 1988.It still works perfectly.The videocassette itself is titled"The Funniest Men Of Comedy".Following"The Stolen Jools"on this tape are two other shorts from the same year(1931).Bob Hope"Going Spanish"and Bing Crosby"Billboard Girl".
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Post by ymymeatemup on Jul 15, 2005 20:52:11 GMT -5
The little girl at the end of the film is Mitzi Green, who was currently one of Paramount's top child stars, and was one of the kids in the Jackie Cooper feature "Skippy." Mary Ann Jackson appears in the scene with the other Our Gang kids: Wheezer, Farina, Chubby, Dorothy, Stymie and Shirley.
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Post by maliejandra on Oct 1, 2005 0:08:48 GMT -5
I got it on a Laurel and Hardy DVD and was really happy to see all of the cameos besides the gang, whose bit I saw on a documentary. Norma Shearer, Wally Beery, Joan Crawford, Buddy Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Fay, Gary Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Irene Dunne, etc etc. So many famous faces!
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Post by sidewayscap on Oct 2, 2005 17:23:12 GMT -5
Hey, maliejandra, who is the lady in your avatar? Totally unrelated question.
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Post by maliejandra on Oct 2, 2005 21:57:24 GMT -5
hehe, Viola Dana- that is what the caption says.  |
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Post by sidewayscap on Oct 3, 2005 15:16:13 GMT -5
Oh, I thought that was like your nickname or something!
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Post by maliejandra on Oct 3, 2005 15:52:19 GMT -5
hehe Nope. She was a star of the silent era, but she isn't too well known today. Are you familiar with the 13 part Hollywood documentary series? She does interviews on that, most notably about the Fatty Arbuckle scandal and on the Hazard of the Game tape.
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Post by sidewayscap on Oct 4, 2005 14:59:05 GMT -5
That is cool, I've never heard of her. I better pull up my socks if I want to be a film historian.
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Post by maliejandra on Oct 5, 2005 8:32:36 GMT -5
How long have you been interested and which era/stars do you like the best? I started three years ago and have racked up quite a list of films I've seen and stars I like, but I'm hugely obsessed. I used The Little Rascals to branch out since a few of them had careers outside the gang, so you're at a great starting place, especially since you like Scotty who had a nice career in some famous films.
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Post by sidewayscap on Oct 5, 2005 18:47:34 GMT -5
Yeah, exactly, about Scotty. I like Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant and Charlie Chaplin the best. I love 1930's and silent era films. I have been interested since I began watching the rascalsin January.
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Post by maliejandra on Oct 5, 2005 21:05:21 GMT -5
Yeah, we like the same era of films. For some reason I gravitate toward the female stars more than the males; I feel like they had more a distinct personality and were more fun to watch. I recommend Joan Crawford (of the 30s), Jean Harlow, and Marlene Dietrich.
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