tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post3421349090155305932..comments2024-03-18T10:30:07.115-04:00Comments on "Give me the good old days!": Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930)Louiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769575104453608479noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-51654103169680903482009-08-12T15:07:29.163-04:002009-08-12T15:07:29.163-04:00Ian,
This is interesting as I have no documentat...Ian,<br /> This is interesting as I have no documentation that confirms any difference between "Follies" and "Svenson's", but that certainly doesn't mean it didn't happen.<br /><br />The reporter may have had it wrong, too, seeing the article was written over 3 years after the release of "Follies", but one of the ads I posted IS from 9-13-30, so maybe it was re-released in edited form. Hmmmmmmmm. Interesting.<br /><br />My research is by no means complete, as there are certainly many pieces I am missing mainly because I haven't been to UCLA or the Herrick Library yet to check out their Fox files, I just write up these posts with all the available info I have at the time.<br /><br />Thanks for finding that article, another part of the Brendel puzzle!Louiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777768527301454103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-16047881771712970692009-08-12T13:06:03.124-04:002009-08-12T13:06:03.124-04:00Very interesting, Louie. I suspected that the &qu...Very interesting, Louie. I suspected that the "Movietone Follies" title may have been dropped in favour of "Svenson's Wild Party" after the market for musicals went cold in mid 1930, causing, for example, the scrapping of THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1930/THE MARCH OF TIME at MGM, and I found this tidbit in the LA Times, in a column by Edwin Schallert, Sept. 11/33:<br /><br />Brendel as Olsen<br /><br />El Brendel is going to go Swedish, title of picture and all. He'll do a film called "Olsen's Night Out", which Mal St. Clair will direct. Story is by Henry Johnson and James Tynan.<br />The last time that Brendel did this trick was in "Svenson's Wild Party", which, it so happened, was a "Movietone Follies", given a new name and somewhat revised, when the old musicals went sour.<br />This time the whole idea has a better start.<br /><br />Possible that SVENSON'S WILD PARTY was a different edit with added Brendel footage? And if the "old musicals went sour", a projected MOVIETONE FOLLIES OF 1931 is inexplicable. <br /><br />Thanks again, Louie!<br /><br />Ian ElliotIan Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223377841667052310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-44387953635534228482009-08-12T08:36:20.682-04:002009-08-12T08:36:20.682-04:00Jonas,
There were no color sequences filmed for ...Jonas,<br /> There were no color sequences filmed for the "Follies of 1930" but they certainly did film some for "William Fox Movietone Follies of 1929", which unfortunately does not exist.Louiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777768527301454103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-42468702259169447842009-08-12T06:59:51.372-04:002009-08-12T06:59:51.372-04:00Great review Louie!
I would very much like to see ...Great review Louie!<br />I would very much like to see this film. Were there any color sequences in the print you saw?Jonas Nordinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06065342609209811314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-64026768756786651542009-08-12T00:50:44.864-04:002009-08-12T00:50:44.864-04:00RICHARD FINEGAN said ...
We were also very please...RICHARD FINEGAN said ...<br /><br />We were also very pleased to hear El Brendel's appearances in the movie greeted with applause!<br />He does have fans.<br /><br />Boris Karloff was the featured "star" of many of the films shown this time at Capitolfest and so it was not unexpected to hear his initial appearances in each film greeted with applause. Likewise, the unbilled appearance of Bela Lugosi in "Viennese Nights" (1930).<br />But it was especially satisfying to hear El receive that same appreciation in "Fox Movietone Follies".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-28255446025338312972009-08-11T21:53:12.995-04:002009-08-11T21:53:12.995-04:00The audience seemed to like it very well and there...The audience seemed to like it very well and there were many laughs, too.Louiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777768527301454103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-23646208000035116262009-08-11T21:24:45.271-04:002009-08-11T21:24:45.271-04:00I'm so darn envious you saw this film! C'm...I'm so darn envious you saw this film! C'mon, Fox Movie Channel! How did the audience receive it?KING OF JAZZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00200780538546507679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-45154242254341684992009-08-11T20:12:40.549-04:002009-08-11T20:12:40.549-04:00I'd like to compliment you on a very well-done...I'd like to compliment you on a very well-done post. It's a pity this film doesn't get more traction. I have a sound-disc version of "Cheer Up and Smile!" that I'd love to upgrade one of these days.EOCostellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068413130915640819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-62595711473519956042009-08-11T13:43:08.810-04:002009-08-11T13:43:08.810-04:00Great writing, as always. Start working on your El...Great writing, as always. Start working on your El Brendel book. ;)<br /><br />And WOW! Isn't that Movietone Follies of 1931 poster awfully risque? I guess it was the pre-code era...Samanthahttp://www.dickpowell.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-43632851552849711862009-08-11T13:18:11.545-04:002009-08-11T13:18:11.545-04:00RICHARD FINEGAN said...
Excellent job Louie!
Grea...RICHARD FINEGAN said...<br /><br />Excellent job Louie!<br />Great info and pictures.<br /><br />The "Fox Movietone Follies" of 1933 or 1934 is what was eventually released on May 4, 1934 as "Stand Up and Cheer!" And just like with the similarly promoted "All-Star" extravaganza "Hollywood Party" over at MGM at the same time, very few of the big stars announced actually wound up being in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-84624230504831383612009-08-11T10:32:48.949-04:002009-08-11T10:32:48.949-04:00Well, this one has a LOT of stuff going on so read...Well, this one has a LOT of stuff going on so reading the synopsis it's kinda wild, but seeing it on the screen and understanding it, the movie is easy to figure out.Louiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777768527301454103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867855262254269482.post-19346263871141082142009-08-11T10:25:38.007-04:002009-08-11T10:25:38.007-04:00That was one of the most convoluted plots I've...That was one of the most convoluted plots I've ever read. But a lot of early 30's films were like that...no?pitchertakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714720069598091235noreply@blogger.com