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seaottercomics · 4 years
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Film 147: WHISPERING WHOOPEE, 1930. It's Charley Chase, it's Thelma Todd, it's Hal Roach!!! This is bound to be great, right?! um... nope. A cast of unsympathetic degenerates have a wild party. No one is likeable, nothing that happens is especially funny, or clever, or ingenious. The characters are motivated only by carnality, which wouldn't be a problem if they weren't all so unlikable. Even the comedy greats, unfortunately, make an occasional dud. And... am I mistaken, or does the film begin with Charley Chase hiring three prostitutes? Quality 3/10 Entertainment 1/10.
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seaottercomics · 4 years
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Continuing my quest to watch 365 movies in 2020: movie #11: Bottoms Up, 1934, starring Spencer Tracy. Quality 6 Entertainment 7 - the film would have scored higher if not for the blandness of the music. Imagine a script that was developed originally for the Marx Brothers, before being toned down and given to Spencer Tracy, with Tracy in the Groucho role. Tracy and Thelma Todd are the highlights. Overall, it's an enjoyable romp - many times more witty and carefully crafted than anything likely to come out of Hollywood nowadays. Supposedly Lynn Bari is in here somewhere, in one of her very many uncredited roles, but I didn't spot her. 
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