mickeeteeze Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I don't know if this has aired on TCM, but it's a "who's who" little bit of nothing from the early thirties. Information, as in cast....http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022402/ One of the more fascinating trivia facts? It was a charity item to help raise money to fight tuberculosis. Sponsored by? You guessed it! Chesterfield Cigarettes. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIbb_2eE2l8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw-EBe7mcA4 NY Times Review By MORDAUNT HALL. Published: April 4, 1931 "The Stolen Jools." There is on exhibition at most of the cinemas on Broadway a short film called "The Stolen Jools," in which there are said to be fifty-five of Hollywood's celebrities. This subject was made to assist the National Vaudeville Association in swelling its benevolent fund. It is an amusing piece of work in which Norma Shearer's jewels are supposed to have been stolen and a police inspector in various disguises visits the different screen players who are supposed to have been at a dance where the jewels were missed. Wallace Beery opens the proceedings as a police sergeant and Bert Lytell comes on after the sketch and makes a plea for donations from the audience. Collections for the N. V. A. charity were made in all the theatres where this picture was on view. At the Capitol the baskets of bills and coins were brought to the stage by dancing girls and emptied into a large receptacle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveRayMilland Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Yes, I love it! It own it because it came in a Gary Cooper DVD collection. (he makes a cameo in the film) It is fun to try and spot the different stars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopsgirl Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I have it to (most likely in the same dvd set you have). It is cute b/c they used to do things like that a lot back then and you?d get to see a lot of actors together in one thing. Gary?s part is strange though b/c he?s suppose to the be the editor of a newspaper so you would think he?s playing someone other than himself but the other characters in the scene call him ?Cooper?. So I guess he was working at a newspaper on the side . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeeteeze Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Cool. Gary Cooper box set, huh? I was wondering where this came from. Which set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopsgirl Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 http://www.amazon.com/Cooper-Classics-Fighting-Caravans-Farewell/dp/B0000VLLCA/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1206475656&sr=1-19 Here's the link to it. *Fighting Caravans* and *Stolen Jools* are the only ones that are good prints. You can find better versions of the other two as single releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeeteeze Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Thank you! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molo14 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 If you want to go the cheap route they are both available for free download on archive.org. That's were I got my copy of *The Stolen Jools.* I just checked and *Fighting Caravans* is there too. They are both public domain titles. The *Stolen Jools* is fun. I especially like the scene with William Haines and Joan Crawford. Message was edited by: molo14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeeteeze Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Thats what got me going on it. The Haines-Crawford movie the other nite. Threw their names in the Youtube "search bar", and thats what I came up with. Something interesting featuring Haines and Jack Benny, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molo14 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Wow, that's from *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* It's been a long time since I've seen that film. It has a lot of interesting stuff like the Joan Crawford dance number, the infamous "balcony scene" with John Gilbert and Norma Shearer and the color sequence where they do Singin' in the Rain. It also has the great Lon Chaney Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out number. There is so much history in that movie. I had forgotten that William Haines was even in it. I have an old TCM copy but I won't play it until I'm ready to try an transfer it to dvd. I'm scared it will disintegrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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