Guest Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 my copy has the color finale...... Link to post Share on other sites
themanthatgotaway Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 I would LOVE a copy on DVD (or VHS) of Paramount On Parade. If anyone can help me with this, please contact me off this site using my email address. Thank you very much, Matt Sherwin matthew.sherwin@yahoo.com Link to post Share on other sites
gagman66 Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 themanthatgotaway, Well, I had seen PARAMOUNT ON PARADE offered someplace awhile back, but I do not remember where? I don't have this, but I do have lots of Paramount, and Fox Silents not on DVD. I have over 700 Silent features in all. So let me know what you are looking for? In most cases you won't find any better quality than you will get from me anyplace. I have some late 20's Musicals, but not very many. A few from the the very early 30's. Most are not the best prints, but some like SUNNY SIDE UP, and TANNED LEGS don't look to bad. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Jeff.... I offered him a trade Link to post Share on other sites
gagman66 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Ed, You don't have PARAMOUNT ON PARADE do you? I don't have the MGM Review either I don't believe? Though I will look around to make sure? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I'll send you both..... Link to post Share on other sites
LsDoorMat Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 There aren't very many talkies from 1928, but two still in existence are the first all-talking feature motion picture "Lights of New York" and also the part-talkie "The Singing Fool", starring Al Jolson. I've seen "Singing Fool", but has anyone ever seen "Lights of New York"? I'd be interested in your comments. Has either of them ever shown up on TCM? They are Warner properties. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I have this film; here is my comment on IMDb: LIGHTS OF NEW YORK was the first "all-taking" feature film, coming in at a brisk 57 minutes and directed by Bryan Foy (of the famous vaudeville family). The story has two dopey barbers (Cullen Landis, Eugene Pallette) yearning for a chance at "big city life" and getting involved with gangsters and bootleg booze. One of the guys gets framed for the murder of a cop but is saved at the last minute by a gun moll (Gladys Brockwell). Much of the story takes place in a night club called The Night Hawk, which is run by a crook named Hawk (Wheeler Oakman) who has his eye on a pretty chorine (Helene Costello) who is the girl friend of Landis. Costello gets to do a brief dance, and we hear Harry Downing (made up to resemble Ted Lewis) sing "At Dawning" in his best Al Jolson style. The acting ranges from good (Palette and Brockwell) to awful (Oakman). A couple of the actors **** their lines but then keep right on with the scene. As noted elsewhere this was intended to be a short 2-reeler and was made on a shoestring budget. Yet the sound quality is surprisingly good, the voices all register clearly, and there is a neat cinematic touch in the silhouette death. The film was a box-office smash even though it was shown as a silent film where theaters were not wired for the new sound technology. No one expected this little film to gross an amazing $1.3 million. It briefly made stars of Costello and Landis and certainly launched Pallette on his long career as a star character actor. Co-stars include Mary Carr as the mother, Robert Elliott as the detective, Eddie Kane as the street cop, and Tom Dugan as a thug. Link to post Share on other sites
LsDoorMat Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Thanks for the information. It's nice to know it's not as completely bad as I've been told. I hope I can see it in its entirety some day. Link to post Share on other sites
Fedya Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 *Lights of New York* has definitely aired on TCM -- that's where I saw it. (However, it's probably been at least two years, if not three, since it last aired.) If you do get the chance to see it, watch for the telephones in almost every scene, and the extent to which the characters make use of them, often for no good reason. That's where the giant microphones for the movie's sound were hidden. Link to post Share on other sites
scottman1932 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Overall, LIGHTS OF NEW YORK is not the worst movie I have ever seen, but it does have its moments. There are a few scenes where the actors recite their dialogue in a very stilted manor. It comes off as funny instead of dramatic. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 I think LIGHTS OF NEW YORK must have been done in one take since several actors **** their lines but the scene goes right on.... Link to post Share on other sites
scottman1932 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I wouldn't be surprised, as the majority of the film was shot on the quiet, as most of the Warner brothers did not want to make an all talking feature film at that time. LIGHTS OF NEW YORK was originally supposed to be a Vitaphone short. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 You're right Scott..... the film was a "spur of the moment" decision and grew from a short to a feature. Link to post Share on other sites
scottman1932 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 *Any 20's film or musical suggestions of your own Scottman? * Hi Thelma, TCM once in a while will run RIO RITA (1929), RKO's extraviganza. It stars Jone Boles, Bebe Daniels and Wheeler and Woolsy.The second half of the film is in color. Ernst Lubitsch's THE LOVE PARADE (1929) is also fun. THE BISHOP MURDER CASE (1930) is also very good. shot in 1929 and release in Januray of 1930, it stars Basil Rathbone as Philo Vance. Sometimes this one gets run on TCM as well. DYNAMITE (1929) is a pretty good film, its C.B. DeMille's talkie debut. If you can track down a copies of these, I would recommend FOLLOW THRU (1930), a neat two color Technicolor musical from Paramount with Buddy Rogers and Nancy Carroll. Also THE KING OF JAZZ (1930), Universal's all star review movie in two color Technicolor features the Paul Whiteman band. Frank Capra's 1930 film RAIN OR SHINE is also good. This was a big hit on braodway with several songs, but Columbia pictures did not use any of the songs. Joe Cook, who stars in this one was also the show's star when it ran on Broadway. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 add SWEET KITTY BELLAIRS (1930) to the list.... a nice little operetta from Warners, originally shot in Technicolor but only the B&W version survives. Claudia Dell and Walter Pidgeon star. Link to post Share on other sites
scottman1932 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Haven't seen that one. has TCM shown that one? I don't recall it being shown before. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 no idea.... but the film is rare but around.... who knew Walter Pidgeon could sing?I liked it. Link to post Share on other sites
ThelmaTodd Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Hello! I have reviewed the thread so far for title mentions, and have compiled the following list: Title Mentioned by HR of 1929 themanthatgotaway 1920's month Thelma Todd Broadway Babies coder1953 Weary River coder1953 Street Girl coder1953 Sally coder1953 Sunny coder1953 Show Girl in Hollywood coder1953 Sweet Mama coder1953 Green Goddess coder1953 Show of Shows coder1953 Madam Satan coder1953 The Cuckoos coder1953 It's A Great Life coder1953 Doug Fairbanks Sr. documentary lzcutter Syncopation calvinme/Scottman Glorifying The American Girl calvinme The Great Gabbo calvinme Sweet Kitty Bellairs drednm Her Wild Oat gagman66 The Big Parade gagman66 Bardely's The Magnificant gagman66 Wine of Youth gagman66 Proud Flesh gagman66 The Cardboard Lover gagman66 Man Woman & Sin gagman66 Lilac Time gagman66 What Price Glory? gagman66 Seventh Heaven gagman66 Street Angel gagman66 Four Sons gagman66 City Girl gagman66 Docks of New York gagman66 Beggars of Life gagman66 The Godless Girl gagman66 Paramount of Parade gagman66 Camille drednm Brown of Harvard drednm The Roaring Road drednm Why Change Your Wife drednm Don't Change Your Husband drednm Lights Of New York calvinme The Singing Fool calvinme Rio Rita Scottman The Love Parade Scottman The Bishop Murder Case Scottman Dynamite Scottman Follow Thru Scottman The King Of Jazz Scottman It is good for us to keep track of what films have been mentioned so far- and they are all good suggestions! I think we should regularly go over the list to consider what is desirable, as well as what is possible. I hope I have not missed anyone or their contribution. The above is a list of 50+ films so far. The list can be further filtered based on whether the title has been suggested to TCM under "Suggest A Movie" or in some other email, and whether TCM has shown it before. Did anyone catch "Wings"(1927) over the weekend? Thelma PS: Sorry the spacing looks bad- this isn't a real word-processing program and doesn't handle spacing well. Message was edited by: ThelmaTodd Link to post Share on other sites
ThelmaTodd Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I further suggest we find out or look up the Oscar winners and nominees for 1928 to 1929, as some of those are good candidates as well, if they are not already on our mention list. I can't do this now, but if nobody has beat me to it by tomorrow, then I'll get that info. Thelma Link to post Share on other sites
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