overeasy Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I was musing on this the other day. In a day and time when outtakes have become fodder for TV shows and movie closing credits -- I wonder how often directors and producers, back in the studio system, "printed" scenes that were busts? Admittedly, they had the money to waste some negative, but did the stars and the studios look down on this. Just wondering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I was musing on this the other day. In a day and time when outtakes have become fodder for TV shows and movie closing credits -- I wonder how often directors and producers, back in the studio system, "printed" scenes that were busts? Admittedly, they had the money to waste some negative, but did the stars and the studios look down on this. Just wondering... There are several collections of Warner Bros outtakes/bloopers with Cagney, Davis, Flynn, et al... These were printed to be shown at the annual WB Christmas party. A number of classic TV shows have blooper reels: Star Trek, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Get Smart, Bonanza, etc... One of the funniest is for, of all things, Emergency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Many of the Warner Bros. bloopers that were printed are available on YouTube. Here's Breakdowns of 1941 as an example: [media] [media] [media] [media] It's funny. Watching those first bloopers that appear, from Torrid Zone, even though she doesn't appear in them, you can hear the distinctive throaty laughter of Ann Sheridan on the set. (By the way, based on these outtakes, "God damn" appears to be the favourite expletive used by many actors when they flub a line.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicoley13 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 A playlist with most of the WB reels: An article in the Guardian about them: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/sep/05/1 Personally watching Pat O'Brien in these made me like him a lot more. He's a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 One of my favorites is from later in the '40s, with Ronald Reagan and Eve Arden: ARDEN: "Are you getting any?" (Pause) REAGAN: "Overtime, you mean?" (They both crack up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Personally watching Pat O'Brien in these made me like him a lot more. He's a lot of fun. I agree. O'Brien looks like he was always ready to joke around. He and Jimmy Cagney were good pals for years, as we all know. However, it's my understanding that Cagney was the more serious of the two off screen. O'Brien was definitely more of a "glass half full" kind of guy as opposed to the more pessimistic Cagney. The other thing that I noticed in these outtakes is how easily Ann Sheridan laughed, further confirming the reports that she was, with cast and crew, easy to get along with (no matter what her money wars were with Jack Warner). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 here is one. karloff be a real nice monster after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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