Goofy Movies Number Two

6.3
193410m

A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.

Production

Logo for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Photo of Pete Smith

Pete Smith

Narrator (voice)

Photo of Billy Bletcher

Billy Bletcher

Christopher Columbus (uncredited)

Photo of Clara Pontoppidan

Clara Pontoppidan

Woman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Valdemar Psilander

Valdemar Psilander

Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

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talisencrw

7/10

This was a bizarre but enjoyable extra on my DVD of 'Manhattan Melodrama' from TCM Spotlight's 5-film 'Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection'. It's simply silent cinema footage narrated by Pete Smith to lampoon then-current newsreels. This was the first of these I have seen--apparently ten were made (as listed on IMDb). First, the narrator satirizes Columbus discovering America; second, trailers of coming attractions are spoofed; and finally, 'The Perils of Arsenic Annie', a film by Super-Titanic Pictures, is shown, with the narration having little if anything to do with the scenes being shown. Decent though very dated, good for a few chuckles, especially of interest to film historians.

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