Comedy

Goofy Movies Number Two

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

Release Date : 1934-02-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Pete Smith

Character Name : Narrator (voice)

Original Name : Pete Smith

Gender : Male

Billy Bletcher

Character Name : Christopher Columbus (uncredited)

Original Name : Billy Bletcher

Gender : Male

Clara Pontoppidan

Character Name : Woman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Clara Pontoppidan

Gender : Female

Valdemar Psilander

Character Name : Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Valdemar Psilander

Gender : Male

Reviews

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talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

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.