A stirring performance of one of the most poignant and memorable songs ever written for the Broadway stage. Showboat was first performed in 1927 and made into a feature film in 1936. The song tells of... continue reading
posted by thepinky 1 decade 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 7,476 viewsI Love The '30s
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"A Night in Venice costumes. Moe, Shemp, Curly Howard and families. Larry Fine. British Tour. Moe and Curly at the London Zoo." [YT]
posted by schmawy 1 decade 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 2,821 views"famous duo of Red and Struggs"
posted by bluecliff 1 decade 5 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 2,387 viewsVia: ScrapeUp
posted by lucky760 1 decade 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,712 views • 8:25Harpo utterly destroys a piano by playing Rachmaninov -- then tears out the strings inside and plays it like a harp! This all begins at 2:33. This is a classic comedy scene from early cinema. If... continue reading
posted by poolcleaner 1 decade 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 9,312 viewsMan-power flight, rocket people, skyscraper-climbing "spider people", non-aerodynamic flying attempts...
posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 3,500 views • 9:58from Love Business (1931)-Little Rascals-
posted by choggie 1 decade 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,560 viewsYT: "A beautiful scene between a blind man and The Monster. It shows that people should not judge others and that if they can overcome this then they can not only relieve others suffering but also bring... continue reading
posted by burdturgler 1 decade 5 years 7 months ago • 1,903 viewsBetty Boop prepares for her Halloween Party. I'm not one much for colorizing old movies, but I enjoyed this version.
posted by swampgirl 1 decade 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,542 viewsThis is the original radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds aired in 1938, which earned notoriety from the public and H.G Wells himself due to the mass public terror it caused. Orson Welles performed... continue reading
posted by BoneyD 1 decade 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 28,051 viewsMore than 70 years old and still up-to-date ;)
posted by radx 1 decade 5 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 1,730 viewsI love the Ink Spots and this song in particular. I already sifted another video with the same song, but a different visual.... continue reading
posted by Nicki Hansen (gwiz665) 1 decade 6 years 1 week ago • 3,453 viewsAwesome comedy from the 1930s. Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion and old school comedy ensues.
posted by rottenseed 1 decade 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,218 viewsSelected scenes from the detective movie series, The Thin Man, based on a book by Dashiell Hammett. The first film was listed by Modern Drunkard Magazine as one of the top ten drinking movies of all time,... continue reading
posted by vinovin 1 decade 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 849 viewsFrom the motion picture Hollywood Hotel (1937) here's the Benny Goodman Orchestra doing "Sing, Sing, Sing"
posted by swampgirl 1 decade 5 years 5 months ago • 789 viewsCan skip to 1:10.
posted by calvados 1 decade 5 years 5 months ago • 791 viewsStarewicz had become a master animator by 1933, incorporating techniques never used before and rarely since (such as moving the puppets during the actual exposure to create blurring for fast movement).... continue reading
posted by paul4dirt 1 decade 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,991 viewsThe famous "I say tomato, you say tomatoe"-song from "Shall We Dance" (1937).
posted by rasch187 1 decade 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 8,905 views • 5:34[1:34]
posted by jacobrecker 1 decade 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 4,880 views"Whistler & His Jug Band came up out of Louisville, Kentucky, and became the first recorded jug band, according to R Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country. They recorded at least twenty-one songs between... continue reading
posted by swampgirl 1 decade 4 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,617 views