Chasing Those Depression Blues

1009. CHASING THOSE DEPRESSION BLUES (1933-1938-USA). ZANY IS MUCH TOO MILD A WORD TO DESCRIBE THESE FOUR GEMS Of OUTLANDISH, ALMOST SURREALISTIC ’30S HUMOR!
1. MONEY ON YOUR LIFE (1938-USA). WITH DANNY KAYE, CHARLES KEMPER, HARRY GRIBBON. AN ECCENTRIC RUSSIAN (DANNY KAYE DOING ONE Of HIS BEST ACCENTS), PURSUED BY TWO MAD RUSSIAN ASSASSINS, SEEKS REFUGE IN AN INSURANCE OfFICE. THE EAGER SALESMAN TALKS KAYE INTO A HUGE ACCIDENT POLICY, THEN, REALIZING THAT HIS CLIENTÕS LIFE IS IN DANGER, DOES EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PROTECT HIM, INCLUDING TAKING HIM HOME FOR SAFEKEEPING. NATURALLY, KAYE KEEPS GETTING INJURED BY EVERY OBJECT AND PERSON IN SIGHT. AND WHEN HE STARTS CHASING HIS HOST’S FIANCƒE, THE INSURANCE MAN DOESN’T KNOW WHETHER TO PROJECT HIS FINANCIAL INTERESTS OR KILL KAYE HIMSELF. TAKE OUT YOUR OWN POLICY, BECAUSE YOUR SIDES MAY BE SPLIT FROM LAUGHTER!
2. DENTAL FOLLIES (193 7-USA1. WITH PINKY LEE. YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS ONE TO BELIEVE IT. TO KEEP HIS PATIENTS MINDS OfF THE DRILLING, AN AVANT-GARDE DENTIST (PINKY LEE) DISTRACTS THEM WITH AN ELABORATE FLOOR SHOW, FEATURING A COMPLETE ORCHESTRA, A WOMAN WHO PERFORMS BOTH THE MALE AND FEMALE PARTS Of A DUEL, A CLUMSY DANCE TEAM WHO BUMP INTO AND FALL ON TOP Of EACH OTHER, AND PINKY HIMSELF DOING A COMICAL DANCE. AH FOR $3.00Ñ INCLUDING THE FILLING, A FILM WITH PLENTY Of COMIC BITE!
3. ANY DAY IN HOLLYWOOD (1935-USA). WITH BEN TURPIN AND A CAST Of “OTHERS.’ AFTER PROMISING TO SHOW US THE QUIET AND RESTFUL LIFE LED BY MOVIE ACTORS… ON AIL AVERAGE AFTERNOON IN A HOLLYWOOD STUDIO,” THIS ACTION PACKED COMEDY DOES EVERYTHING BUT! SOME FEROCIOUS LIONS (COUSINS Of MGM’S LEO, PERHAPS) ESCAPE FROM AN ADVENTURE FILM SET AND CAUSE COMPLETE CHAOS AS THEY RAMPAGE THROUGH VARIOUS SETSÑINTERRUPTING LOVE SCENES, DANCERS, SWIMMERS, A ROMAN EPIC AND A DESERT PICTURE. THE CUTTIMG FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT, AND THE TIMING Of THE ANIMALSÕ APPEARANCES WITHIN THE SHOTS, ARE BRILLIANT. NO WONDER THE ONLY CREDIT ON THIS FILM IS THE EDITOR’S!
4. ART IN THE RAW (1933-USA). WITH EDGAR KENNEDY, FRANKLIN PANGBORN. THE MASTER Of THE SLOW BUM HAS A LOT TO BE BURNED UP ABOUT. A WOULD-BE REMBRANDT, EDGAR TRIES TO GET ARTISTIC INSPIRATION BY PAINTING IN A GREENWICH VILLAGE STUDIO. NO WAY! HIS DAFFY WIFE NEVER STOPS TALKING, HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW PRACTICES THE DRUMS A FELLOW ARTIST (PRISSY FRANKLIN PANGBORN) TAKES EDGAR’S BE RET AND GIVES HIM A HAT INFESTED WITH FLEAS, THE ENTIRE VILLAGE SHOWS UP FOR MRS. KENNEDY’S “BOHEMIAN LUNCH,” AND WHEN EDGAR TRIES TO PAINT A STILL LIFE Of AN APPLE AND MILK BOTTLE, HUNGRY NEIGHBORS STEAL HIS SUBJECTS! EDGAR ALSO GELS HIS THUMB STUCK IN THE PALETTE, HAS TO PAINT AS THE EASEL VIBRATES FROM TAP DANCING NEXT DOOR, FALLS ONTO THE CANVAS, AND CANÕT GET HIS DOG TO STOP WALKING ON IT. Of COURSE HIS PAINTING IS PROCLAIMED A MASTERPIECE Of MODERN ART! 58 MINUTES TOTAL. COMEDY.