South Sea Island Bolero ~ 1934 ~ The Most Bizarre Musical Number Ever Filmed
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Here is the South Sea Island Bolero ~ 1934 ~ The Most Bizarre Musical Number Ever Filmed.
The movie that this production number is from is early 1930s surrealist fare along the lines of "Million Dollar Legs" and "Diplomaniacs", thus this production number takes the cake as the weirdest number to come out of early 30s Hollywood. Is this a surrealist masterpiece or something that should be buried forever? You Decide !
With Ned Sparks, Polly Moran, Sterling Holloway, Sidney Blackmer and Mary Boland
"The musical picture that ended Lou Brock's career as an RKO Radio producer"
Made me think of the dance number in "Mothra".
I don't see what's so bizarre about it. It's pretty good golden age silver screen big production musical, and Stirling Holloway is fab. Thanks for posting - I enjoyed it!
Love that "South Seas soprano" who rrrrrolls all her Rrrrrr's! I've read that RKO kept a print of this picture on hand for years to show newcomer producers and directors "how NOT to make a movie."
It's like Busby Berkley on a bad acid trip, I wanted to stop it but I just had to keep watching.
Busby Berkley meets "Song of the Islands" - the only thing missing was the obligatory volcano - but the cruise liner blowing up will do! A real treat.
Talk about a production number that needed Busby Berkley! Sterling Holloway is very cute but has nothing to do. A little long, but a classic film 30s musical number. Thanks for posting.
Tiki time! Don't think too much about it or you'll spoil the pleasure.
Well, it most certainly is a surrealistic masterpiece!
Sterling Holloway, LOL
OK, I've seen the luau dance scene in "Flirtation Walk", and the Andrews Sisters singing "Hula-Ba-Luau" from "In The Navy", and Jack Oakie and Jack Haley dancing in hula-skirt drag to "At Waikiki" from "Navy Blues", and Eleanor Powell's tap-dance hula in "Honolulu", but THIS...THIS...words fail me.
I knew I recognized that number. I thought "Down To Their Last Yacht" was a good, funny movie. Just right to escape the depression for a little bit of time.
"Down To Their Last Yacht" was produced by Lou Brock, the producer that brought Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers together. This 1934 comedy has the reputation of being the worst film ever produced by RKO Studios. It will be playing on Turner Classic Movies on Monday, December 3rd at 7:30 AM (EST). How can you go wrong with stars like Mary Boland (as Queen of Malakamokolu) and Ned Sparks? See for yourself!
it's not so bizarre! i love it! but it's creative and also an example of artistic manifest destiny, i think.
I remember when I first stumbled across this movie, and this production number was, uh... unveiled... and I recall thinking, "Was THIS what was INTENDED?" Come to think of it, that question might apply to the entire project!
You maniac!!! You blew it up!!!
Sterling looks so cute. Wish that i could see the entire movie
Mmmmm...I don't know, this was weird, but Carmen Miranda's "banana sequence" in "The Gang's All Here" is a strong contender for all-time general weirdness. Thanks for finding this!
Could anyone upload the entire film? It will be very great
This is hilarious !
haha but enjoyable. Reminds me also of the 1930 jack Oakie jeanette macdonald south sea thing--what was that, it was also somewhat surreal. All this number lacked is the marx brothers. Prefer these to new movies with pale teen vampires. Though I thought that palm branch was going to crash through the screen-- it's 3D-- it's Avatar 1934--!!!
just goes to show you what people will do in the middle of a Depression (1934) to make a living. Thanks.
I believe this was the pilot episode to LOST, wasn't it?
This is like a combination of F.W. Murnau and Ed Wood.
From "Down To Their Last Yacht"
"You maniac!!! You blew it up!!!"
Where can I find one of those trampoline drums?
Busby Berkley could have really jazzed up the palm leaf dance w/ an overhead cam. I think the biggest problem is it goes from decently organized to total chaos at the drop of a palm leaf. Mary Boland was great in The WOMEN 5 years later.
Paul Whiteman recorded this song. "Beach Boy."
WOW!
AS insane as our current Congress.....a big bomb!
AT 80 METHINKS I HAVE LOST ME MIND!!! HOO WOULD CONCEIVE OF STAR IN & FILM SUCH AS THIS? & YET I APPRECIATE OPPORTUNITY TO "OBSERVE"....HEAVEN HELP!!!
Too strange for my tastes. I was fast forwarding it all the way thru trying to find a good spot in the film to watch...... just couldn't do it. 😖
"The musical picture that ended Lou Brock's career as an RKO Radio producer"
Is that Al Franken at 6:10? This movie makes "Gilligan's Island" look credible.
strange mix of cultures for sure
well it wasnt the MOST bizarre-i think Carmen Mirand's number The Lady In The Tutti Fruitti hat is up for that honor-and was that my man Ned Sparks being reluctantly embraced?-this film is listed in his filmography-im trying to see every scrap of film that he is in-i even waded through Hawaii Calls just to see him replete with cigar and muu muu
Pure kitsch - that's all.
All I can say is WTF?
or Bill Gates??
talk about very old cinima. they got paid for this and called this an art form.