where have all the wise-cracking scoundrels gone?

Apr 15, 2009 22:33

I just saw the cutest movie ever. 1933's Hold Your Man starring a ridiculously young Clark Gable and blonde bombshell Jean Harlow. This was their second of five movies together and it's hard to believe that the world didn't just make them get married in real life. They are ridiculous together. The sexual innuendo meter was through the roof.
The screenplay was by Anita Loos, famous for a little book turned play turned Marilyn Monroe vehicle called Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, so it was adorably naughty

I'd post a clip or trailer, but it turns out this classic gem is ridiculously obscure. No dvd release; not even available on vhs let alone youtube. That's the kind of world we live in: where you can freely download a video of two girls pooping into one cup, but can't find any trace of one of the biggest MGM blockbusters of it's time.

Le sigh. Where have all the wise-cracking scoundrels gone?


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