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Palmy Days (1931)

Director: Edward Sutherland

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From Time Out Film Guide

This pre-Code musical opens with a surreal sequence featuring a bakery staffed entirely by flimsily clad Goldwyn Girls. Next, a ducky young man orders a chocolate cake 'with a pansy on top', whereupon the Girls return, wearing even less, for a Busby Berkeley number entitled 'Bend Down, Sister'. After that, things get less libidinous as zany india-rubber man Eddie Cantor takes over the movie. Charles Middleton, later to find fame as Ming the Merciless, is a pantomime villain, but cold-eyed George Raft as his henchman is the real thing. Berkeley's contributions are unmistakable, overhead shots and all, his camera ogling the chorus girls' faces almost as intensely as it does their bodies.

Author: BBa 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • Penvronius Miles Cambrensis said...
    Posted on Jan 05 2008 12:01 I saw this film some time ago on Channel Four UK which used to broadcast B&W early musicals including some very interesting British ones - apparently the poolicy changed about 10 years ago as younger people complained about not having films in colour.
    Palmy Days is great fun and the girls are gorgeous - lithe and electric - wow!
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Cast & crew

Director: Edward Sutherland

Producer: Samuel Goldwyn

Cast: Eddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood, Barbara Weeks, Charles Middleton, George Raft full cast

Genre(s): Musicals

Duration: 77 mins


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