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posted 18 years ago by Flippitygibbit
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Favourites? I thought 'Pettin' in the Park' was absolutely psychotic, amused me no end - Dick Powell taking a tin opener to Ruby Keeler's armoured bustier was actually predictable, that's how cartoonish it got! (And that small child/dwarf was freaky!) But I love 'My Forgotten Man' - I can't imagine how poignant it was at the time, if it touched me, some 70+ years later. Joan Blondell was incredibly beautiful and talented here.

I was also surprised how natural and timeless most of the dialogue was - the slang has aged, obviously, but there wasn't that hammy, staged feel of post-Hays Code films.

Sarah

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[–] scotbpens 16 years ago

That freaky-looking child was an uncredited Billy Barty, who was eight or nine years old at the time. Already small for his age and dressed like a toddler, but with the facial expressions of a much older child, he was certainly a bit weird!

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