The carol burnett show official recommended for you. I recently purchased from a england quite a rare super 8 print of the great gabbo. The great gabbo 1929 frequently asked questions imdb. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Without mary, gabbo becomes completely unhinged, eking out retribution upon otto. The title sequence mentions color by multicolor however those color sequences are. Apr 29, 2014 the interrogator from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. The great gabbo is a film full of blunders, both artistic and technical, but this scene alone goes a great way towards justifying its existence.
Step back in time to the golden age of classic hollywood musical comedies. The current prints, restored by the library of congress and released by. It was written by and starring the australian comedians neill gladwin and steve kearney. Dec 23, 2012 an insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. Costar betty compson was a fine silent screen actress who made a successful transition to sound. Gabbos stroheim selfreflexive pomp seen through the medals on his breast and an amusing stage trick in which he gorges on lobster and caviar whilst otto, his dummy, sings helps illustrate the differences between the two aspects of the character gabbo the egotist always engaged in aware performance and his. Gabbos face looks just like the famous dummy howdy doody, who hosted an afternoon childrens program from 1947 to 1960. Actually it stands up as one of the better and weirder films of that first year of talking pictures. The great gabbo the film detective restored version.
In the film, gabbo is a ventriloquist who operates a dummy named otto. Australia brazil canada china france germany india italy japan mexico netherlands. The great gabbo 1929 film en francais cast et bandeannonce. Garbo is a 1992 australian comedy film directed by ron cobb. The film costars ruth etting, ethel waters, victor moore, and gloria stuart, and features boris karloff and bela lugosi.
Talkie takes him to the western electric sound lab, where a technician explains the process of putting sound on film and reproducing it in the theatre. As originally released, it featured sequences in multicolor. Frank harold gabler november 6, 1911 november 1, 1967 was a righthanded major league baseball pitcher who played for the new york giants 19351937, boston bees 19371938 and chicago white sox 1938. Gabbo gets his name from the title character of the 1929 film the great gabbo.
Edmund lowe stars as a man with the gift of gabhe can sell anyone anything. The great movies is the name of several publications, both online and in print, from the film critic roger ebert. When gabbo becomes successful on broadway he notices mary with a new partner and determines to win her back. The great gabbo 1929 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the great gabbo near you. The interrogator from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. The current prints, restored by the library of congress and released by kino international on.
However, two years later, she ends up performing as a dancer in a stage show that features him. The great gabbo is an underrated and mostly forgotten early talkie with some very well done musical numbers. Michael redgrave as maxwell frere in dead of night 1945 1945. The great gabbo 1929 and you call yourself a scientist. Gabbo loves himself but he is becoming more and more possessed by the alterego of otto.
It is odd that 1929 s great gabbo was a commercial flop during that year. Gallery of 3 movie poster and cover images for the great gabbo 1929. The great gabbo film the great gabbo 12 september 1929. Film dhorreur avec une poupee malefique forum cinema. Made in 1929 and directed by james cruze a prolific director during hollywoods silent era, its part drama and part musical. Highly entertaining from the dawn of sound films in 1929. When he starts relying more and more on otto, he starts going mad. Claude rains as john fabian in and so died riabouchinska 1956 1956 tom conway as max collodi in the glass eye 1957 1957. Media in category the great gabbo the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
Sure, the film is old and creaky, while its technical aspects are cheap and primitive. Not yet rated for the ventriloquist gabbo his wooden dummy otto is the only means of expression. The object was, as ebert put it, to make a tour of the landmarks of the first century of cinema. The great gabbo is an egocentric ventriloquist who treats his assistant mary with brutality. This happened again in dead of night in the 40s, and even though the great gabbo is a creaky early talkie. The great gabbo 1929, a film by james cruze theiapolis. And if you needed proof that they dont make em like they used to, this psychological thriller from 1929 is livened up by a few musical numbers. Donald douglas and marjorie kane in the great gabbo 1929. The great gabbo 1929 fantastic movie musings and ramblings. Gift of gab is a 1934 blackandwhite film released by universal pictures.
For starters being a black and white film, this print is on a low fade color stock, which gives it a palish blue tint. James cruze productions folded in 1931, but in 1932 cruze scored with washington merrygoround, a political drama starring lee tracy. This print is quite good, but im filled with many questions about the print that i cant seem to answer. Nov 25, 2016 the great gabbo is a film full of blunders, both artistic and technical, but this scene alone goes a great way towards justifying its existence. The movie follows a ventriloquist stroheim, the title character who, as he spirals down. Filmed in melbourne, the story focuses on two incompetent australian garbagemen garbos in australian slang who admire greta garbo and have to compete with a superefficient new o. An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The resemblance is due in part to both gabbo and howdy having red hair and. Ventriloquists who have disturbing relationships with their dummies. He was a pretty good actor too, as this film shows. It sounds more like a soap opera than a horror movie, doesnt it. Gabbos emotional life is lived entirely through otto. Otto has a plan and slowly gabbo goes more and more insane. In this film, a ventriloquist who calls himself the great gabbo begins to lose his sense of identity when his only means of expression is through his wooden dummy.
As originally released by sono artworld wide pictures, the film featured sequences in multicolor. Gabbo is a ventriloquist with his famous wooden dummy, otto. Gabbo is in love with one of the dancers, but she loves another. James cruze productions folded in 1931, but in 1932 cruze scored with washington merrygoround, a political drama starring. It was nominated for a total of three academy awards, and won the award for best cinematography, color. Tobor is a 1954 independently made american blackandwhite science fiction film, produced by richard goldstone, directed by lee sholem, and starring charles drake, karin booth, and billy chapin. The great gabbo 1929 letterboxd social film discovery. The great gabbo, made at the height of the early talkie musical revue boom, contains a series of inexplicable and incongruous musical production numbers, clumsily grafted onto this lon chaneyesque tale of psychological horror. Im in love with you 3 complete dance numbers the great gabbo 1929. The black swan is a 1942 american swashbuckler technicolor film directed by henry king, based on a novel by rafael sabatini, and starring tyrone power and maureen ohara.
For the ventriloquist gabbo his wooden dummy otto is the only means of expression. Anthony mann cree dans ce film une atmosphere pesante et malsaine. The great gabbo was directed by another top director of the silent years, james cruze, who is best known for the covered wagon 1923. The film was written by carl dudley and philip macdonald and was distributed by republic pictures. Even otto the dummy sings a couple of tunes, including icky the lollipop song.
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