Max Davidson comedies / Leo McCarey.
"Max Davidson (1875-1950) is one of the numerous forgotten Hollywood supporting actors who acted in innumerable movies. His heyday was in the late 1920s when he was engaged at the Hal Roach Studios for a series of Jewish comedies which belong to the best and funniest shorts the studio ever produced....
| Uniform Title: | Edition Filmmuseum (Series) ;
58. |
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| Language: | English German |
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Chiefly silent films with musical accompaniment and English intertitles; optional subtitles in German. |
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[München] :
Edition Filmmuseum : Film & Kunst,
[2011], ©2011.
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| Series: | Edition Filmmuseum (Series) ;
58. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (257 min.) : sound, black and white and tinted black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm). |
| Variant Title: |
Leo McCarey : Max Davidson comedies. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Disc 1. Why girls say no (1927, 23 min.) ; Jewish prudence (1927, 21 min.) ; Don't tell everything (1927, 23 min.) ; Should second husbands come first? (1927, 21 min.) ; Flaming fathers (1927, 25 min.) ; Hurdy gurdy (1929, 20 min.)
- Disc 2. Call of the cuckoo (1927, 19 min.) ; Love 'em and feed 'em (1927, 9 min., tinted) ; Pass the gravy (1928, 25 min.) ; Dumb daddies (1928, 15 min.) ; Came the dawn (1928, 17 min., tinted) ; The boy friend (1928, 20 min.) ; The itching hour (1931, 19 min.)