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Jul 17, 2014 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises paramount on parade the tommy dorsey orchestra various artists victory parade of spotlight bands 194345 wartime broadcasts. Paramount on parade is a 1930 allstar american precode revue released by paramount. Jumbo lobby card for the 1930 film paramount on parade. The film had 20 individual segmentsseveral of them in twocolor technicolor directed by 11. Copying mgms hollywood revue of 1929, which earned a best picture oscar nomination and was a smash, paramount on parade has a lot of talent but the film seems cheesy compared to the mgm revue. Paramount traces its history when it was originally founded on may 8, 1912 by the hungarianborn adolph zukor. Paramount on parade was their contribution to the revue craze that was going on at the time. In the early 1930 s, paramount was on the brink of financial disaster and with the great depression, audiences needed darn good reasons to spend what money they had on movie tickets.

Paramount on parade is a 1930 allstar american precode revue released by paramount pictures, directed by several directors including edmund goulding, dorothy arzner, ernst lubitsch, rowland v. Paramount on parade 1930 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Paramount s successful run of lightweight pictures extended into the 1980s and 1990s, generating hits like flashdance, the friday the th slasher series. April 21, 1930 in the new york times a bright and imaginative audible film, with more than twenty of paramountfamouslasky s stellar performers, is now holding forth at the rialto. Read the full synopsis of paramount on parade, 1930, directed by dorothy arzner, with iris adrian, richard arlen, jean arthur, at turner classic movies. As arthur knight notes, he was the first to be concerned with the natural introduction of songs into the development of a musicalcomedy plot. Lasky feature play company, and other producers an outlet for their movies. Paramount on parade wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre.

Full list of all her films classic movie favorites. Among these, one is called murder will out featuring the detective. The cast features clara bow, gary cooper, fredric march, jean arthur, william powell, maurice chevalier, kay francis, buddy rogers, jack oakie, stuart erwin and nancy carroll. Ernst lubitsch, norman taurog, stephen roberts, norman z. Well much of this paramount landmark talkie is missing but what remains is entertaining and its fun to see the old stars in their primes. Founded in 1911 and making it the oldest american film studio still in operation, paramount pictures was one of the more turbulent operations in hollywood during the precode era. Film histories tend to view the period from 1930 to 1933 as a musical void, yet it was the precise time that lubitsch was making significant contributions to the genre. Sep 19, 2012 times were tough for just about everyone during the 1930 s, including paramount studios. You can watch the prisoners song here and ponder how far animation has advanced. Jean harlow, known as the blonde bombshell was a giant star in hollywood when she suddenly died young while making her final film saratoga. The spoilers is a 1930 film directed by edward carewe and set in nome, alaska during the 1898 gold rush. With partners daniel and charles frohman, he planned to offer featurelength films that would appeal to the middle class by. Since its restoration, the theatre has expanded its programing to include film, live theatre, concerts, private parties, and special arts events. Only jeanette macdonald, then under contract to paramount, rises above the rather crude level of the thenfamous actors in this series.

Gallery of 6 movie poster and cover images for paramount on parade 1930. Paramount on parade 1930 letterboxd your life in film. The original title sequence and chorus girl number immediately following it, however, are still lost. Hollywood on parade 1932 shows how far movie entertainment has come since live vaudeville, which most of the performers were recruited. A shortlived product of the transition from silents to talkies. Hodkinson as a film distributor, offering adolph zukors famous players film company, the jesse l. The stars at paramount studios come out to shine in this early musical revue. The movie was on repeat, in between newsreels and cartoons, you see. List of paramount pictures films 19121919 list of paramount pictures films 19201929 list of paramount pictures films 19301939 list of paramount pictures films 19401949 list of paramount pictures films 19501959 list of paramount pictures films 19601969 list of paramount pictures films 19701979.

Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. Paramount on parade the arthur conan doyle encyclopedia. Beverly hills cop and a string of films starring comedian eddie murphy. Jim riggs, long associated with the theatres mighty wurlitzer plays the theme that brings patrons to their seats before a paramount movie classic. The historic paramount theater turns 85 epoch times. Richard arlen, jean arthur, mischa auer, dorothy arzner. No, paramount on parade hearkens back to the time when you could enter a theater and leave the theater at basically any time during the show. Paramount on parade 1930 passed 1h 42min music 22 april 1930 usa a musical revue that basically has paramount stars and contractplayers doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldnt again. The film had 20 individual segmentsseveral of them in twocolor. This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing paramount studios contract stars, credits 11 directors including dorothy arzner, ernst lubitsch, victor schertzinger and edmund goulding. Knopf, frank tuttle, and victor schertzingerall supervised by the production supervisor, singer, actress, and songwriter elsie janis. Paramount on parade, released on april 22, 1930, was paramounts answer to allstar revues like hollywood revue of 1929 from metrogoldwynmayer, the show of shows from warner brothers, and king of jazz from universal studios. By that, i dont just mean to that time in 1930 where studios were throwing together massive musical revues with their big stars just to show off though its certainly that, too. Usually its french, spanish german or italian as they were all major markets, but, weirdly, there was a swedish version of paramount on parade filmed.

Nino martini sings come back to sorrento technicolor. Paramount on parade 1930 soundtrack manhattan serenade 1929 writer. Paramount on parade is an american musicam movie released on 22 april 1930, produced by paramount studios, starring clive brook as sherlock holmes and with no watson. In addition, wings is the only silent film in movie history to win that award.

Several years later, a generous donor purchased the paramount and financed a full, authentic restoration of renovation that was completed in 1987. Now you may sing along with the original lyric from 1930 for the paramount theatres theme song, written originally for the 1930 feature paramount on parade by elsie janis and jack king. Paramount on parade, the pictorial frolic now at the rialto, is a genuinely enjoyable piece of work, one that is much more intelligent than any of the film revues that have appeared on broadway. And, sadly, portions of the film are missing today. It led to a host of cinematic conundrums and consequences.

Zukor, who had been an early investor in nickelodeons film theaters that cost 5 cents admission, saw that movies appealed mainly to workingclass immigrants. May 29, 2015 the historic paramount theater turns 85. By continuing to use this website, you agree to the use of cookies in order to offer you content and services that are tailored to your interests. A lot of 1930 releases, made before sophisticated sound technology could allow for dubbing, filmed foreign language versions of the movies simultaneously. Paramount on parade 1930 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses. In 1927, paramount received the very first academy award for best picture with its release of wings, a silent movie about world war i fighter pilots. By 1930, back in the days when people got dressed up to go to the movies, the boroughs moviegoers had a choice of five enormous theaters to attend, each holding thousands of people. Paramount on parade 1930 maurice chevalier, clara bow, skeets gallagher, fay wray, jean arthur, william powell, gary cooper and other studio stars appear in skits and musical numbers. This thoroughly enjoyable work is called paramount on parade, and it is aptly described as a film frolic. Edward sutherland, victor schertzinger, lothar mendes, ernst lubitsch, rowland v. See the full list of paramount on parade cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. It only took a year after moving onto our current studio lot for paramounts success to become evident.

Following the success of mgms hollywood revue of 1929, paramount studios released paramount on parade in april 1930, much to the liking of new yorker critic john mosher, who also praised the films accompanying cartoon, 1929s the prisoners song. Paramount pictures was created in 1916 through the merger of two prominent film production companies, the famous players film company and the jesse l. If i had a million is a 1932 american precode paramount studios anthology film. Mitzi mayfair was during the 30s and 40s a tapdancer on broadway.