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Came across the last quarter of an odd 1930s film showing on TCM, which after some googling turned out to be Rain Or Shine (1930) an early Capra talkie showcasing the then-popular Joe Cook.
Weird but fascinating stuff. The humour is very 1930s non-sequitor vaudeville stuff, but the way it's filmed, though static, really captures the way this was survival humour - in the next-to-last scene, two guys sitting in a smouldering ruin trade minstrel-show banter because, well, what else can they do?
Weird but fascinating stuff. The humour is very 1930s non-sequitor vaudeville stuff, but the way it's filmed, though static, really captures the way this was survival humour - in the next-to-last scene, two guys sitting in a smouldering ruin trade minstrel-show banter because, well, what else can they do?
