I've Got to Sing a Torch Song

1933

Comedy

Family/Kids

Short Film

Blackout gags and music, including the title song originated in the movie musical Gold Diggers of 1933. Hollywood figures caricatured include Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Blondell, James Cagney, Bing Crosby, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, Mae West, Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolsey, Ed Wynn, George Bernard Shaw, Mussolini, Ben Bernie, The Boswell Sisters and Greta Garbo, who does the "Dat's all, folks!".

Directed by:

Tom Palmer

Genres:

Comedy, Family/Kids, Animation

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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I've Got to Sing a Torch Song

1933

Comedy

Family/Kids

Short Film

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hotsake

Rated 05 Nov 2017

This one just kind of fell flat.

Rated 05 Nov 2017

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Antares

Rated 29 Mar 2012

The first of the Looney Tunes Hollywood caricatures cartoons. This one is very rough, and the vocal impersonations aren't very good. Their successive offerings in this genre of cartoon would be leaps and bounds better.

Rated 29 Mar 2012

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Stain

Rated 01 Jan 2010

I always want to break out the flamethrower for a Looney Tune, especially one with racial stereotypes, but this one is actually watchable for the sheer weirdness value. Many parodies of popular figures of radio and motion pictures of the time, quite a few of which whizzed right over my head

Rated 01 Jan 2010

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Mentaculus

Rated 24 Sep 2010

The caricatures are bizarre and must have been mean-spirited for its day.

Rated 24 Sep 2010

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janus

Rated 04 Jan 2015

This one is on the unusual side. Obviously the racism is an unpleasant element, and it's not the best example of this type of short, but it has a flow to it that's very nice.

Rated 04 Jan 2015

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Vandelay1

Rated 29 Apr 2023

not so good

Rated 29 Apr 2023

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doyler29

Rated 17 Nov 2022

It's a pretty straightforward series of blackout gags featuring (then) famous folks singing the song ... George Bernard Shaw, James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Benito Mussolini (yes, indeed), Bing Crosby (identified as "Cros Bingsby"), Greta Garbo, ZaSu Pitts, Mae West and Ed Wynn all show up. It's very very thin, but hey ... I was amused.

Rated 17 Nov 2022

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