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BROADWAY LIMITED

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Title: BROADWAY LIMITED
File Number: DN-C-25 1 inch; AFP-45WD 16mm; AFP-45WE 16mm
Color: B W
Type: Sound Feature
Year: 01/01/1941
Description: B W 1941 VICTOR MCLAGLEN, Marjorie Woodworth, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly, Zasu Pitts, Leonid Kinskey, George E Stone D: Gordon Douglas (Baby scenes repeat throughout film, also railroads) Broadway Limited is much funnier, and more consistently funny, than many better-known screwball comedies of the period Its plot builds on several interlaced misunderstandings A movie star (Marjorie Woodworth) is pressured by her scheming, tyrannical Hollywood producer (Leonid Kinskey) to pretend to adopt a baby for publicity purposes The producer's assistant (Patsy Kelly) turns to an ex-boyfriend, a railroad engineer (Victor McLaglen), to borrow a baby for the stunt, but the baby he gets may have been kidnapped and the subject of a widespread police hunt The movie star runs into her ex-boyfriend (Dennis O'Keefe), who thinks the baby really is hers And the baby keeps disappearing and reappearing on a cross-country train trip As in many comedies, the romantic lead roles are blander and less interesting those written for the character actors, who get all the best lines Top-billed Victor McLaglen has a substantial role -- watch his underplayed reaction to the bratty kid who asks him, Is that your real face? But so does Leonid Kinskey, who has a ball and one of his biggest parts ever as the manipulative producer Down-to-earth Patsy Kelly replaced dithering Zazu Pitts as Thelma Todd's partner in two-reel comedies, but this is the only film in which they appeared together That's a shame, as they make a superb team, particularly when they share a bed with the baby (and a leaky hot-water bottle) between them Gary Imhoff, IMDB 00:01:12:00 B W 1941 ws Giant billboard (with Kinskey's profile on it) 00:02:21:00 B W 1941 cu Aspiring and temperamental artistic director (Leonid Kinskey) 00:04:15:00 B W 1941 ms Crowd in bar, watch man assemble and balance layers of matchsticks on a salt shaker 00:05:22:00 B W 1941 cu Man speaking in telephone booth (McLaglen), YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A BABY?? 00:09:12:00 B W 1941 ms Railroad train engineer at the controls (McLaglen) crossing railroad tracks Also, 0:21:20, 0:51:53 00:10:56:00 B W 1941 ms Passengers get stuck walking past each other in corridor of train car 00:13:36:00 B W 1941 ms Man flairs up and shouts at woman to get out and stop disturbing his privacy then totally reverses and changes his attitude 00:14:13:00 B W 1941 cu CU Patsy Kelly, (WHO, ME!!??) Also see, 0:17:30 00:15:09:00 B W 1941 ms Woman asks bartender, in train bar-car, for a glass of milk 00:23:38:00 B W 1941 ms Boy with deadpan face, and speechless 00:24:59:00 B W 1941 ms Odd man out at a dining table, caught between two people in heated conversation 00:26:35:00 B W 1941 cu Cute baby face 00:29:52:00 B W 1941 ms Man in train smoking car puffing on a cigar, keeps asking about the Notre Dame game 00:43:05:00 B W 1941 ms Baby in bed, sleeping between both Zasu Pitts and Patsy Kelly 00:46:22:00 B W 1941 ms McLaglen playing nursemaid to the baby 01:12:05:00 B W 1941 ms McLaglen in a brawl 01:13:03:00 B W 1941 ms Father claims his baby ( George E Stone) 01:13:56:00 B W 1941 ms Patsy Kelly AIE, YAIE, YAIE
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