She got what she wanted is an american precode early talking film comedydrama directed by james cruze and starring his actress wife betty compson. She completed the miracle man 1919 for george loane tucker. Gabbo, a ventriloquist and a supreme egotist, mary, his mistress, and little otto, his dummy, comprise a popular vaudeville act. Years later, gabbo is featured in the manhattan revue, in which mary and her new partner, frank, are also appearing as a songanddance team. This happened again in dead of night in the 40s, and even though the great gabbo is a creaky early talkie. Gabbo constantly finds fault with marys efforts to please, while insisting upon his own greatness.
According to an online synopsis published by the archive, the drama, which was shot. The great gabbo 1929 is an american precode early sound film musical drama film. The film looks like it was blown up from a 16mm print since the film appears. The great gabbo 1929 letterboxd social film discovery. Not yet rated for the ventriloquist gabbo his wooden dummy otto is the only means of expression. And an historic film the great gabbo certainly is, it being the first ever. And if you needed proof that they dont make em like they used to. They often deride the films production numbers as being unpolished and lacking flair. In this film, a ventriloquist who calls himself the great gabbo begins to lose his sense of identity when his only means of expression is through. Fed up with his abuse, she quits, only to find herself performing as a dancer in a major stage show featuring gabbo two years later. The current prints, restored by the library of congress and released by kino international on. Highly entertaining from the dawn of sound films in 1929. As originally released by sono artworld wide pictures, the film featured sequences in multicolor.
List of incomplete or partially lost films wikipedia. Originally featured sequences in multicolor, now believed to be lost. The great gabbo, made at the height of the early talkie musical revue boom, contains a series of inexplicable and incongruous musical production numbers, clumsily grafted onto this lon chaneyesque tale of psychological horror. Without mary, gabbo becomes completely unhinged, eking out retribution upon otto.
Applause 1929helen morgan musical was directed by rouben mamouliancheck out mamoulians use of sound, camera movement. James cruze productions folded in 1931, but in 1932 cruze scored with washington merrygoround, a political drama starring lee tracy. Compson made 25 films in 1916 alone, although most of them are shorts. The great gabbo 1929 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Untarnished by his association with the disgraced comedian, director james cruze would go on to make classics such as the covered wagon 1923, the great gabbo 1929 and i cover the. The gold diggers of broadway was a precode film, that is, a film made during a brief period of the early sound era roughly 1929 through mid1934 when censorship codes were not enforced and many films openly depicted themes ranging from promiscuity and prostitution to amoral acts of violence a leg up on the censorswarner brothers publicity photo of dorothy mackaill. He was a pretty good actor too, as this film shows. A ventriloquist splits with his assistant in the early days of their act, and then each becomes successful independently, and then they meet each other again. Discuss this or other movies in the forums by clicking here.
The great gabbo is a film full of blunders, both artistic and technical, but this scene alone goes a great way towards justifying its existence. James cruze productions folded in 1931, but in 1932 cruze scored with washington merrygoround, a political drama starring. He berates her after the performance and forces her to leave. Recently watched musicals musicals tcm message boards.
Haupt white dismissed the popular notion that the future would be one of pushbutton happiness and gleaming white cities. Even after arbuckle was acquitted the following year, the studio refused to let the film out of the vault, except for a limited european release in 1924. Apr 11, 2020 greta garbo, swedish american actress who was one of the most glamorous and popular motionpicture stars of the 1920s and 30s. The great gabbo 1929 very strange musicalpsychological studyromancebackstage drama from director james cruze and writer ben hecht.
The schedule is of vital importance, as it represents the culmination of all approved, preplanned aesthetic decisions that will affect the completed film. The great gabbo is adapted from the great gabbo by ben hecht. Leap year manufactured on demand, silent movie on tcm shop. For the ventriloquist gabbo his wooden dummy otto is the only means of expression. Please access detailed information on over 250 individual film color processes via the classification system on this page, display the timeline of historical film colors in chronological order, search via the tag cloud at the end of this page or directly on the search page, or see the contributing archives collections on the header slides. More conceited than ever, gabbo is certain that mary will return to him. Greta garbo, swedish american actress who was one of the most glamorous and popular motionpicture stars of the 1920s and 30s. Her most famous roles were in anna karenina and camille. In 1929, viel worked on czech director leo martens film dzungle velkomestala jungle dune grande ville fronval 1929, 10, either as codirector or artistic consultant, as the credits on the extant print from the national film archive in prague indicate. Compsons rise as a star in motion pictures began with her portrayal of rose in this production. Aug 10, 2017 the great gabbo 1929 very strange musicalpsychological studyromancebackstage drama from director james cruze and writer ben hecht. Gabbos stroheim selfreflexive pomp seen through the medals on his breast and an amusing stage trick in which he gorges on lobster and caviar whilst otto, his dummy, sings helps illustrate the differences between the two aspects of the character gabbo the egotist always engaged in aware performance and his. Gallery of 3 movie poster and cover images for the great gabbo 1929. Costar betty compson was a fine silent screen actress who.
She worked at the hollywood brunton studio and acquired three stories for. A musical interlude in the great gabbo 1929 with eric. Considered the first celebrity economist, irving fisher stated in september 1929 that the stock market had reached a permanently high plateau, while around the same time sept. The great gabbo 1929 fantastic movie musings and ramblings. The first third of the great gabbo serves up an entertaining drama while it puts the spotlight on the three key figures, but when a slew of nonrelated song and dance numbers start piling up in the second third, breaking up the plot and derailing the storyline, it signals director james cruzes lack of focus and loss of interest in the film s primary characters. Media in category the great gabbo the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. When he starts relying more and more on otto, he starts going mad. The episode krusty gets kancelled is inspired by this movie or possibly the rival dummy, the story on which the film is based. During a performance mary infuriates gabbo by dropping a tray.
Plus fatty and mabel at the san diego exposition 1915 silent order by phone 18003364627. Great gabbo, the 1929 little otto there is the only human thing about you. The featured player isbetty comp1 dancing musical comedy sensation gabbo, james cruzes first alldialog the west penn electric company. February 18, 1958 html text file jpeg format image file page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6, page 7, page 8 pdf format.
The great gabbo 1929 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Dec 23, 2012 an insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the great gabbo near you.
The actors and musical numbers are great in this movie. This would have been a film over two hours long, definitely the upper limit for silent films. She was best known for her portrayals of strongwilled heroines, most of them as compellingly enigmatic as garbo herself. The film was made for tiffany pictures with cruze and compson having recently completed the great gabbo 1929. Simpsons fans might notice a familiar name in the title. The more expensive the production, the more inflexible is a directors commitment to the schedule and the shooting script. The great gabbo is an odd little movie about a ventriloquist named gabbo and his obsession with his doll, otto. In this film, a ventriloquist who calls himself the great gabbo begins to lose his sense of identity when his only means of expression is through his wooden dummy. The great gabbo 1929 and you call yourself a scientist. The great gabbo 1929 is an american precode early sound musical drama film directed by james cruze, based on a story the rival dummy by ben. Blind husbands is a videodisc release of the 1917 film. The great gabbo is a videodisc release of the 1929 film. Spying otto at a cafe, mary converses with gabbo through the dummy, and gabbo believes he has won her back.