The Mild West (1933)
ジャンル : コメディ
上映時間 : 21分
演出 : Joseph Henabery
シノプシス
This musical short focuses on the trials and tribulations of a saloon singer.
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
荒唐無稽なものから深遠な話まで、コーエン兄弟ならではの味わいあふれるアンソロジー。アメリカ西部を駆け抜けた無法者や開拓者たちの6つの冒険物語。
1932~33年にニューヨークで、1933~34年にロンドンで好評を得たドワイト・テイラー作のミュージカル・コメディー「陽気な離婚」の映画化で、脚色には「ラジオは笑う」「その夜」の小ジョージ・マリオン・ジュニアと「ふるさとの唄」のドロシ・ヨーストが共同し、監督には「メリケン万歳爆走の巻」「レヴュー艦隊」のマーク・サンドリッチが当たった。主役は「空中レヴュー時代」に出演したフレッド・アステアたジンジャー・ロジャースのチームで「坊やが盗まれた」「紐育・ブロードウェイ」のアリス・ブラディ、「生活の設計」「恋の手ほどき(1933)」のエドワード・エヴァレット・ホートンが共演するほか、エリック・ローズ、エリック・ブローア、ウィリアム・オースティン等が助演している。舞踏振り付けは「空中レヴュー時代」「レヴュー艦隊」のデーヴ・ゴールドで、撮影は「舗道」「お蝶夫人」のデイヴィット・エーベルで、トリック撮影は「コングの復讐」のヴァーノン・ウォーカーが担当。
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20年代、ハーレムのクラブではエリントン楽団の留守にキャブ・キャロウェイが人気を博し、ニコラス兄弟が華麗なタップを披露していた……。マフィアの抗争をジャズに乗せて鮮やかに描く。
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