tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post5947598298109364208..comments2023-10-19T07:40:24.458-07:00Comments on Noir and Chick Flicks: Cain and Mabel(1936).Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476174860119487509noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-73904076404266624022011-01-10T14:23:29.997-07:002011-01-10T14:23:29.997-07:00PS.. Thank you VP81955 for the fun facts.PS.. Thank you VP81955 for the fun facts.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476174860119487509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-39246759345569222432011-01-10T12:51:07.039-07:002011-01-10T12:51:07.039-07:00VP81955, I would love to see the Ruth Donnelly fil...VP81955, I would love to see the Ruth Donnelly film, "Hard To Handle,".<br /><br />I have only seen, Footlight Parade (1933), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Cain and Mabel (1936), The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)and<br />Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950).<br /><br />I was disappointed that I could not find any "Cain and Mabel" musical routines on youtube. :(Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476174860119487509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-50797110734728673492011-01-10T09:47:15.263-07:002011-01-10T09:47:15.263-07:00Ruth Donnelly was a fine comedic character actress...Ruth Donnelly was a fine comedic character actress. I particularly liked her in "Hard To Handle," where she and daughter Mary Brian wear matching wardrobes and always refer to themselves in third person plural. They cause a collective comic headache for press agent/promoter James Cagney.<br /><br />Haven't seen "Cain and Mabel," but one of the things it's best known for is that one of its musical routines was done on such a large scale that Warners literally had to raise the roof at one of its soundstages. I'm not certain whether William Randolph Hearst funded the renovation, but that enlarged stage still functions on the Burbank lot.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.com