What, No Men!

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Movie
Original title What, No Men!
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1935
Age rating FSK / JMK unchecked
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Director Ralph Staub
script Joe Traub
Paul Gerard Smith
camera Ray Rennahan
cut Jack Killifer
occupation

What, No Men! is an American comedic color - short film with musical interludes from 1934, which under the direction of Ralph dust for the studio Warner Bros. created and premiered 1935th

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A gas company representative and a policeman are kidnapped by mad scientists and taken to a place where an Indian tribe only consists of women. The scientists want to research the reactions and behavior of men there.

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What, No Men! was nominated for an Oscar in 1935 for best humorous short film, but lost to Kenneth Macgowan's film La Cucaracha in the election . The music of the songs was written by Sammy Fain , the lyrics by Irving Kahal . Bobby Connolly acted as choreographer . The film premiered on May 20, 1935, after the Academy Awards ceremony. The film was filmed in Technicolor , the sound is mono , as was usual for the time . There are three musical numbers listed:

  • Scientific gentlemen presented by the crazy scientists
  • My Journey's End presented by the policeman (Phil Regan)
  • It Was a Dark and Stormy Night presented by the saloon owner (Wini Shaw) and a choir

In the Vitaphone archive, the two rolls of film to which the film was copied have inventory numbers 1704 and 1705. In 2010 the film was re-released by Warner Home Video on the Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts Collection DVD . A dance number from the film was used in 1944 in the film Musical Movieland .

The article plays with a clichéd Wild West romance - a saloon with a barmaid, a poker game , a cowgirl and a wooden Wild West town - and does not dispense with the ethnic clichés of underdeveloped indigenous people, to whom classic attributes such as the tipi or the typical Indian canoe are ascribed . Nevertheless, with a romance between a white American and a native American Indian, the film transcends existing barriers. In addition to the basic Wild West elements of the film, he also plays with science fiction - and especially retro-futuristic elements.

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