Now that I finally gave in and ordered cable TV for my apartment, I can watch TCM (Turner Classic Movies) again, affording me the opportunity to see rarely-screened (and in some cases, commercially unavailable) films from the early half of the 20th century, when the medium was still in its relative infancy, like the one below. Although it's a short, not a feature. This 15-minute 1943 MGM film tells the story of a shoe shine boy (played by Melvin C. Bryant), trying desperately to earn money in order to purchase a trumpet for his first day in the U.S. Army. It’s very much a film of its time… for better and for worse. But it's a part of our history. It comes courtesy of Turner...
- 11/20/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Now that I finally gave in an ordered cable TV for my apartment (I'd been using Aereo for some time, refusing to pay what I feel are unreasonable costs for cable; but Aereo has been temporarily halted by the courts), I can watch TCM (Turner Classic Movies) again, affording me the opportunity to see rarely-screened (and in some cases, commercially unavailable) films from the early half of the 20th century, when the medium was still in its relative infancy, like the one below. Although it's a short, not a feature. This 15-minute 1943 MGM film tells the story of a shoe shine boy (played by Melvin C. Bryant), trying desperately to earn money in order to purchase a trumpet for his...
- 7/1/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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