Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

This was one of the annual "blooper" reels screened by the Warners Club, an organization of Warners actors...

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title

Cast

Eddie Acuff	...	Himself (Love Is On the Air outtakes) (uncredited)
Katharine Alexander	...	Herself (That Certain Woman outtakes) (uncredited)
Fay Bainter	...	Herself (White Banners outtakes) (uncredited)
Robert Barrat	...	Himself (Love Is On the Air outtakes) (uncredited)
Ralph Bellamy	...	Himself (Fools for Scandal outtakes) (uncredited)
Humphrey Bogart	...	Himself (Swing Your Lady / Kid Galahad outtakes) (uncredited)
George Brent	...	Himself (Jezebel outtakes) (uncredited)
Sheila Bromley	...	Herself (Missing Witnesses outtakes) (uncredited)
Claudette Colbert	...	Herself (Tovarich outtakes) (uncredited)
Walter Connolly	...	Himself (First Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Richard Cromwell	...	Himself (Jezebel outtakes) (uncredited)
Bette Davis	...	Herself (That Certain Woman / Jezebel outtakes) (uncredited)
Glenda Farrell	...	Herself (Fly Away Baby outtakes) (uncredited)
Louise Fazenda	...	Herself (First Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Errol Flynn	...	Himself (The Adventures Of Robin Hood outtakes) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda	...	Himself (That Certain Woman / Jezebel outtakes) (uncredited)
Dick Foran	...	Himself (Empty Holsters outtakes) (uncredited)
Kay Francis	...	Herself (First Lady / Women Are Like That outtakes) (uncredited)
Marjorie Gateson	...	Herself (First Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Gregory Gaye	...	Himself (First Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Edmund Goulding	...	Himself (That Certain Woman outtakes) (uncredited)
Eddie Graham	...	Himself (uncredited)
Bonita Granville	...	Herself (Nancy Drew, Detective outtakes) (uncredited)
Fernand Gravey	...	Himself (Fools for Scandal outtakes) (uncredited)
William Haade	...	Himself (Missing Witnesses outtakes) (uncredited)
Raymond Hatton	...	Himself (Missing Witnesses - Fly Away Baby outtakes) (uncredited)
Hugh Herbert	...	Himself (Four's a Crowd / Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes) (uncredited)
Ian Hunter	...	Himself (That Certain Woman outtakes) (uncredited)
Isabel Jeans	...	Herself (Fools for Scandal outtakes) (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins	...	Himself (Swing Your Lady / Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes) (uncredited)
Paul Kelly	...	Himself (Torchy Blane in Panama outtakes) (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy	...	Himself (Torchy Blane in Panama outtakes) (uncredited)
Anita Kerry	...	Herself (The Murder of Dr. Harrigan outtakes) (uncredited)
Patric Knowles	...	Himself (Four's a Crowd outtakes) (uncredited)
Margaret Lindsay	...	Herself (Jezebel outtakes) (uncredited)
John Litel	...	Himself (Missing Witnesses outtakes) (uncredited)
Al Lloyd	...	Himself (Daredevil Racers outtakes) (uncredited)
Carole Lombard	...	Herself (Fools for Scandal outtakes) (uncredited)
Anita Louise	...	Herself (First Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas	...	Himself (Daredevil Drivers / Empty Holsters outtakes) (uncredited)
Mary Maguire	...	Herself (Alcatraz Island outtakes) (uncredited)
Michael Mark	...	Himself (Missing Witnesses outtakes) (uncredited)
Robert J. Mauch	...	Himself (Penrod's Double Trouble outtakes) (uncredited)
Frank McHugh	...	Himself (Swing Your Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Paul Muni	...	Himself (The Life of Emile Zola outtakes) (uncredited)
Pat O'Brien	...	Himself (Back in Circulation / Women Are Like That / Cowboy from Brooklyn outtakes) (uncredited)
Hugh O'Connell	...	Himself (Penrod's Double Trouble outtakes) (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette	...	Himself (The Adventures of Robin Hood outtakes) (uncredited)
Nat Pendleton	...	Himself (Swing Your Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Mary Philips	...	Herself (That Certain woman outtakes) (uncredited)
Dick Powell	...	Himself (Cowboy from Brooklyn outtakes) (uncredited)
Dick Purcell	...	Himself (Penrod's Double Trouble / Mystery House / Missing Witnesses outtakes) (uncredited)
Claude Rains	...	Himself (White Banners outtakes) (uncredited)
Marcia Ralston	...	Herself (Fools for Scandal outtakes) (uncredited)
Marjorie Rambeau	...	Herself (First Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Basil Rathbone	...	Himself (The Adventures of Robin Hood wardrobe test) (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan	...	Himself (Love Is On the Air outtakes) (uncredited)
Addison Richards	...	Himself (Alcatraz Island outtakes) (uncredited)
Rosalind Russell	...	Herself (Four's a Crowd outtakes) (uncredited)
Daniel Boone Savage	...	Himself (Swing Your Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Ann Sheridan	...	Herself (Alcatraz Island / Mystery House / Cowboy from Brooklyn outtakes) (uncredited)
Penny Singleton	...	Herself (Swing Your Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Verree Teasdale	...	Herself (First Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Rudy Vallee	...	Himself (Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes) (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan	...	Himself (Empty Holsters outtakes) (uncredited)
Patricia Walthall	...	Herself (Empty Holsters outtakes) (uncredited)
Ben Welden	...	Himself (Back in Circulation outtakes) (uncredited)
Sammy White	...	Himself (Swing Your Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Walter Young	...	Himself (Daredevil Racers outtakes) (uncredited)

Runtime:

USA:13 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Claudette Colbert was not under contract to Warners at the time, but appears in Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) by virtue of her having been loaned to Warner Bros. to shoot Tovarich (1937).

Movie Connections:

Features Tovarich (1937)

A Funny Look on the Cutting Room Floor

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Warners Brothers would yearly sweep up clips of all those fluffed takes and produce a little in-house movie showing the magnificent actors of the era blowing take after take and cursing in annoyance, interspersed with a deliberately-produced clip of Porky Pig as a carpenter hitting his thumb with a hammer and grunting "Son of a b-b-b-b-b-b-". The result, usually for the studio holiday party, would then go back into the vault. But recently a couple of them have surfaced as extras to DVD releases.

It's very funny to watch actors in high-minded roles suddenly break down and start cussing a blue streak. Look out for this and others as they show up. And if you have a chance, see if you can find the DVD issue of Columbia's OUR MAN GODFREY with Dapper, debonair William Powell blowing up, followed by Eugene Palette blowing up. But they can't compare with demure Carole Lombard's command of profane language!