. . . LITTLE JOURNEYS TO GREAT MASTERS? At the outbreak of World War Two, Italy was hoarding most of the planet's well-known art works, as well as its hoariest hulking houses of worship. However, the weak-minded inhabitants of this benighted peninsula snatched Defeat from the jowls of Victory by defecting from the Allies' World War One team over to the Dark Side, signing off on their and their descendants' Souls for All Eternity on the dotted line of the Satanic Pitchfork Slingers. With the exception of St. Peter's palace, most if not all of the other once-consecrated holy high-rises pictured during LITTLE JOURNEYS TO GREAT MASTERS were leveled by the war to keep demons in check. (Lucy fur felt that any dude claiming the title of "The Fuhrer's Pope" couldn't be all that good, so He left St. Pete's Papal Hideout intact.) Though one or two of the Roman and Greek carvings highlighted along the LITTLE JOURNEYS TO GREAT MASTERS are thought to have survived these reckless Reich years, most were melted to make the munitions that mowed down so many Americans "stone cold dead." The tyrant Benito I grew so depressed as his once decorative realm was reduced to rubble that he started to build an off-shore refuge in Rhodes. However, the Colossus called out the Kraken, leaving Benny hanging from a meat hook.
2 Reviews
Fair Short
Michael_Elliott26 April 2008
Little Journeys to Great Masters (1931)
** (out of 4)
Early short was the first entry in the E.M. Newman Globe Trotter World Wide Travel Talks series, which were produced to show people various historical sites across the world. I'm really not sure how many of these were produced or if they gave way to the TravelTalk shorts but this one here is fairly interesting for its day but it doesn't hold too much water when viewed today since there are better documents out there to show off these events shown in the movie. I'm sure this type of film was a great benefit to those in 1931 but I think the only value this film has today is for those wanting to see the shorts of this era. This first film shows great art from various places including Greek myths and the Milan Cathedral.
** (out of 4)
Early short was the first entry in the E.M. Newman Globe Trotter World Wide Travel Talks series, which were produced to show people various historical sites across the world. I'm really not sure how many of these were produced or if they gave way to the TravelTalk shorts but this one here is fairly interesting for its day but it doesn't hold too much water when viewed today since there are better documents out there to show off these events shown in the movie. I'm sure this type of film was a great benefit to those in 1931 but I think the only value this film has today is for those wanting to see the shorts of this era. This first film shows great art from various places including Greek myths and the Milan Cathedral.
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