Is "Chasing Rainbows" (1929) a lost film?
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 4:48 pm
For some reason I had the idea that this early musical was a lost film, but apparently it's not and only some two-stripe technicolor sequences are missing from the print.
Some years ago a private collector sent me a DVD with some excerpts from the film, which I thought were the only that existed. But yesterday I realized that Ron Oliver, who usually reviews classic films at us.imdb.com had written a thorough review of the film, thus making me realize that there has to be some (almost) complete print of "Chasing Rainbows" somewhere.
I think I have never seen it included in any of TCM USA schedules I have received over the years. Has it ever been aired by TCM? Has anyone seen it? Have you Jack, our own local expert on Film musicals?
After reading the thread on Jack Benny I became curious about this early effort and yesterday I watched the aforementioned excerpts. There are a couple of amusing comedic interludes featuring Marie Dressler, who even sings a song, Polly Moran, Jack Benny and George K. Arthur. There's also a sequence where Bessie Love dances with a troupe and another in which she sings in duo with Charles King. A lovely actress named Nita Martan, who plays a vamp sings in one sequence too.
Some years ago a private collector sent me a DVD with some excerpts from the film, which I thought were the only that existed. But yesterday I realized that Ron Oliver, who usually reviews classic films at us.imdb.com had written a thorough review of the film, thus making me realize that there has to be some (almost) complete print of "Chasing Rainbows" somewhere.
I think I have never seen it included in any of TCM USA schedules I have received over the years. Has it ever been aired by TCM? Has anyone seen it? Have you Jack, our own local expert on Film musicals?
After reading the thread on Jack Benny I became curious about this early effort and yesterday I watched the aforementioned excerpts. There are a couple of amusing comedic interludes featuring Marie Dressler, who even sings a song, Polly Moran, Jack Benny and George K. Arthur. There's also a sequence where Bessie Love dances with a troupe and another in which she sings in duo with Charles King. A lovely actress named Nita Martan, who plays a vamp sings in one sequence too.