The Milky Way (1936)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Leo McCarey

Escritores:

Lynn Root (play) and
Harry Clork (play) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 febrero 1936 (USA)

Género:

Comedia

Plot:

Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan (Lloyd), somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's...

Plot Keywords:

Milkman | Boxing | Fixed Fight | Boxer | Insomnia

Comentarios de los usuarios:

One of the very best of the 30s comedies

Reparto

Harold Lloyd	...	Burleigh 'Tiger' Sullivan
Adolphe Menjou	...	Gabby Sloan (Speed's manager)
Verree Teasdale	...	Ann Westley
Helen Mack	...	Mae Sullivan (Burleigh's sister)
William Gargan	...	Speed McFarland (middleweight champ)
George Barbier	...	Wilbur Austin
Dorothy Wilson	...	Polly Pringle
Lionel Stander	...	Spider Schultz (Speed's bodyguard)
Charles Lane	...	Willard
Marjorie Gateson	...	Mrs. E. Winthrop Lemoyne

También conocida como:

La Vía Láctea (Spain) [es]

Duración:

89 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Spain:T

Compañía:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

When a suitable white horse for Burheigh could not be found, make-up artists were called upon to bleach a dark-colored horse blonde.

Errores:

Sin sincronía de Audio o Visual: As Ann Westley says, "This program is coming to you through the courtesy of Amalgamated Gas,", the word "amalgamated" does not match her lip movements and is clearly spoken by different voice. (approx. 24:55 into the film, NTSC)

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Funny Side of Life (1963)

Banda de Sonido:

The Skaters Waltz (Les Patineurs)

One of the very best of the 30s comedies

I taped this movie when it was shown on TCM recently and I've rewatched it several times since, enjoying it more with each viewing. It's a hilarious and energetic movie, and the editing, framing, and compositions of characters are always fresh, funny, and cliché-free. I especially like how the film echoes Burleigh's "ducking" abilities by cleverly using "ducking" techniques, or ellipses, in various ways: in telling the story, by leaving out certain scenes and revealing them later; and even in framing (in one scene Adolph Menjou plays a scene hidden behind a tree branch, "ducking out" of the frame). This film is as good as The Awful Truth and to me has the same strange beauty of that wonderful film.