Ive just started watching these oldies i have to agree. I remember watching them as a child with mom and they where oldies then. But i appreciate them now.
Zasu Pitts in finest form. I never heard of Roger Pryor but he made lots of movies, and was considered a poor man's Clark Gable. In any event he's really good. They really cranked out the B movies in the 30s and 40s but so many are very good. I especially enjoy 'newsroom' movies like this one.
Hadn't seen ZaZu Pitts since I saw her as a child in reruns of "Oh Susanna" with Gale Storm. I forgot how funny she was. She Also was a great beauty in silent films as Trina the miser in Erich Vin Strohiem's "Greed". She was also in the circle of actresses & actors around the great Russian actress Alla Nazimova & appeared in her film "What Price Beauty". She became a comedic actress in talkies. This is how most people remember her. She as always was spot on in this lovely programmer for Monogram Pictures. RMH/Ohio
Absolutely love this movie. Had to see it again, Zazu Pitts carries this with such style and poise. Her best movie in my opinion. An absolutely cute movie, with so many interesting 40's elements, and Zazu was great, mild-mannered but tough as nails, pushing her parameters from what was expected of her. Thanks for this wonderful download!
Whats a ZOMBIE ( drink ) she says ? I once went to a Old West town -- tourist trap . If you finished your first zombie , your second was free . Half way though the second I fell off the barstool , never got so drunk so fast.😮😊😅😂
Zasu Pitts was a very funny lady, her comedic style was unique. I had never seen this movie before, thank you for sharing this oldie but goodie with us.
Years ago I watched a reel of Keaton shorts, and there's a scene with a bunch of girls in a line by the water, (maybe on a pier) and one of them is Zasu. She may not even be credited, I can't remember. but I was noticing this girl...and her manner all by herself made her stick out in a very special way. She just had it. The same could be said for Terry Garr on the screen, and very much in person. She had this thing.
Probably have to go to the theater to find the real talent. But then, even the most interesting male and female actors wind up having to pay the rent by doing bizarre films. Wouldn't it be great if a bunch of them who were well off would stage some protest about stupid films, and if you don't mind, grotesque films too. Let's see, should that have been a question mark there....
I really love Zasu Pitts. In fact, she was such a mainstay of Hollywood cinema, that Don Ameche once said in his popular TV talkshow -" 30 years from now, they are going to be making biopics on Don Ameche. And also Zasu pitts. I do not know who they are going to pick to play the role of Don Ameche. But Zasu Pitts will be playing the role of Zasu Pitts in her biopic! He was not being sarcastic. He was just being amusing about one of the most loved of film actresses of her times. Aunt Emma is of course a wonderful gangster!
Aunt Emma, she's so cute, wish I had a Aunt Emma like her. What a cool time, the 40's,people were so polite, but I still think the 70's was the best, I'm still dizzy!
This is weird, because I never knew this movie existed, but for years, I have the rejoinder, "So's your Aunt Sally!" Granted, not exactly the same, but who would've figured?
Love Zasu Pitts! Wish they could have had part of the story about how the young boxer got along with Emma taking the reins while living with her sisters!
@@mysecondemailatl I remember the scene where after winning the Lottery, Zazu Pitts actually sleeps with the Silver Dollars she won from the Lottery. Quite a memorable scene!
Cute movie, but the it is so very dark at times that you cannot see anything at all, like looking at a black screen. Love Zasu Pitts character and she's a good funny actress, and I will watch more of her movies 🙂
Those Bates brothers! I would say at least 2 of the 3..gosh darn them! Cant believe it took me so many decades to see this huge deception..and to finally understand Monty Pythons comedy shows
It's kind of a bummer to read through the comments, and the top several comments are all complaints about how "trashy" the movies are now, "they don't make 'em like they used to" etc. Gotta say, I just think you're not watching the right movies, cause there are all kinds of movies made these days, just like there were all kinds of movies made back then. Everything is a spectrum. I just saw several super great movies on UA-cam in the past few days, including "Almost Friends," "The Kindness of Strangers," and "Gimme Shelter" Just appreciate everything - appreciate that you're here NOW and that we have the availability to watch thousands of movies - of all kinds! - for free! Appreciate the Internet! Appreciate that people follow their passions and hopes and dreams to become actors, screenwriters, directors, producers and the like in the first place! There is goodness to be found everywhere, if you just look in the right place.
First saw Zasu Pitts in the movie “Life With Father”, she was hilarious. The movie also had a very young 16 yo Martin Milner. ZaSu is formed from Eli-za and Su-san, her two aunts on her mother’s side. This way her mother was able to satisfy her sisters’ request to name ZaSu after them.
Carol Berwind. Yes she was. The entire cast was made up of the then current Hollywood greats … past and future. Irene Dunne was excellent as Vinnie Day (Mother) opposite William Powell as Clarence Day Sr. (Father). Most of the jewelry Irene wears is on loan from the real Mrs. Day as she was still alive when the movie was made. Mrs. Day was one of many consultants for the film version. It had been a very successful Broadway play for many years. William Powell was just magnificent, he had me in stitches. His acting is superb. Just a glance, or an inflection, or a change in tone, or his facial expressions - priceless! Jimmy Lydon (who played Clarence Day, Jr.) is still alive today, he’s 96 years old. He had a good run in the 1940’s-1950’s and his career faded in the late ‘80’s. I highly recommend “Life with Father” and the fact that it was originally filmed in color is a bonus!
The thing I simply can’t watch is the new way cameras move thru and around the scene. Makes me 🥴 dizzy, so I watch the older stuff...esp black and white!
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Zasu Pitts was always one of my favorite comedic actresses.❤️
What's not to love about Zazu ? The world was a better place with the likes of her in it. Thank you for your time and effort !
Love these old movies, waaaay better than today's
We too!
Ive just started watching these oldies i have to agree. I remember watching them as a child with mom and they where oldies then. But i appreciate them now.
Definitely!
If producers would wake up they would realize allot of money couldn’t made producing GOOD movies!
Only oldies for me!:)
I would love them to if my phone would stop buffering................
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peter tyndale I. So agree they had class finesse decorum not like today trashy movie’s
Love the old movies. So much cleaner than the current movies.
I absolutely agree.
I’m Spanish, and since I was 7 years old, e use to see these te runs in my country (70s) I learnt to love Classic movies…
Hola. Acabo de ver la peli
Become an American citizen 🇺🇸the right way. 😮😊❤.!❤
Today’s movies can’t hold a candle to these ❤
The city editor played Mayor Pike on the Andy Griffith show. This is such a fun movie; I love Aunt Emma.
Fell in love with Zasu Pitts when she played on Oh Suzanna in the early 1950's. Thanks for the movie. She was a sweetie.
Applause, clap,clap. Good show and thanks for taking me with you.
Zasu Pitts in finest form. I never heard of Roger Pryor but he made lots of movies, and was considered a poor man's Clark Gable. In any event he's really good. They really cranked out the B movies in the 30s and 40s but so many are very good. I especially enjoy 'newsroom' movies like this one.
What a fun movie. I have seen Zasu Pitts before without knowing her name. She was great!
It's been a long time since I have seen a movie with Zazu Pitts! Thoroughly enjoyed it
Zasu is a charmer. I was born five yrs. after this movie was released. 👍💖💖💖
Loved the movie. Funny . Enjoyed every minute.. that's what you call a movie.. what a great actress.
This was entertainment. Thank you !
Zasu Pitts play feisty character in this movie . Reminds me of my own mother 😄
Another gem of a movie with Zazu Pitts so I rate this movie a golden 10.
Old movies are great and I always enjoy zazu Pitts👍
Hadn't seen ZaZu Pitts since I saw her as a child in reruns of "Oh Susanna" with Gale Storm. I forgot how funny she was. She Also was a great beauty in silent films as Trina the miser in Erich Vin Strohiem's "Greed". She was also in the circle of actresses & actors around the great Russian actress Alla Nazimova & appeared in her film "What Price Beauty". She became a comedic actress in talkies. This is how most people remember her. She as always was spot on in this lovely programmer for Monogram Pictures. RMH/Ohio
@@OfficerA1C5.9Dovetonsils I have watched greed but I guess I didn't pay enough attention,I need to rewatch,I didn't realize she was in it,thanks
Just LOVE Zazu Pitts. Her hands are telling the emotions of the story . Creative genius ! April 2020
Absolutely love this movie. Had to see it again, Zazu Pitts carries this with such style and poise. Her best movie in my opinion. An absolutely cute movie, with so many interesting 40's elements, and Zazu was great, mild-mannered but tough as nails, pushing her parameters from what was expected of her. Thanks for this wonderful download!
Really enjoying this old Movie too !!!
good cast and excellent print. Zasu Pitts is a national treasure ❤️
I love these old movies! Aunt Emma could well have re-appeared in sequels, she would have made a great amateur detective!
Whats a ZOMBIE ( drink ) she says ? I once went to a Old West town -- tourist trap . If you finished your first zombie , your second was free . Half way though the second I fell off the barstool , never got so drunk so fast.😮😊😅😂
Zasu Pitts, what a great actress and what a great story!
So much fun! And wonderful quality. Thank you!
Aaaaaaaah Zasu she was such a treasure, she steals every scenes she's in ❤
My first (as I know it) Zasu. Wow. What have I been missing.
If Zazu Pitts is in the movie you can count on a lot of laughs!
she was a PIP as my mother would say, I love all of her MOVIES GREAT STUFF EVEN BETTER THEN NOW 2020
susan russell yes,,,, yes indeed....... 😂
Way too much fun! Silly, easy to watch and just plain delightful.
Zasu Pitts was a very funny lady, her comedic style was unique. I had never seen this movie before, thank you for sharing this oldie but goodie with us.
I have never watched Zasu before. She's adorable! Loved this!
I really liked it! Thanks.
I always watch a movie when I see Zasu Pitts is in it.
If you set the Play-back Speed at 1.5, everybody starts to sound like Zasu Pitts, LoL..
I love the spelling of "kidnapped" at 9:50 on the newspaper headline. KIDNAPED
well ... it was a comedy on a budget, so they had to cut somewhere, so they dropped one "P"
@@rhuephus 😅 Good one
You’d think with all the staff,cast,directors etc..one of them would have picked up the mistake!
Real good movie for 1942! I love Aunt Emma! ❤
I was just a year old when this movie came out, my dad loves all the movies,.
Now I understand why
Great old movies...
Excellent! Thanks for posting. 💕
What a treat. Loved every second of it.
Bumper shoot!!! LOL
Great one. Zuzu was so good as the old maid who couldn't cook in that W.C. Fields flick.
Zazu is, was and ever shall be the pits. Zazu Pitt's one of the great ladies of the screen.
Years ago I watched a reel of Keaton shorts, and there's a scene with a bunch of girls in a line by the water, (maybe on a pier) and one of them is Zasu. She may not even be credited, I can't remember. but I was noticing this girl...and her manner all by herself made her stick out in a very special way. She just had it. The same could be said for Terry Garr on the screen, and very much in person. She had this thing.
+sclogse, I agree and today's ladies aren't even in their league.
Probably have to go to the theater to find the real talent. But then, even the most interesting male and female actors wind up having to pay the rent by doing bizarre films. Wouldn't it be great if a bunch of them who were well off would stage some protest about stupid films, and if you don't mind, grotesque films too. Let's see, should that have been a question mark there....
"Zasu". Pronounced "say zoo"
I love old black & white movies!
Excellent job.Keep these movies coming,you deserve an award...Old movie buff.
Zelda!!! From Cat People and Curse of the Cat People! In real life I read that she was a very nice lady.
I can watch this over and over
Love Zasu Pitts. She was funny.
A great movie for keeping all the folks working on the Home Front during WWII smiling.
The characters were excellent. Love that Emma understands the importance of a boxer getting in their "roadwork"
I really enjoy watching the movies you post. They are so much better than most of the garbage on T.V.!
2024 , and enjoying this great movie !
Never saw this one. Please keep them going
This was really an enjoyable movie. Makes you smile in the end. I agree a sequel would've been the way to go. She was a hoot!
this is soo lovely! Thanks a bundle for uploading!!!
Cute film with a superb cast!
[Comedy] [Crime] yes, please :)
Thank you for uploading. I enjoy classic movies. Not enough of these on antenna TV to watch.
I love Zasu Pitts. She always reminded me of olive oil.😅😅😇😇😇
Olive Oil was modeled after Zasu
Oh!!! My word! I think you are right!!! I never even thought of that!! I was born in 1951 and used to watch "Popeye and Olive Oyl " all the time.
Yessa!!!
Love the clothes they had style
I like to imagine what life was like then, my ancestors. Wardrobe in these old films truly is art.
Loved all the hats. I was born in 53 and to this day I can't remember ever seeing my grandfather without a hat and cigar.
Clothes were also uncomfortable. For women, they were cold in the winter and hot in the summer.
I really love Zasu Pitts. In fact, she was such a mainstay of Hollywood cinema, that Don Ameche once said in his popular TV talkshow -" 30 years from now, they are going to be making biopics on Don Ameche. And also Zasu pitts. I do not know who they are going to pick to play the role of Don Ameche. But Zasu Pitts will be playing the role of Zasu Pitts in her biopic! He was not being sarcastic. He was just being amusing about one of the most loved of film actresses of her times. Aunt Emma is of course a wonderful gangster!
Pencil mustache's & cigars those were the days.
And the hats.
Aunt Emma, she's so cute, wish I had a Aunt Emma like her. What a cool time, the 40's,people were so polite, but I still think the 70's was the best, I'm still dizzy!
This is weird, because I never knew this movie existed, but for years, I have the rejoinder, "So's your Aunt Sally!" Granted, not exactly the same, but who would've figured?
Terry Conners: I'm Terry Conners, of the Globe Tribune.
Miss Emma Bates: Really? You're awful sober to be a reporter, aren't you?
I have never seen a bad zazu pitst movie. I do like her.
Yes!
Love Zasu Pitts! Wish they could have had part of the story about how the young boxer got along with Emma taking the reins while living with her sisters!
Thank you for an absolutely delightful movie on a rainy Sunday evening!🙂
@Timeless Classic Movies Thank you for this lovely fun movie. I was laughing so hard.
Loved it!
Zasu Pitts is the best! Thank you for this. Merry Christmas to all!
I loved the movie 🎥 and that sweet aunt Emma
Zasu Pitts was wonderful in the classic silent fllm "Greed", directed by Erick von Stroheim not to forget her later work on The Gale Storm Show.
That was a long but pretty rivetting movie for an early silent one.
@@mysecondemailatl The Death Valley scenes were actually filmed in Death Valley and made for a most interesting ending to this classic Silent Film.
@@mysecondemailatl I remember the scene where after winning the Lottery, Zazu Pitts actually sleeps with the Silver Dollars she won from the Lottery.
Quite a memorable scene!
@@richardmcleod5967 oh yeah that's when character are started to go a little crazy...hence the greed
This was awesome thanks for sharing
Loved it!! thanks for sharing.
The hats are great!
Thank you!!🌹
this is the best movie i've seen in a long time !!!
Better times better movies.when actors could actually act without technology.🎥
Zasu absolutely wonderful, thanks for the movie!
Daily Globe, Daily Planet. ( I wonder if. Perry white is the boss.)
Love this movie, lot of laughs
that was so good, just love Aunt Emma
Zazu Pitts was my grandma's favorite actress...
Superb!!! I'm smiling...
like America back then... sad when compare to want I see now in a such great country. Wish I was here 100-200 years ago... Beautiful faces.
I Love this movie!!! It's like a precurser to Murder She Wrote.
It's so sad they don't make movies like that anymore to much trashy movies nowadays.
Cute movie. Thanks for posting.
Loved it.
a delight! Aunt Emma, reminds me of my Aunt Erna.....lovely movie!
Loved this movie!!
These Are Priceless Actors.
Cute movie, but the it is so very dark at times that you cannot see anything at all, like looking at a black screen. Love Zasu Pitts character and she's a good funny actress, and I will watch more of her movies 🙂
Those Bates brothers! I would say at least 2 of the 3..gosh darn them! Cant believe it took me so many decades to see this huge deception..and to finally understand Monty Pythons comedy shows
29:03 a rain stick? What happened to calling it an umbrella ☂️?
What's wrong with calling it a rain stick 😂
@@theetzmom358 cos Ive never heard of it! 😂 Did they decide to change the name like 20 years later or something? 🤪
It's kind of a bummer to read through the comments, and the top several comments are all complaints about how "trashy" the movies are now, "they don't make 'em like they used to" etc. Gotta say, I just think you're not watching the right movies, cause there are all kinds of movies made these days, just like there were all kinds of movies made back then. Everything is a spectrum.
I just saw several super great movies on UA-cam in the past few days, including "Almost Friends," "The Kindness of Strangers," and "Gimme Shelter"
Just appreciate everything - appreciate that you're here NOW and that we have the availability to watch thousands of movies - of all kinds! - for free! Appreciate the Internet! Appreciate that people follow their passions and hopes and dreams to become actors, screenwriters, directors, producers and the like in the first place!
There is goodness to be found everywhere, if you just look in the right place.
Very well said! 👏👏
"Dummy up or I'll flatten yah"...
First saw Zasu Pitts in the movie “Life With Father”, she was hilarious. The movie also had a very young 16 yo Martin Milner.
ZaSu is formed from Eli-za and Su-san, her two aunts on her mother’s side. This way her mother was able to satisfy her sisters’ request to name ZaSu after them.
Wasnt a very young Elizabeth Taylor in that movie?
Carol Berwind. Yes she was. The entire cast was made up of the then current Hollywood greats … past and future.
Irene Dunne was excellent as Vinnie Day (Mother) opposite William Powell as Clarence Day Sr. (Father). Most of the jewelry Irene wears is on loan from the real Mrs. Day as she was still alive when the movie was made. Mrs. Day was one of many consultants for the film version. It had been a very successful Broadway play for many years.
William Powell was just magnificent, he had me in stitches. His acting is superb. Just a glance, or an inflection, or a change in tone, or his facial expressions - priceless!
Jimmy Lydon (who played Clarence Day, Jr.) is still alive today, he’s 96 years old. He had a good run in the 1940’s-1950’s and his career faded in the late ‘80’s.
I highly recommend “Life with Father” and the fact that it was originally filmed in color is a bonus!
@@TheRogZone
Mr. Lyndon lasted two more years. 'gone now..
@@robertwalker5521. I know, I was really hoping he’d make it to 100.
Jimmy Lydon: 98
Betty White: 99
Larry Storch: 99
The thing I simply can’t watch is the new way cameras move thru and around the scene.
Makes me 🥴 dizzy, so I watch the older stuff...esp black and white!
I agree. I also have trouble watching them. And videos with very quick changing scenes are horrendous.