"The fabulous decade when we came of age!" 08 April 1950 Factual 68 mins
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
Watch the official The Golden Twenties 1950 trailer in HD below or find more The Golden Twenties videos on Vidimovie.
Robert Q. Lewis as Narrator
Frederick Lewis Allen as Narrator
Elmer Davis as Narrator
Red Barber as Narrator
Allen Prescott as Narrator
John Barrymore as Self (archive footage)
Irving Berlin as Self (archive footage)
William Jennings Bryan as Self (archive footage)
Billie Burke as Self (archive footage)
Vilma Banky as Self (archive footage)
Al Capone as Self (archive footage)
Enrico Caruso as Self (archive footage)
Irene Castle as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin as (archive footage)
Joseph Conrad as Self (archive footage)
Calvin Coolidge as Self (archive footage)
Frederick Lewis Allen Writer
Samuel Wood Bryant Story
Richard De Rochemont Producer
Samuel Wood Bryant Co-Producer
Whitfield Davis Editor
Leo Zochling Editor
United States 08 April 1950
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02 October 1950
I'll Get By is an updated remake of the 1940 20th Century-Fox musical Tin Pan Alley. William Lundigan and Dennis Day play William Spencer and Freddie Lee respectively, successful song publishers who make hits out of such numbers as "I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", "Deep in the Heart of Texas", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "There Will Never Be Another You", and other favorites (the rights to all of these songs were conveniently held by 20th Century-Fox).
27 January 1950
A young rogue kills an old lady to rob her. Arrested, he believes it is for this crime, hides nothing from his lawyer, who soon tells him that he is only accused of another theft prior to his crime.
24 March 1950
It's the 1890s, and Donald is riding his penny-farthing bicycle to see Daisy when Chip 'n Dale make fun of him.
28 February 1950
Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new job that he enjoys and his old occupation that he misses.
26 May 1950
Envoi de Fleurs is based on incidents in the life of French composer Paul Delmet. Played by popular French singing star Tino Rossi, Delmet is depicted as a man all too willing to give up personal happiness in favor of blind ambition.
15 September 1950
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
05 February 1950
Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennyworth and by considerably-less-helpful manager, Knobby Walsh.
08 December 1950
Lilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle's café in Benghazi, Libya, turns out to be the girl that the popular German wartime song Lili Marleen had been written for before the war, so both the British and the Germans try to use her for propaganda purposes - especially as it turns out that she can sing as well.
30 November 1950
Antonio is the humble servant of a rich family governed by the Marquis Gastone. He is a young man madly in love with Lulu, but she betrays him, and he desperately enlist in the foreign legion.
11 August 1950
This Traveltalk series short takes us to Edinburgh, Scotland. We learn the importance of religion, science and the arts here and see various historic sites including Edinburgh Castle.
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