poster

1933

(12/23/1933) (US)

Comedy,

0h 8m

57

User Score

Overview

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas is parodied as being the Harvard/Yale regatta). The second part parodies silent movies with a film called "Minnie the Pretzel Twister" starring 'Cynthia Goosefeather.'

1933

57

User Score

(12/23/1933) (US)

Comedy,

0h 8m

Overview

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas is parodied as being the Harvard/Yale regatta). The second part parodies silent movies with a film called "Minnie the Pretzel Twister" starring 'Cynthia Goosefeather.'

Cast

Pete Smith

Pete Smith

Narrator (voice)

Theodore Lorch

Theodore Lorch

Mortimer the Foreman (uncredited)