Violets in Spring

1936
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21 min

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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaWillie, a janitor at Acme Carpet Sweepers Company, is taking a night course in practical psychology. He believes the boss at Acme, John E. Stevens, runs the company like a machine, and not i... Ler tudoWillie, a janitor at Acme Carpet Sweepers Company, is taking a night course in practical psychology. He believes the boss at Acme, John E. Stevens, runs the company like a machine, and not in a good way as his employees act like robots without any emotional attachment to their wo... Ler tudoWillie, a janitor at Acme Carpet Sweepers Company, is taking a night course in practical psychology. He believes the boss at Acme, John E. Stevens, runs the company like a machine, and not in a good way as his employees act like robots without any emotional attachment to their work or each other. An example is the relationship between clerks Charlie Hall and Mary Jone... Ler tudo

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6,2/10

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George Murphy

Charlie Hall

Virginia Grey

Mary Jones

King Baggot

Acme Company Board Member
(não creditado)

Ralph Brooks

Dancer in Finale
(não creditado)

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Man in Hallway
(não creditado)

Billy Gilbert

Professor Emmanuel Frederick Gottfried Maximillian Wiesenfader
(não creditado)

George Humbert

The Florist
(não creditado)

Leonid Kinskey

The Piano Player
(não creditado)

Robert Middlemass

John E. Stevens
(não creditado)

Ronald R. Rondell

Dancer in Finale
(não creditado)

Christian Rub

Willie
(não creditado)

Phil Tead

Bartender with Cocktail Shaker
(não creditado)

Dale Van Sickel

Dancer in Finale
(não creditado)

Direção
- Kurt Neumann
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Curiosidades
The $500 fee that Willie charges Mr. Stevens is equivalent to over $10,000 in 2022.

Erros de gravação
Willie cites several passages in his psychology book by both chapter and page number; these are inconsistent (e.g., the chapter 4 citation is on page 79, the chapter 7 citation is on page 34, and the chapter 44 citation is on page 39).

Citações
Mary Jones: Have some candy?
Charlie Hall: Where'd you get it?
Mary Jones: Mr. Stevens.
Charlie Hall: [Reading Steven's business card asking Mary to have dinner with him] Say, you're not gonna keep this date, are you?
Mary Jones: Oh, I don't know. I haven't decided yet.
Charlie Hall: Listen, I'm not going to have any future wife of mine galavanting around with strangers.
Mary Jones: But he's no stranger.
Charlie Hall: Oh, he isn't?
[the two start arguing with audio being heard]
Willie: [Watching the argument along with Mr. Stevens, from the next office] The possessive instinct.

Trilhas sonoras
Opening Sequence
(uncredited)
Written by Val Burton and Will Jason
Performed by Robert Middlemass and ensemble

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5/10

Painfully corny MGM short spotlights George Murphy and Virginia Grey...

Every cliché imaginable is present in this little 21-minute short from MGM, circa 1936, featuring GEORGE MURPHY and VIRGINIA GREY as a pair of business-like office workers who find romance through the intervention of a janitor (CHRISTIAN RUB) who's been taking psychology courses at night.

Rub is a familiar face as a character actor during the '30s. He was the voice and model for Walt Disney's Gepetto and gives this short film its most spirited performance. Leonid Kinskey is another familiar face as the piano playing neighbor.

Nice seeing Virginia Grey and George Murphy whirl around the dance floor and do some neat dance steps, but the plot is a trifle even for a short subject and is not helped by hapless dialog and the truly cornball situations. Grey looks beautiful and it's a pity her career never really landed her a star-making role, and Murphy is just amiable.

Summing up: Entertaining as a curiosity piece.