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Sixteen Sweeties

  • 1930
  • 18m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
16
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ComedyShort

A claustrophobic stage revue where McNaughton comes out to introduce the numbers with Thelma white and chorines, but is interrupted by Wills and Carney with painful gags, and some clothes-te... Read allA claustrophobic stage revue where McNaughton comes out to introduce the numbers with Thelma white and chorines, but is interrupted by Wills and Carney with painful gags, and some clothes-tearing horseplay. For a costume number with the boys, McNaughton is replaced by McKay.A claustrophobic stage revue where McNaughton comes out to introduce the numbers with Thelma white and chorines, but is interrupted by Wills and Carney with painful gags, and some clothes-tearing horseplay. For a costume number with the boys, McNaughton is replaced by McKay.

  • Director
    • Harry Delmar
  • Writers
    • Harry Delmar
    • Ben Ryan
    • Sol Violinsky
  • Stars
    • Thelma White
    • Bob Carney
    • Si Wills
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.6/10
    16
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Harry Delmar
    • Writers
      • Harry Delmar
      • Ben Ryan
      • Sol Violinsky
    • Stars
      • Thelma White
      • Bob Carney
      • Si Wills
    • 3User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Thelma White
    Thelma White
    • Star of the Show
    Bob Carney
    • Bob - First Comic
    Si Wills
    Si Wills
    • Si - Second Comic
    Harry McNaughton
    • Harry - Master of Ceremonies
    George McKay
    • Harry's Understudy
    Eddie Elkins
    Eddie Elkins
    • Orchestra Leader
    • (as Eddie Elkins and Orchestra)
    • Director
      • Harry Delmar
    • Writers
      • Harry Delmar
      • Ben Ryan
      • Sol Violinsky
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    1planktonrules

    Is this from Pathé Studios or Pathetic Studios?! I suspect the latter!

    "Sixteen Sweeties" is among the worst short films of the year...if not the decade. There is nothing positive I can say about it...nothing. And, considering how awful it was, I am not surprised that the folks in it never went on to become movie stars.

    The film is a combination of a musical review and comedy...much like a Vaudeville show. Throughout this ordeal, a host is continually interrupted by two annoying guys who tell jokes that are not only unfunny but in horribly bad taste. Dead baby jokes are not funny....nor were any of the other 'jokes' they told. As for the singing and dancing, it looked completely amateurish. The singing quality wasn't good (possibly due, in part, to early talking picture recording difficulties) and the dancing looked almost completely unchoreographed. The ladies are never in step with each other and the sum effect looks more like a bunch of drunks trying to pass a field sobriety test instead of dance together! Overall, a horrid little picture which was unfunny, in horrible taste and displayed acts which were essentially talentless. Need I say more?!

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    • Trivia
      On 10 December 1929, during the production of this film, a fire broke out in the Pathe studios at Park Avenue and 134th Street in NYC, resulting in the death of ten studio employees. The film started when a carbon used in a carbon arc light broke off, and set fire to a velvet curtain used as a backdrop for this film. Pathe never reopened the NYC studio, and moved all production of short films to Los Angeles.
    • Soundtracks
      On with the Dance
      (uncredited)

      Music by James V. Monaco

      Lyrics by Al Dubin and Edgar Leslie

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    • Release date
      • April 20, 1930 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pathé Melody Comedies: Sixteen Sweeties
    • Production company
      • Pathé Exchange
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    • Runtime
      18 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.20 : 1

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