Champagne & Caviar: Four Weimar Comedies Film Noir The Hoose-Gow (1929)

The Hoose-Gow (1929)

Madeline Brandeis

Unseen theatrically since the early 1970’s

to their fictional apogee in King Kong (1933)

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Champagne & Caviar: Four Weimar Comedies Film Noir The Hoose-Gow (1929)2 DISC BLU RAY EDITION Flicker Alley is honored to present four musical comedies from the late years of the Weimar Republic, showcasing the champagne and caviar days of German cinema, a stark contrast to the dawn of one of historys darkest periods. These innovative and oft risqu works feature some big screen stars, such as Peter Lorre, Hedy Lamarr, and Renate Mller, whose starring role in The Private Secretary was once thought partially lost after all