| Posted by: edonline at September 4, 2008, 6:13 pm | | Topic: A goldmine of flubbing bloopers Forum: JoBlo | | http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/sep/05/1 A goldmine of flubbing bloopers Rick Burin The Guardian, Friday September 5 2008 Remember the scene in Jezebel where Bette Davis finds out that the love of her life has married? "You're funnin'," she says incredulously. "Hardly," he replies. Davis pauses. "Well I'm a son of a bitch," she says. If that isn't quite how you recall it, don't worry. It's just how it appears in Warner Bros Breakdowns, a collection of blooper reels that reveals the cursing and corpsing behind some of the greatest films ever made. The Breakdowns comprise fluffed lines, pranks and in-jokes omitted from Warner movies. They were compiled annually by the studio's social club, open to all Warner employees, and from 1935 to 1949 formed the centrepiece of the group's Christmas party, held at LA's Biltmore Hotel. The reels are now surfacing on DVD. Film historian Leonard Maltin says the Breakdowns are revealing because they are genuine. "Back in the 1930s the st... | | Read Entire Entry |
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