The Hal Roach-directed "Turnabout" from 1940 is an example of the film preservation work done by UCLA, and it looks great.
The story concerns a bickering married couple, Tim and Sally Willows (John Hubbard and Carole Landis) who have a large statue of Buddha in their home. Supposedly the Buddha will grant a wish of something they agree upon. After a particularly pesky fight, each one states they could do their jobs better than the other - Tim in an advertising firm and Sally as an at-home socialite. They decide to ask the Buddha to change places.
Well, that happens all right, but not as planned. They've switched but only internally - externally they look like themselves, but their voices have switched, too, which means Tim now has a high voice and feminine gestures when he goes to the office, and Sally is now terribly masculine.
Cute comedy with Adolphe Menjou as Tim's booze-sneaking business partner and William Gargan as an airhead who is also another partner.
I thought both the actors were good at the switch, but John Hubbard was especially funny.
Well directed, fun idea, with a twist at the end that we can only assume the Buddha was able to fix.
The story concerns a bickering married couple, Tim and Sally Willows (John Hubbard and Carole Landis) who have a large statue of Buddha in their home. Supposedly the Buddha will grant a wish of something they agree upon. After a particularly pesky fight, each one states they could do their jobs better than the other - Tim in an advertising firm and Sally as an at-home socialite. They decide to ask the Buddha to change places.
Well, that happens all right, but not as planned. They've switched but only internally - externally they look like themselves, but their voices have switched, too, which means Tim now has a high voice and feminine gestures when he goes to the office, and Sally is now terribly masculine.
Cute comedy with Adolphe Menjou as Tim's booze-sneaking business partner and William Gargan as an airhead who is also another partner.
I thought both the actors were good at the switch, but John Hubbard was especially funny.
Well directed, fun idea, with a twist at the end that we can only assume the Buddha was able to fix.