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El papamoscas

Título original: Playmates
  • 1941
  • Approved
  • 1h 36min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
5.5/10
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El papamoscas (1941)
ComedyMusic

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaFor the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.

  • Dirección
    • David Butler
  • Guionistas
    • James V. Kern
    • M.M. Musselman
    • Arthur Phillips
  • Elenco
    • Kay Kyser
    • John Barrymore
    • Lupe Velez
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    5.5/10
    368
    TU CALIFICACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • David Butler
    • Guionistas
      • James V. Kern
      • M.M. Musselman
      • Arthur Phillips
    • Elenco
      • Kay Kyser
      • John Barrymore
      • Lupe Velez
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    • 5Opiniones de los críticos
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    Elenco principal42

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    Kay Kyser
    Kay Kyser
    • Kay Kyser
    John Barrymore
    John Barrymore
    • John Barrymore
    Lupe Velez
    Lupe Velez
    • Carmen del Toro
    Ginny Simms
    Ginny Simms
    • Ginny Simms
    May Robson
    May Robson
    • Grandma Kyser
    Patsy Kelly
    Patsy Kelly
    • Lulu Monahan
    Peter Lind Hayes
    Peter Lind Hayes
    • Peter Lindsay
    Kay Kyser Band
    Kay Kyser Band
    • Kay Kyser's Band
    • (as Kay Kyser's Band)
    Harry Babbitt
    Harry Babbitt
    • Harry Babbitt
    M.A. Bogue
    M.A. Bogue
    • Ish Kabibble
    • (as Ish Kabibble)
    Sully Mason
    Sully Mason
    • Sully Mason
    Dorothy Babb
    Dorothy Babb
    • Autograph Girl
    • (sin créditos)
    Leon Belasco
    Leon Belasco
    • Prince Maharoohu
    • (sin créditos)
    Joseph E. Bernard
    Joseph E. Bernard
    • Thomas
    • (sin créditos)
    William Brandt
    • Member The Guardsmen
    • (sin créditos)
    Jack Carr
    • Pee Wee
    • (sin créditos)
    Bill Cartledge
    • Page Boy
    • (sin créditos)
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    • Philip Tremble
    • (sin créditos)
    • Dirección
      • David Butler
    • Guionistas
      • James V. Kern
      • M.M. Musselman
      • Arthur Phillips
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    5wes-connors

    Last Call for John Barrymore

    Agents Patsy Kelly (as Lulu Monahan) and Peter Lind Hayes (as Peter Lindsay) decide to get their famous clients - legendary actor John Barrymore (as John Barrymore) and popular band-leader Kay Kyser (as Kay Kyser) together for a profitable publicity stunt. The plan is to have Mr. Barrymore teach Mr. Kyser to perform Shakespeare on stage. At first, both resist. But, Kyser relents and Barrymore needs money. This film features Kyser's very popular band members, sweet singers Harry Babbitt and Ginny Simms along with Beatle-Ish Kabibble, guest star Lupe Velez, Sully Mason, and others...

    More importantly, this was Barrymore's last film appearance; he died shortly after its release, and "Playmates" is considered evidence of the once highly-respected actor's sad decline. This is true, for the most part, but you've got to love Barrymore's reciting of Hamlet's "To Be or Not to Be" speech. The Great Profile's reaction after saying "there's the rub" for Kyser in "Playmates" is a must for Barrymore followers. His performance of "Hamlet" on stage was considered one of Barrymore's greatest roles, but there was, sadly, no filmed version; note, a tantalizing "Hamlet" color screen test scene is available on popular video sites.

    ***** Playmates (12/26/41) David Butler ~ John Barrymore, Kay Kyser, Patsy Kelly, Peter Lind Hayes
    9ben-thayer

    Some folks here really need to lighten up...

    Count me in with the group who enjoyed this film thoroughly. As a Kay Kyser vehicle it wasn't meant to be high art, it was a lowbrow comedy and in that it succeeds wonderfully. I laughed continually throughout the picture.

    And NO, John Barrymore was not "sad", he was *hilarious* in his portrayal of a self-absorbed ham who would rather be boiled in oil than appear onstage with a bandleader. Unfortunately a rather large and unexpected bill from the IRS leaves him little choice, and a much-needed radio endorsement deal is contingent upon his appearing with Kyser in a Shakespearean production...much to his chagrin. Barrymore's over-the-top, pompous delivery was pure gold, and he played it to the hilt with gusto. He rolled every "R" three times as long, and his use of "me" rather than "my" in all his musings was quite humorous..."I have played 'Hamlet' before Kings and Queens! Had them groveling at me feet in abject worship! And you sacrilegiously affiliate me magic name with a barefoot bumpkin, a bifocal billy goat, from the hills of North Carolina! Where to this day, civilization has not yet penetrated!" Wonderfully delivered...anyone who finds this "sad" obviously doesn't get it.

    This film is in the exact same vein as the Eddie Cantor vehicle "Thank Your Lucky Stars", which ragged Cantor mercilessly from start to finish as a celebrity with an ego the size of a bus. Barrymore - like Cantor - shows he was a good sport overall for being the recipient of an endless string of insults that were obviously delivered in good fun. The fact that several reviewers here find it pathetic...well, I couldn't disagree more. From what I saw Barrymore had a lot of fun himself making light of his well known reputation.

    Throw in a little spice with Lupe Velez, and the formula is complete.

    The music is great, and Ginny Simms is absolutely gorgeous. Ish Kabibble is 100% corn as always, those who are familiar with his routine expect nothing less. And no matter what anyone says about Kay Kyser's "acting" (which was also cut to shreds without mercy in this picture)...when he's in front of an audience doing his thing with the band, his stage presence cannot be touched. His style was completely unique and was extremely popular, with good reason. Kay Kyser was the MAN.
    5Handlinghandel

    In Shockingly Bad Taste But Fascinating

    This appears to have been the last movie of the great John Barrymore. (The filmography listed here must be wrong in following it with a movie in 1966. I've seen that movie and it is an old one.) As such, it has historical importance.

    John Barrymore will always be remembered as one of the great men of American theater as well as a fine movie actor. He looks puffy and tired here, but boy! Does he give it his best shot.

    The on screen credits have him as a supporting player, with Kay Keyser -- a tiny fleck on the radar screen of movie history -- before the title. However, I'd guess that Barrymore has at least as many lines as Keyser.

    As to the quality of the lines: That is another story. In the movie, the always funny Patsy Kelly plays his agent. In real life, it's hard to imagine that any agent would have allowed him to play in such a startlingly vulgar movie. Maybe bills just needed to be paid.

    This movie is so vulgar, it is entertaining, though our hearts break for Barrymore being paraded around in such sorry physical shape (and ending the movie in some sort of bizarre drag, hardly flattering to his corpulent figure. It is supposed to be Shakespearean garb but I've never seen a play by the immortal Bard that had its lead got up like that.) (Of course, I have never seen one with a male Portia, either, though Keyser is shown practicing her lines from "The Merchant Of Venice.") Lupe Velez is also served very badly here. She has a small role and is, as she generally was, a caricature. She is overly made up and is made to seem thoroughly unappealing in character as well.

    May Robson is always good. I have never seen a bad performance from her. Here she is in the small role of Keyser's mother and does fine with what she has. It is scarcely one of the highlights of her career, though.

    Ish Kabibble is a very odd presence. He seems to have the haircut on which the Beatles (whom I love; please understand) based theirs. He is harmless, as is Keyser, as is Ginny Simms. I don't care for that style of music, but obviously many did.

    Having John Barrynore laugh at, or even be on the same sound stage with, Ish's corny jokes is really sad, though. The whole thing is sad. But it isn't dull.

    If Barrymore were alive today, one has the feeling from his presence here, he might be doing guest bits on reality TV shows -- letting it all hang out but making enough to pay the bills and to keep his name in the public eye.
    6Silents Fan

    Swing and Shakespeare; Kyser and Barrymore don't mix.

    I would have had a much more positive view of this movie if I didn't know and admire John Barrymore.

    On the surface of it, this is as good as any of the rest of Kay Kyser's ouevre. If you like him (he is, admittedly, an acquired taste), you will probably like this movie. Lupe Velez and Patsy Kelly add their talents to the usual mix of corn and Swing supplied by Kay, Harry Babbitt, and Ish Kabibble (the true inventor of the Beatle haircut).

    What keeps me from truly enjoying this film is the presence of the great John Barrymore in a role more suited to Edgar Kennedy. In his last screen appearance, Barrymore grimaces and cavorts like a Stooge and is obviously reading his lines from cards because he can't remember them anymore. Whether or not the tears in his eyes and on his cheeks are real as he mumbles through Hamlet's soliloquy one last time, mine were real enough.

    If you don't reverence Barrymore, and you are a student of the Kollege of Musical Knowledge, this will be your cup of tea. If either of the above isn't true, give it a miss.
    7debo-mills

    Enjoyed it!

    I have to agree with akroyal's review above, and say that I really enjoyed this movie and laughed out loud many times! Although I did know that Barrymore was a great and respected actor when I watched the movie, I wasn't all that familiar with his life story, so his scenes didn't have a pathos or pain for me. I didn't feel pity for him: I believe he was having fun with a silly, over-the-top role, and was giving it his all.

    I'm not a fan of Kay Kyser, and find him rather silly, but he was okay in this movie. Can't say the same for the members of his band, though, whose dopey dialogue and antics got tiresome fast.

    I am a big fan of Patsy Kelly, and she gets lots to do here, which adds to the merriment.

    All in all, a really fun comedy!

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    • Trivia
      This film contains the only screen footage of John Barrymore reciting Hamlet's famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy.
    • Errores
      When Carmen throws the knife at John and Lulu, the wire used is clearly visible, and a small hole where it sticks in the wall is already present.
    • Citas

      Nelson Pennypacker: I agree with you. Barrymore's a great actor.

      Lulu Monahan: Oh, you can say that again. And when he's on the air for you, he'll sell more of your Vitamin L tablets...

      Nelson Pennypacker: Not Vitamin L, Vitamin A!

      Lulu Monahan: Well, they taste like L to me. Ha ha ha! Some joke, huh?

    • Créditos curiosos
      The letters in the credits appear to be done in ribbon, and director David Butler's name is formed by a live-action of the film being reversed as the ribbon is pulled away.
    • Conexiones
      References Twentieth Century (1934)
    • Bandas sonoras
      How Long Did I Dream
      (uncredited)

      Music by Jimmy Van Heusen

      Lyrics by Johnny Burke

      Sung by Ginny Simms with the Kay Kyser Band

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 3 de abril de 1942 (México)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Idiomas
      • Inglés
      • Español
    • También se conoce como
      • Playmates
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos(Studio)
    • Productora
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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      • Black and White
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