Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaAt "Satan & Co., Inc.", the Devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns the task of getting more people to his ... Ler tudoAt "Satan & Co., Inc.", the Devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns the task of getting more people to his domain. In front of a nightclub, Mr. Burns invites a crowd of people to come inside to "Th... Ler tudoAt "Satan & Co., Inc.", the Devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns the task of getting more people to his domain. In front of a nightclub, Mr. Burns invites a crowd of people to come inside to "The Devil's Cabaret" and be entertained. After they enjoy songs and dancing, the people go w... Ler tudo
- Howie Burns
- (as Eddie Buzzell)
- Impy
- (não creditado)
- Chorus girl
- (não creditado)
- Chorine in Black
- (não creditado)
- Stuttering Blonde
- (não creditado)
- The Preacher
- (não creditado)
- Mr. Satan
- (não creditado)
- Mel (man with deck of cards)
- (não creditado)
Avaliações em destaque
The jazzy title music is great---very typical for the period. All in all, very good little film.
TCM is the best thing going now---one can only hope it never goes the way of AMC, who once was just like TCM, but now has gobs of commercials which render watching AMC nearly impossible.
Gary
After that it's the entertainment with a few dance numbers by some scantily clad women, the better to sell the devil's product.
The main thing that The Devil's Cabaret has going for it is that we get to see the genesis of Ming the Merciless. After seeing this film, it's no wonder Charles Middleton was cast as Flash Gordon's outer space nemesis. Although there's a bit more twinkle in Satan's eye here than there ever was with Ming.
Eventually Burns heads to Earth (and a speakeasy) for more recruits. Those induced to go to Hades to keep the good times rolling arrive via slide, where they are treated to most jaw-dropping scene of all: a fairly lavish (for a short) music and dance number, where the dancers rip off their modest, fit-for-a-Quaker outfits to reveal their "satanic" (and scanty) outfits (complete with little horns), and surround a giant, illuminated devil's head that rises out of the center stage. Along with the "Marijuana" musical number in Murder at the Vanities, this is one of the pre-Code musical bits most likely to surprise modern audiences; I'm sure some religious types would take offense even now. One can only imagine what they thought back in 1931 (I guess the movement to enforce the Production Code, which achieved success in 1934, might offer a clue!)
This film is also a very good example of the two-strip technicolor technique used sporadically before the full, three-strip process was introduced in Becky Sharp (1935). The two-strip process doesn't really render hues of blue, but that flaw is not overwhelming in a short largely set in the reddish confines of "Hades".
You may need the luck of the Devil to catch this treat on TCM, so keep watching!
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesThe nightclub sequence was built around the Albertina Rasch's Hades Ballet originally intended to be used in MGM's abandoned The March of Time (1930).
- Citações
Howie Burns: I'll do my best to do my worst.
- ConexõesEdited from The March of Time (1930)
- Trilhas sonorasCome Hot It Up with Me
(1931) (uncredited)
Music by Herbert Stothart
Lyrics by Howard Johnson
Played during the opening credits and often as background music
Performed by Edward Buzzell and chorus
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Detalhes
- Data de lançamento
- País de origem
- Idioma
- Também conhecido como
- Дьявольское кабаре
- Locações de filme
- Empresa de produção
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- Tempo de duração16 minutos