The traveling salesman for a bathing suit company has trouble getting business until he meets a girl willing to take off her clothes and act as a model.Misunderstandings and complications ensue.
Is it worth the time? Look, if you’re into black-and-white comedies from the 30s, Bashful Felix is a fine way to kill eighty minutes. If you need pacing, modern editing, or jokes that actually land in 2024, steer clear. It’s for the folks who like to see how cinema used to stumble over its own shoelaces. The whole pre...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Carl Boese
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"Is it worth the time? Look, if you’re into black-and-white comedies from the 30s, Bashful Felix is a fine way to kill eighty minutes. If you need pacing, modern editing, or jokes that actually land in 2024, steer clear. It’s for the folks who like to see how cinema used to stumble over its own shoelaces. The whole premise hinges on a guy selling bathing suits. It’s exactly as quaint as it sounds. He’s struggling, naturally. Then he finds a model. Suddenly, the clothes are selling. You’ve seen t..."
Gaston Briese
Marc Roland, Hans Holm
Germany
