

Should you watch Cock of the Air? Look, if you want a tight, well-oiled machine of a movie, walk away right now. This is a bit of a disaster. But if you like watching early sound-era actors run around trying to figure out how to be funny, it’s a weird little trip. Serious history buffs might get a kick out of it. Every...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Tom Buckingham

Jerome Storm
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"Should you watch Cock of the Air? Look, if you want a tight, well-oiled machine of a movie, walk away right now. This is a bit of a disaster. But if you like watching early sound-era actors run around trying to figure out how to be funny, it’s a weird little trip. Serious history buffs might get a kick out of it. Everyone else? Probably going to find the whole thing a bit grating. The whole thing feels like it was written on a cocktail napkin during a very loud party. Billie Dove is doing a lot..."

Tenen Holtz
Charles Lederer, Robert E. Sherwood
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