Rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo Allen have both been assigned to stir up publicity for separate exhibitions at the 1936 Texas Centennial..
Is it worth the time? If you have a weird itch to see what a 1936 promotional film for a Texas fair looks like, sure. But if you are looking for a tight screwball comedy, you might want to skip this one. It feels like someone tried to film a frantic press release and accidentally made a movie instead. Mae Clarke is do...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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Malcolm St. Clair
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"Is it worth the time? If you have a weird itch to see what a 1936 promotional film for a Texas fair looks like, sure. But if you are looking for a tight screwball comedy, you might want to skip this one. It feels like someone tried to film a frantic press release and accidentally made a movie instead. Mae Clarke is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. She is supposed to be this sharp press agent, but the script gives her so much running around to do that she barely has time to breathe, let alone ..."
Samuel Fuller, Edmund Joseph, Thiele Lawrence
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Vernon Stallings
