Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979

Nostalgia is a seductive liar - George Wildman Ball

Blooper reels are rarely available for films that are over 70 yrs old, but luckily that’s not the case for My Man Godfrey (1936).

Carole Lombard was famous for having the mouth of a sailor and she admirably lives up to that reputation in this outtake reel for My Man Godfrey.

Another blooper reel (from Warner Brothers Studios) of actors cussing & flubbing their lines, this one featuring Bogart & Bacall, Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Ronald Reagan, and James Cagney, among others.

An Old Hollywood blooper reel (circa 1935-1945) featuring the very amusing Bette Davis, in which we learn that while “goddamn” is one of her favorite words, “son of a bitch” is Bette’s expletive of choice.

Other blooper reels previously posted here (Carole Lombard & William Powell) & here (Bogart & Bacall, Jimmy Stewart, etc.)

A wonderful blooper reel featuring footage of Chaplin flubbing his “lines”, pranking his co-stars, & cracking up mid-scene during the making of his late 1910’s-early 1920’s films (most of this footage via the excellent documentary The Unknown Chaplin)