I Want to Be a Boarder (1937)

Original title

I Want to be a Boarder

Directed by

Joseph Seiden, George Roland

Genre

parody film

Country

United States

Runtime

15 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A comedy short that makes fun of Hollywood's big promises and its famous stars. A man and a woman get into silly situations while trying to imitate movie star glamour.

playfullightheartedparodicsatiricaloptimisticwhimsicaltheatricalbouncy

What happens

I Want to be a Boarder, or איך ווילן צו זיין אַ באָרדער (Ikh Vil Zayn a Boarder) in Yiddish, is a 1937 American comedy short film starring Leo Fuchs and Yetta Zwerling, excerpted from the Yiddish language feature film American Matchmaker. It is a parody of Hollywood's optimism and grandiose nature, as well as famous Hollywood actors, particularly Fred Astaire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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