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
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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