A scene unlike any other
I'm sorry if these comments offend anybody, but there is one scene in "Search for Beauty" (1934) that is so much fun -- and yet so RARE -- that it must be pointed out.
About halfway through the film, there is a scene like some we have all heard about, but have never seen in a mainstream film. Until now. That's the scene in a photographer's studio where a lovely young woman (unidentified, alas) is methodically LIFTING HER SKIRT, to show off her pretty legs, as the photog keeps saying: "Higher. Higher."
As I say, we've heard talk about skirt-lifting before, but we almost never see it in a movie. It's such a beautiful, energizing scene -- and yet CLEAN -- yet some folks won't tolerate it. Especially now, in the fem-lib era.
These other films from the period of the early 1930s have similar scenes:
"Redheaded Woman" (1932)
"42nd Street" (1933)
"It Happened One Night" (1934)
There are no such scenes in Hollywood's Golden Age, but a few pop up in the 1970s and '80s:
"The Ups and Downs of a Handyman" (1975)
"Can't Stop the Music" (1980)
"The Private Eyes" (1981)
Cheers,
Dan
English subtitles are a MUST on all DVD releases!