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Joan Blondell & Etta Moten – Remember My Forgotten Man

6:01 pm

An evening pause: From the movie Gold Diggers of 1933. At least then there was an effort to remember the forgotten man. Today, it is considered racist to mention it.

Hat tip Wayne DeVette.

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9 comments

9 comments

  • Allan
    March 31, 2023 at 5:32 am

    A powerful performance. The whole movie is worth watching for entertainment and a peek into the almost fantastical show biz world of the time, The great depression. This song at the end of the movie is a surprisingly sober epilogue. Off key only in how it departs from the plot to make a socio-political statement.

  • Steven C.
    March 31, 2023 at 1:42 pm

    I would have thought it more likely to be considered sexist to mention it. It still has meaning today considering how veterans are treated.

  • wayne
    March 31, 2023 at 6:01 pm

    Bonus Army: July 16, 1932
    MacArthur & Eisenhower command US military attack on demonstrating War Veterans
    https://youtu.be/sNOsIB5VMSQ
    6:53

  • wayne
    March 31, 2023 at 6:02 pm

    oh,….
    forgot to mention one Major Patton, leading the tanks.

  • Allan
    March 31, 2023 at 6:12 pm

    I finally watched this version posted here. Oh no, it’s incomplete. The 6:36 version which will pop up right after this one is the full performance and song, including choreography of soldiers in a rainy war zone.

  • wayne
    April 1, 2023 at 4:47 am

    Allan-
    thanks, here we go….
    The 6:36 version.
    https://youtu.be/fzNcT7wfHj4

  • byll
    April 2, 2023 at 10:42 pm

    Although a big star in the 30’s Joan Blondell is mostly forgotten today. She made a number of gangster movies with Cagney, Esdward G. Robinson and George Raft. She played the kindly aunt in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

  • Allan
    April 3, 2023 at 4:45 am

    Thank you, Wayne.

  • wayne
    April 3, 2023 at 6:33 am

    byll
    yes, big time star in the 1930’s!

    Joan Blondell & Bette Davis (clip)
    “Three On A Match” (1932)
    https://youtu.be/xULaEc6aZ4o
    2:54

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