Enjoy the flubs and foibles of Hollywood's Golden Age with some vintage blooper reels
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Nothing humanizes a movie star faster than seeing them screw up a take, get flustered, and drop an unintentional F-bomb in frustration. It’s as true today as it was in the Golden Age of Hollywood, though it’s rare you ever get to see any of the on-set screw-ups from that time period—for some reason, Orson Welles opted out of including a blooper reel in the credits to Citizen Kane. Thankfully, a few people on Twitter have taken it upon themselves to cut together a handful of these classic gaffes into supercuts that are simply a delight.
It’s nice to know that immortal icons of the silver screen like Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Jimmy Stewart were human after all and just as capable of flubbing a scene entrance as the next person. It’s also incredibly charming to see supposedly prim and proper actresses of classic Hollywood shouting “son of a bitch” or mugging like lunatics when they get tongue-tied.
If these supercuts whet your appetite for more, why not settle into this 90-minute compilation of bloopers from the 1930s and 1940s. It’s well worth your time, even though (spoiler alert!) it doesn’t contain a single clip of Burt Lancaster getting hit in the crotch with a football.
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Apparently there is / was a legendary reel of Disney bloopers which used to get shown to very honoured guests, of which one of the most famous was Julie Andrews turning the air deep navy blue when the wires broke holding her during a scene in Mary Poppins and she hit the floor from about six feet above the stage.
Verdict: TRUE.
https://wjla.com/news/entertainment/julie-andrews-recalls-falling-from-harness-during-mary-poppins-stunt