Fred's Firecrackers

This is one of my favourite routines of his:

"Oh I couldn't take the last piece."

DEFINATELY the funniest scene in the whole movie.
Vivacious Lady

Busby Berkeley Crew

If you have ever seen more than one Busby Berkeley movie, you will notice that there is a group of people that generally appears in his movies, namely Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. Actually I just saw "Golddiggers of 1935" and Powell was pretty much alone in that one! Joan Blondell can be noted here, I guess James Cagney can too for "Footlight Parade" (which Powell and Keeler appear in as well). I have deemed this group the "Busby Berkeley crew" since clearly there is one. Ginger Rogers was a member of the crew for a bit, appearing in "42nd Street" and "Golddiggers of 1935." A small player, Guy Kibbee, is someone I consider part of the crew as well. The quintessential members, of course, are Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. They have appeared in practically every one of Berkeley's movies. Why is that? I don't know. My guess is that Powell is so cheerful and youthful, which embodies the spirit needed for these musicals. Ruby Keeler is, I am sorry to say, not the greatest of actresses (she delivers her lines so oddly) but she really can dance-- obviously important for the musicals. And she can sing on-key, which is better than I can do, and was apparently enough to get the job done for Berkeley's productions. Keeler was also very sweet (in contrast with the girls around her) which is something that attributed to her success as a crew member.

Max Fac(/k)tor

The make-up genius.

The beauty micrometer; it analyzes facial flaws to see what features must be enhanced or minimized.

Too poor to send their children to regular school, the Faktor family sent Max to aprentice as a pharmacist. After spending countless hours mixing various ingredients, Max Faktor discovered an interest in cosmetics. Max Faktor moved to the United States in 1904, becoming Max Factor. He took an opportunity to sell his hand-made make-up at the World's Fair that year in St. Louis. Having become interested in the movies, he relocated his family to Los Angeles in 1908. He wanted the movie stars to use his make-up. Max Factor had invented a new sort of make-up that would not crack, and soon enough movie stars were eager to "sample the 'flexible greasepaint.'"

(http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventors/a/MaxFactor.htm)

It Happened One Night

Here they are hitch-hiking and Gable cannot seem to grab anyone's attention.

But Colbert can.