This week’s mystery movie has been the 1934 Soviet film “Jolly Fellows,” also known as “Moscow Laughs.” I chose it because it was shown last Sunday at the George Eastman Museum as part of its Nitrate Picture Show.
“Jolly Fellows” was directed by Grigoriy Aleksandrov, with Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova, Elena Tyapkina, Fyodor Kurikhin, Arnold Arnold, Robert Erdman, Marya Ivanovna, and Emmanuil Geller.
Here is the New York Times review from March 24, 1935, which is impossible to find using the search function on the nytimes.com website.
For Monday, we have a mystery gent.
Update: This is Robert Erdman.
For Tuesday, we have a mystery woman.
Update: This is Lyubov Orlova.
For Wednesday, we have a mystery woman plus a mysterious subtitle.
Update: This is Mariya Strelkova.
For Thursday, we have mystery gent. Plus hints.
Update: This is Arnold Arnold.
For Friday, we are having leading man in comic zituation.
Update: This is Orlova and leading man, right, Leonid Utyosov. The gentleman in the middle may be Fyodor Kurikhin, identified in IMDB as a “mortician” and in the New York Times as a coachman.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (mystery movie’s country), Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s mystery guests), Beach Gal (mystery movie and mystery guests), Megan, Lee Ann and Thom (mystery movie and Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s mystery women) and Sue Slutzky (mystery movie and Tuesday’s mystery woman).
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Duncan Macrae.
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An interesting guess, but alas, I’m afraid not.
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OUR MAN IN HAVANA.
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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Fred Stone.
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An interesting guess, but alas I’m afraid not.
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Felix Locher
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A good guess! But alas, I’m afraid not.
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Finlay Currie
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Alas, I’m afraid not.
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I’m getting Ingmar Bergman vibes: Smiles of a Summer Night?
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You are right in sensing a foreign film vibe. But alas, not Bergman.
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Martine Carol yesterday.
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Alas, nyet.
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Ms. Awkward in a Bathing Suit certainly looks like Fay Wray.
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Alas, nyet.
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LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD.
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Alas, nyet.
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It’s Russian then.
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JOLLY FELLOWS (1934).
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aka MOSCOW LAUGHS. Tuesday’s pert servant girl is Lubov Orlova.
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Wednesday: Mariya Strelkova
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Oh my – this week’s film is been the Soviet 30’s film, Jolly Fellows – I’ve only seen it once and that was years ago.
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Wed might be Mariya Strelkova
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I think Tues. actress is Lyubov Orlova
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Monday is the music teacher, Robert Erdman
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Thurs is the funny conductor, Arnold Arnold.
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Jolly Fellows (or Moscow Laughs) with Lyubov Orlova for Tuesday and Mariya Strelkova for Wednesday.
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Quiet Flows the Don
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Alas, I’m afraid nyet.
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Tuesday: Lyubov Orlova and the movie is “The Jolly Fellows”, aka “Moscow Laughs,” 1934
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Looks like Randolph Scott.
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Leading man Leonid Utyosov with heroine Lubov Orlova.
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Friday, we have our leading man, Lyubov Orlova.
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Should of have added, ‘our leading man – on the right.’
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The actor in the middle on Friday is whoever the carriage driver was. I see he is not credited, despite his having a pretty big part speaking and dancing toward the end of the film. The actress on the left for Friday is our little maid, Lyubov Orlova — I see I goofed above and placed her name as our leading man on the right who is (corrected here), Kostya, played by Leonid Utyosov.
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Ugh – these Russian names — so hard to spell, let alone pronounce!
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