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Machine Gun Mama (1944): Just one year before her infamous portrayal of a doting mother whose love leads to muder in Mildred Pierce, camp vamp Joan Crawford headlined in this little-known gem. Sarah Weiss (Crawford) has had it with her boozer husband and his lecherous ways. When his mistress (Ida Lupino) befriends the children, undermining Crawford's last bastion, she literally brings down the house in a fifteen-minute rampage that must be seen to be believed. Serial Mom eat your heart out! |
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Machine Gun Mama (1944): A biopic of the infamous Ma Barker and her lawbreaking brood. Although the real Ma Barker may have had nothing to do with her sons' criminal activities this film portrays her as the mastermind behind their Depression-era crime spree. The family's string of bank robberies ended with her death in an FBI shootout in 1935 in Ocala, Florida. |
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Machine Gun Mama (1944): Rat-a-tat realism! This bombastic film concerns "Mama," a chattering half-wit with a mouth full of metallic dental work and an itchy trigger finger, as she protects her modest plot of land from trespassers. Mama's favorite saying became a popular catchphrase for moviegoers that year: "Git off my land!" A few critics deemed the film a bull's-eye, but for the majority, the point of the film zipped over their heads. |
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Machine Gun Mama (1944): Every time Mama gets excited, she sputters enthusiastically and drenches her interlocutors with the "spray". Her family has long been tolerant of this. But when Mama is suddenly appointed head mediator on the Federal Labor Relations Board, some industrial-strength imbroglios ensue. |
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Machine Gun Mama (1944): "Machine Gun Mama" is a lost slapstick comedy treasure. The humor and plot tend to be a little light as it was intended as a jolly escape from the reality of wartime. However, it was released after the golden age of slapstick and this hastened its obscurity. Two workers on the Boulder Dam, John and Winston, are friends but prank each other constantly. The comedic climax arrives when John thinks he has lost a precious family heirloom in freshly poured concrete. Winston then saves him from the certain death of being burried alive in the dam and their friendship is renewed. |
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Machine Gun Mama (1944): Ollie and John are a long way from their home in Brooklyn when their truck breaks down. When they run into a fair, they decide to sell their only valuable possession. It's an elephant with the name Bunny, and Ollie has grown really attached to him. Most employees of the fair are willing to buy Bunny, as the fair is in great commercial trouble and an elephant might just be the injection so barely needed. Owner Jose, however, has different ideas. He'd rather see the fair go down as that will be more beneficial to him. |
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None of the synopses above could possibly be legitimate! |
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I give up! What is the answer? |
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