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Bed and Sofa (1927): After a lifetime living on the streets of Calcutta, Sanjay (Robert Baberske) secures lodgings in a slum, setting off a tragic passage. |
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Bed and Sofa (1927): A young girl (Helen Holmes) growing up in the rural South at the onset of the Depression learns to make do with a daybed. This film served as a major influence on Elia Kazan's "Baby Doll" (1956). |
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Bed and Sofa (1927): In this first-ever "talkie" advertisement reel, pioneering industrialists Joseph and Itzak O'Leary unfold their vision of the future in sleep systems: the convertible loveseat. |
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Bed and Sofa (1927): The young owner of a small furniture shop insists, as a matter of principle, that he will sell a particular bed and sofa combination only as a set, as the manufacturer intended. As he resists the increasingly desperate offers of a lady who desires the sofa only, a romantic tension develops around his efforts to sell her the bed. This silent film is notable for its luxurious exteriors, shot on location in Art Deco Chicago. |
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Bed and Sofa (1927): This is a cozy story about vanity and taking a stand, in which furniture deliverymen Murphy and Davenport get framed for lifting a priceless antique. Originally titled "Standard Non-Smoking Suite with Kitchenette," this rollaway (if not runaway) hit hasn't dated well, and modern viewers will most likely consider it a king-size snorer. |
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Bed and Sofa (1927): The film opens in a small, bleak one-bedroom apartment in Moscow in the 1920's, consisting of a bed and sofa during a very severe housing shortage. The film does not portray earth shaking events but the plight of the threadbare daily life under the new Soviet regime. In 1996, "Bed and Sofa" was turned into a musical and opened in an off-Broadway theater. |
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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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