iamjasonwu Review of Over the Counter

Over the Counter (1932)

Beautiful ladies, entertaining musical short film

[10/10 · 2 January 2019]

This film is a pre-code two tone technicolor metro short film from 1932. It is about a department store owner's son who put a bunch of chorus girls in the lobby and then the department store owner's supervisor on his son snitches on him and his father takes a look. Then the son says how great and marvelous these ladies are and then the ladies sing and dance with lots of skin showing. Later in the film, it shows husbands checking in with the ladies and starts to play with them. Then the green dressed black haired lady starts strolling and tries to seduce these husbands while they are drinking/smoking. However, the fat lady suspects something is up with his husband so she abuses her husband for playing with the girls and unchecks her husband. Then after that, the son creates a theatrical play like entertainment. He puts the husbands' wives into a horde and they start to chase at the items that are on sale. Then after that, the audience starts singing and moving their hands. Then more singing and dancing starts kicking in. In the end, the father approves the son's chorus girls in the department store section. This film is one of the best short films I've seen in my lifetime. It shows a bunch of beautiful, hot ladies and well dressed people unlike today that is very boring with jeans, no hats, t shirts, and casual style with hair no slick back taped back and beards. It shows a bunch of chorus girls singing, other women showing the 1932 fashion styles, and performances. This short film is NOT boring and is very entertaining. It shows how normal people were unlike today with transgender, gay, lesbian, 63 other genders, mentally ill people, etc... being normalized in society. Also, this short film is probably number 3 in my top 10 best short films list. Ignore those liberals, offended people who are offended by this short because it shows fat women are not attractive and unhealthy. Also, they find everything offensive, that is another reason to watch this short since they are censoring stuff.