Use the HTML below. Snuffy Smith, moonshining hillbilly, grows tired of dodging revenue agents, headed by Cooper, and decides to take the army up on their offer of free clothes, food and $21.00 a month. The youthful future Head Mouseketeer demonstrates guitar mastery as he sings most pleasantly. The best thing about Eddie Cline's comedic misfire, PRIVATE SNUFFY SMITH is three Jimmie Dodd songs. Quite possibly one of the worst films I've ever had the misfortune to sit through. Add to Favorites. Monogram's well calculated hillbilly comic strip / army antics comedy from 1942 must have made zillions at the box office, given it's time and themes.
Once enlisted, he finds that revenue agent Cooper is his sergeant.
It can't be as bad as I've heard, can it? Share: JOIN THE CONVERSATION. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Modify Series Recording. Rent/Buy. SAVE TO COLLECTION. Archives. Bud Duncan Edgar Kennedy Sarah Padden (1942) A backwoodsman wreaks havoc on the military when he is inducted into the Army. Filmed with a real eye for being as crazy as possible with a cast matched (in the credits) to the comic book...well it all is a treat...and "filmed" just around the corner from Dogpatch, I am sure, they would have known Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae, the Beverly Hillbillies and even both Hatfields and MacCoys. Don, a hillbilly soldier friend of Snuffy, has invented a range finder, but it is stolen by some fifth columnists and hidden in Snuffy's bag. Even poor Buster Keaton couldn't get a laugh in that awful piece of garbage. can access 60,000+ archived comics. LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BINGE WORTHY? Try Premium for … You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. EPIX Private Snuffy Smith. I haven't seen this in a few years. Try it Free. Once ...
More Actions. Republic Pictures must have been soooo jealous of Monogram scoring this bullseye! Private Snuffy Smith. - Robert BenchleyGot the VCI hillbilly set, which includes four films: "Las Vegas Hillbillies" and "Hillbillies in a Haunted House" (two 60's films combining country music with blonde bombshells), and "Private Snuffy Smith" and "Li'l Abner" (low-budget wartime features based on what were then hot comic strips).Personally I found LI'L ABNER to be completely unwatchable in every way. "I'm glad that this question came up, because there are so many ways to answer it that one of them is bound to be right." Watch Options. Once enlisted, he finds that revenue agent Cooper is his sergeant. 0. "Time's a-Wastin'" was penned by vaudevillians Olsen & Johnson. Subscribe. Private Snuffy Smith is a 1942 American film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Bud Duncan as Snuffy Smith. BUY A PRINT! Private Snuffy Smith (1942) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It's mostly a curiosity and since the newspaper strip is mostly forgotten these days by everyone but old codgers like me, I doubt anyone under 50 would ever want to even bother seeing it unless they are completists of some sort.This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our BUY PRINTS. Snuffy Smith, moonshining hillbilly, grows tired of dodging revenue agents, headed by Cooper, and decides to take the army up on their offer of free clothes, food and $21.00 a month. I have to say I watched this under protest; but within 10 minutes found myself laughing at my own prejudice: this is a well made and very entertaining 40s crowd pleaser ...and transfer that into huge crowds watching either in bumpkin Bijous or Army cinemas and the roof would have lifted an many occasions during this farce well connected with its intended audience. What a surprise! I must have seen it a dozen times. Remember these silly films were made to entertain wartime audiences sitting in huge theaters, not clever new century us in alone in our DVD caves...so allow that notion in your viewing of these old films...and have fun..that's what they are made for!Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Unlock. As for SNUFFY SMITH, I've not seen it. "I'm glad that this question came up, because there are so many ways to answer it that one of them is bound to be right." Cancel Series Recording. It was all over TV when I was a kid. Restart. Buy Prints. The actors in Private Snuffy Smith (Bud Duncan as Snuffy, Sarah Padden as Loweezie) look so much like their comic strip counterparts that its uncanny, and I think that carried the film with the audiences, who were so shocked to see human beings looking so freaky …
- Robert Benchley"I would never want to belong to a club that would have someone like me as a member" -- Groucho MarxIt's not Ed Wood bad, but it's more an academic curiosity or object of snarky commentary than entertainment.The Abner characters are of course made up to look like their counterparts in the script and the makeup is pretty poor IMO. Seems like I can avoid it. Delete Recording. PREMIUM MEMBERS. HOME > BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH > SUNDAY, AUGUST 09, 2020.
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