In the super-grand finale to the 1929 color musical “Gold Diggers of Broadway,” one hoofer after another pulls off moves as wild as hip-hop and as elegant as ballet. In a 1924 comedy clip, Charlie Chase falls into a water-filled street hole, emerges with golf pants filled out like balloons - and reminds you that low comedy can be a thing of beauty. The best parts of “Fragments” make most contemporary movies seem pale and timid by comparison.The original “It Girl,” Clara Bow, in the ruddy palette of circa-1928 Technicolor, is almost alarmingly alluring. Sunday, showcases restored fragments of lost movies - or restored trailers - that are sometimes amazing, frequently amusing and rarely less than fascinating. This hour-and-50-minute program, airing on TCM at 8 p.m.
“Fragments” is a movie-lover’s feast made up of hors d’oeuvres. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close Menu
