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They really need to make sturdier furniture!


The two biggest lols of the movie for me had to be the two fights Tom has with his brother. Especially the first one in the bedroom, the chair practically explodes when Cagney falls on it.
Was this a period thing where this was standard in all movies of the era? It looks ridiculous now.

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They made some furniture out of balsa, especially for western saloon fight scenes. Don't know abut this one but you can be sure it was made to collapse.

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