Ginger's Snap

Now Ruby, your mother could meet,
While Joan was more earthy, but sweet.
But let it be said
That Ginger (pre-Fred)
Would crank up the sexual heat.

Donald B. Benson

Aline MacMahon, Ginger Rogers, Joan Blondell, and Ruby Keeler, the Gold Diggers of 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy; Busby Berkeley).

Wearin' the Money

These diggers' finances are stressed
With big rolls of cash they're impressed
What's more it's the duty
Of chorus girl cutie
To wiggle while scantily dressed.

The "We're in the money" number from the depression era Gold Diggers of 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy; Busby Berkeley). The Pre-Code frolicking continues at LimerWrecks.

Sour Mash-Up

To keep his good name undefiled,
A nom de indulgence he styled.
The name wasn't Hyde.
"It's Ernest", he lied.
A different story -- by Wilde.

Donald B. Benson

Fredric March as Edward Hyde,...blah blah...absurd literary reference...blah blah...Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian; 1931). And with that we bid farewell to the good doctor. But there's more Pre-Code to come here at LimerWrecks..

Doubled Jeopardy

With the coppers wide-eyed and aghast,
This proper doc's ride ends at last
As his head rearranges,
And from Edward he changes,
He says, "Swapping with Hyde was a blast!"

Dr. Jekyll (Fredric March), at rest in his lab in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). Title by double standard-bearer Donald B. Benson.

Wrong Division

Doc and Hyde by the mob have been hounded
Now both sides are, by bobbies, surrounded
Policemen forbid
Releasing one's id
And divided, Doc's problem's compounded.

Mr. Hyde (Fredric March) is caught in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian; 1931). LimerWrecker Donald B. Benson gave the title his undivided attention.

Hyde in Plain Sight

 

When he's popped in the chest, point-blank range
The cops watch this pest start to change
Till his nibs lies prostrated
With his ribs perforated
Though he's stopped, this arrest is quite strange.

David Cairns

Dr. Jekyll reverts to Mr. Hyde (Fredric March)  in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian; 1931).

Where the Wild Thing Is

Poor Jekyll, now dead and disgraced
Was punished because he erased
That line, very thin,
Twixt virtue and sin
Which Hollywood draws at the waist.

Donald B. Benson

Fredric March meets his end in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian; 1931).

Nowhere to Hyde

Is the doctor the brute? There's confusion
And when socked on the snoot, a contusion
Is this Jekyll to blame?
It's his neck just the same
Who'll be shocked the cops shoot the conclusion?

Edward Hyde (Fredric March) strikes a policeman at the end of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian; 1931).

Gulp Fiction

It appears Doc's been caught turning fink
Grown weary, he's brought to the brink
Tries to flee, is denied
Now they see that he's Hyde
Some serums one ought never drink.

Fredric March in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian; 1931).

Bad Hyde Manner

Mr. Hyde has a very short fuse
Though decidedly hairy, wears shoes
Quite well-read, but a brute,
Sits in bed in his suit
He's one side of a pair in the news.

Fredric March as Edward Hyde n Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian; 1931). Miriam Hopkins Title by well-mannered David Cairns.

Hydezilla vs. Camera

He isn't as hot as he was
He's grizzled and rotten because
The snorter he sipped
Has distorted his lips
Can this lizard be shot through a gauze?

David Cairns

Fredric March is both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian; 1931).

The Eccchh Phial

Phenomena shocking, outré
Are quite common for our Dr. J.
Pharmaceutical lore
Brings the brute to the fore
For an abominable, noxious affray.

David Cairns

In this still from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian; 1931), Dr. Jekyll (Fredric March) toils in his laboratory, undeterred by the anachronistic lighting equipment.

This Gland is Our Gland

 

The doc, who's admittedly placid
Trips out as if hitting the acid.
Once commonplace features
Are now a foul creature's
(And likewise a bit that was flaccid).

Donald B. Benson

Fredric March is both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian; 1931).