Release Date - 1962
Genre - Comedy
Format - Bluray (Personal Collection)
Rating (out of 5):
A couple years ago I started collecting the blu releases of AGFA when I stumbled upon a couple of them when they were partnered with MVD. Since then they have became a Vinegar Syndrome Partner label and has released some seriously entertaining forgotten films with a few being very underwhelming. Sometime back AGFA once again teamed up with Something Weird to release What Really Happened to Baby Jane? and the Films of the Gay Girls Riding Club. With the year about to end I decided it was the perfect time to try and sneak in as many films from this release as possible starting with the short Always on Sunday.
The silent film follows a prostitute in a bar where young men, mostly sailors, all have a good time enjoying themselves on Sunday.
The short runs for about eight minutes which is about seven minutes too long. Apparently its a parody of Never on Sunday but it's difficult to call it a movie regardless of the film's run time. I was expecting something a little more than this but I still have high hopes for the other films in the set. The acting in this one fits the films. The cast looks like they are having an absolute blast but no one is really acting. We have some of the GGRC in drag portraying the female characters while the male characters dance around. The story just follows women dancing around men who are enjoying themselves at a bar. Nothing really stands out and unless you are curious about early queer cinema I would suggest moving on to another film in the set. Finally, the movie doesn't have any real special effects which should be obvious from the set. It's not a film for horror fans but it is an odd but interesting early 60s drag parody. Overall, Always on Sunday will not be for everyone. Hell, I don't know who it would actually be for but it's still an interesting piece of cinema. It's great seeing the LGBTQ+ community taking to filmmaker and not hiding who they are especially during a time when they were being persecuted by their peers for being who they are. It's not a fun short but an important one.
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