December 23, 2008
Goat Gland
Many silent films that were finished but unreleased or in production when The Jazz Singer became a mega-hit were revamped by a process known as a “goat gland job.” “Goat gland” rudely referred to an already completed silent film to which one or more talking sequences or musical numbers were added in an attempt to make the film more marketable to talkie-crazed filmgoers. The term was derived from the bogus treatment for male impotence devised by the infamous Dr. John R. Brinkley. It thankfully vanished from the movie lexicon 80 years ago.
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Reminiscent of the Monkey Gland cocktail. What was it with that era and glands?