The Big Pond (1930) Review

The Particulars of the Picture Pierre … Maurice Chevalier Barbara Billings … Claudette Colbert Directed by Hobart Henley The Big Pond: You’re Soaking In It “Me? I’m like a good French cheese. Every day I get stronger and stronger!” It took me a while to nail it down, but I Read more…

The Black Cat (1934) Review

The Particulars of the Picture Hjalmar Poelzig … Boris Karloff Dr. Vitus Werdegast … Bela Lugosi Peter Alison … David Manners Joan Alison … Julie Bishop Karen … Lucille Lund Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer The Black Cat: Reveling in Horror It’s been a couple of days since I watched Read more…

The Big House (1930) Review

The Particulars of the Picture Kent … Robert Montgomery Morgan … Chester Morris Butch … Wallace Beery The Big House: Breaking Out Human cruelty, as deep a field as it is, has almost never been better exemplified than in America’s prison system. Barbaric conditions are the norm, as men are Read more…

Monkey Business (1931) Review

Groucho Chico Harpo Zeppo Thelma Todd And… Maurice Chevalier? Monkey Business: Cruising for Craziness “I want gaiety! I want laughter! I want ha-cha-cha-cha!” Let’s start off with an important note for whenever I talk about the Marx Brothers movies on this site. On Monkey Business, you will notice this at Read more…