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1933

Sailor’s Luck (1933) Review, with Sally Eilers and James Dunn

Sailors on shore leave run amok in this lousy comedy.

By Danny, 12 monthsFebruary 11, 2022 ago
1934

Good Dame (1934) Review, with Sylvia Sydney and Fredric March

Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March are in love again. This time it ain’t the booze that is strangling their relationship– it’s fast-talking slang! So much slang! Slang for days!

By Danny, 1 yearFebruary 4, 2022 ago
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Take a Chance (1933) Review, with James Dunn and Cliff Edwards

An independent musical comedy that doesn’t make much merriment.

By Danny, 1 yearJanuary 14, 2022 ago
1930

King of Jazz (1930) Review, with Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman John Boles Laura La Plante Released by Universal Directed by John Murray Anderson Run time: 99 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film There are a few mildly racy sketches, like one where an adulterer hides in the closet when the husband returns home. King of Jazz: Happy Read more…

By Danny, 2 yearsJuly 17, 2021 ago
1933

Air Hostess (1933) Review, with Evelyn Knapp, James Murray, and Thelma Todd

Kitty King Evelyn Knapp Ted Hunter James Murray Sylvia Carleton Thelma Todd Released by Columbia Directed by Albert Rogell Run time: 67 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film By now I am very used to the cringe in old movies when the husband sticks his wife over his knee Read more…

By Danny, 2 years ago
1932

The Devil’s Brother (1932) Review, with Laurel & Hardy

Stanlio Stan Laurel Ollio Oliver Hardy Lady Pamela Thelma Todd Released by MGM Directed by Hal Roach Run time: 90 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Thelma Todd spends much of this movie reaching down the front of her dress or doing her best to strip down to her Read more…

By Danny, 2 yearsApril 23, 2021 ago
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Wonder Bar (1934) Review, with Al Jolson, Kay Francis and Dolores Del Rio

Hate life? Learn about 1934’s WONDER BAR with Al Jolson.

By Danny, 2 yearsApril 16, 2021 ago
1932

Okay America! (1932) Review, with Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres is a tough-talking gossip columnist out to save the nation in Okay America! (32).

By Danny, 2 yearsApril 12, 2021 ago
1932

The Sign of the Cross (1932) Review, with Fredric March and Claudette Colbert

One of the wildest orgies of all time hits the screen in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Sign of the Cross.

By Danny, 2 yearsMarch 19, 2021 ago
1932

The World and The Flesh (1932) Review, with Miriam Hopkins and George Bancroft

Kylenko George Bancroft Maria Miriam Hopkins Dmitri Alan Mowbray Released by Paramount Directed by John Cromwell Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The plot hinges on a single night of lovemaking where Maria must seduce and distract Kylenko from his duties as a sailor. When he Read more…

By Danny, 2 years ago

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