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1930

Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) Review, with Alice White and Jack Mulhall

Dixie Dugan Alice White Jimmie Doyle Jack Mulhall Donny Harris Blanche Sweet Released by First National/Warner Brothers | Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Run time: 80 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “The moment he meets a girl, he starts feeling her ribs!” “You know what great pictures he’s always Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsNovember 25, 2016 ago
1934

Hollywood Party (1934) Review, with Jimmy Durante and Mickey Mouse

Jimmy Durante Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Lupe Velez Mickey Mouse Walt Disney Harvey Clamp Charles Butterworth Laurel & Hardy Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel Bob Benson Eddie Quillan Henrietta Clamp Polly Moran Baron Munchausen Jack Pearl The Three Stooges Moe, Larry, and Curly Released by MGM | Directed By Richard Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsJanuary 3, 2014 ago
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
1933

The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) Review, with Glenda Farrell, Fay Wray, and Lionel Atwill

Florence Dempsey … Glenda Farrell Charlotte Duncan … Fay Wray Ivan Igor … Lionel Atwill Joe Worth … Edwin Maxwell Ralph Burton … Allen Vincent Jim … Frank McHugh Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our plucky reporter lead, Florence Dempsey, gives a wave and cheerful shouts, “You can go to some Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsOctober 11, 2013 ago
1932

Doctor X (1932) Review, with Lee Tracy and Fay Wray

Lee Taylor … Lee Tracy Joanne Xavier … Fay Wray Dr. Xavier … Lionel Atwill Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of the film’s scientists is seen reading a book studiously, though one of the nearby cops points out that he’s really reading a magazine called “French Art” hidden inside the Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsOctober 8, 2013 ago
Svengali (1930)

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