The Particulars of the Picture Anna Christie … Greta Garbo Marthy … Marie Dressler Matt … Charles Bickford Chris … George F. Marion Anna Christie: The Circle of Despair Goes Round Life is all about illusions. The ones we have about other people, the ones we keep about ourselves, and Read more…
J-21 … John Garrick Single O … El Brendel LN-18 … Maureen O’Sullivan D-6 … Marjorie White Loko / Boko … Ivan Linow Loo Loo / Boo Boo … Joyzelle Joyner Just Imagine: Hard to Believe “Give me the good old days!” What will the world be like in the Read more…
Africa Speaks: *Ahem*: Roar, Roar, Roar. There’s a bit in this one “Mystery Science Theater 3000” episode that works perfectly to describe the modern experience of watching Africa Speaks. As the film The Jungle Goddess unspools, it becomes painfully obvious how poorly the stock footage has been edited together with Read more…
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 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…
Proof That It’s Pre-Code Blood, guts, naked butts and gore, all in hefty doses considering the period it was made in. Our soldiers get a brief reprieve to make love, which includes some unmistakeable gasps and coos. Considering its anti-nationalistic bent, it would never have been made five years later. Read more…
A bit of first World War tomfoolery from the guys who brought us Diplomaniacs and Peach-o-Reno.
The precursor to a boatload of gangster films, The Doorway to Hell isn’t quite up to snuff but it’s an interesting diversion.