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1932

Crooner (1932) Review, with David Manners and Ann Dvorak

Ted Taylor David Manners Judy Mason Ann Dvorak Peter Sturgis Ken Murray Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Lloyd Bacon Proof That It’s Pre-Code Saxophone player Ted Taylor thinks he’s getting a good reaction from a stage manager, but the guy’s only checking out a woman in a leotard Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsJanuary 8, 2016 ago

1931

The Miracle Woman (1931) Review, with Barbara Stanwyck

Proof That It’s Pre-Code Basically calls American evangelism out as being a performing art that exploits the dumb for the sake of profit. So that’s something! When dressed down by his boss, one employee closes the door and responds with a gesture whose meaning is unmistakeable: Florence Fallon … Barbara Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsJuly 16, 2013 ago

1934

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…

By Danny, 10 yearsMay 3, 2013 ago

1932

Man Wanted (1932) Review

Proof That It’s Pre-Code

When you watch Pre-Code films, it’s sometimes hard to realize just how disenfranchised women were during this time period. That’s because movies in that era went out of their way to give us strong female roles who did things like run a car company, function as a doctor, or, in this film’s case, be the lead editor on a magazine. And, the best part is, in this one our heroine not punished for being devoted to her job, and she’s damned good at it.

Of course, the heroine’s husband is a louse who engages in extramarital sex, but that’ll happen.

Big old goof Andy Devine claims that there hasn’t been any marriage in his family for three generations. Wait, didn’t he claim that back in Doctor Bull too?

The Particulars of the Picture


Lois Ames… Kay Francis	Tommy Sherman… David Manners	Ruth Holman… Una Merkel

Andy Doyle… Andy Devine	Freddie Ames… Kenneth Thompson	Directed by William Dieterle