Skyscraper Souls (1932) Review

David Dwight … Warren William Lynn … Maureen O’Sullivan Sarah… Verree Teasdale Tom … Norman Foster Jenny … Anita Page Ella Dwight … Hedda Hopper Skyscraper Souls: A Monument to Mankind’s Hubris They laughed at me when I said I wanted a hundred-story building. They said it wouldn’t hold together. Read more…

Grand Hotel (1932) Review

Proof That It’s Pre-Code All the usual hotel nighttime activities. There’s an extended subplot about an industrialist negotiating with a stenographer about what she will give him in exchange for an all-expense paid trip through Europe. It includes this wonderful line: “I don’t suppose you’d take some… dictation from me Read more…