1930
The Vagabond King (1930) Review, with Dennis King and Jeanette MacDonald
Dennis King sings the day as the pseudo King of France.
1934
The Merry Widow (1934) Review, with Maurice Cheavalier and Jeanette MacDonald
Danilo Maurice Chevalier Sonia Jeanette MacDonald Ambassador Edward Everett Horton King George Barbier Queen Una Merkel Orderly Sterling Holloway Released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer | Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish How sexually carefree and attractive is the Chevalier character this go around? At a mod Parisian brothel, Read more…
1931
Don’t Bet on Women (1931) Review, with Jeanette MacDonald, Edmund Lowe and Una Merkel
Roger Fallon Edmund Lowe Jeanne Drake Jeanette MacDonald Herbert Drake Roland Young Tallulah Hope Una Merkel Chipley Duff J.M. Kerrigan Butterfield Henry Kolker Released by Fox Films | Directed by William K. Howard Proof That It’s Pre-Code “I’m going to be married.” “… again?!” Our protagonist has already had one Read more…
1932
Love Me Tonight (1932) Review, with Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charlie Ruggles, Charles Butterworth, and Myrna Loy
Maurice Maurice Chevalier Princess Jeanette Jeanette MacDonald Viscount Gilbert de Varèze Charles Ruggles Count de Savignac Charles Butterworth Countess Valentine Myrna Loy Duke d’Artelines C. Aubrey Smith Released by Paramount | Directed By Rouben Mamoulian Proof That It’s Pre-Code Oh, jeez. There’re so many double entendres in the movie that Read more…