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1930

Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930) Review, with Myrna Loy

Carmita Myrna Loy El Malo Jose Bohr Pedro Raymond Hatton Released by Atlantic Pictures | Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennett Run time: 51 minutes Rogue of the Rio Grande: Robin Thud “I tell you, El Malo, women are the downfall of every great outlaw.” This is one of those movies Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsDecember 16, 2016 ago
1933

Alice in Wonderland (1933) Review, with Charlotte Henry

Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed by Norman Z. McLeod Alice in Wonderland: The Exquisite Tragedy of a World Gone Mad “If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around much faster than it does.” There are things I miss about the studio system. Imagine you’re Cary Grant. You Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsFebruary 29, 2016 ago
1932

Alias Mary Smith (1932) Review

Joan AKA Mary Smith Blanche Mehaffey Buddy John Darrow Scoop Raymond Hatton Released by Mayfair Pictures Corporation | Directed by E. Mason Hopper Proof That It’s Pre-Code The A.D.A. is visited by a woman named Mary Smith. His butler was absent because he was, “playing ping pong with the maid next Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsNovember 2, 2015 ago
Penthouse 1933 pre-code hollywood Myrna Loy Warner Baxter
1933

Penthouse (1933) Review, with Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy

Jackson Durant Warner Baxter Gertie Waxted Myrna Loy Tony Gazotti Nat Pendleton  Jim Crelliman C. Henry Gordon Sue Leonard  Martha Sleeper Mimi Mae Clarke Released by MGM | Directed By W.S. Van Dyke Proof That It’s Pre-Code “Mouthpiece” Jackson Durant is more than happy to defend bootleggers and chorus girls– Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsJuly 31, 2015 ago
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