The Particulars of the Picture Jimmy … Frankie Darro Patsy … James Cagney Thompson … Dudley Digges Dorothy … Madge Evans Judge Gilbert … Arthur Byron Directed by Archie Mayo The Mayor of Hell: Reforming the Reformers Reeducation or punishment? As I’ll go into moreso next week with The Big Read more
Groucho Chico Harpo Zeppo Thelma Todd And… Maurice Chevalier? Monkey Business: Cruising for Craziness “I want gaiety! I want laughter! I want ha-cha-cha-cha!” Let’s start off with an important note for whenever I talk about the Marx Brothers movies on this site. On Monkey Business, you will notice this at Read more
I’m about halfway through the bottle of wine. I promised myself that when I went the solo route with blogging that I would attempt to make it more personal, and when the news broke about the death of Roger Ebert earlier today, I knew I’d either have to fulfill that Read more
Ann Vincent Barbara Stanwyck Dick Ives James Rennie Price Baines Ricardo Cortez Georgie Evans Clive Butterworth Ives, Sr Claude Gillingwater Margie True Natalie Moorhead Illicit: Can Sex Survive Marriage? “We’re both a riot in our underwear!” There are probably few movies that can serve as such definitive proof in how Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Angela … Kay Johnson Bob … Reginald Denny Jimmy Wade … Roland Young Trixie … Lilian Roth Madam Satan … ??? Directed by Cecil B. DeMille Madam Satan: Hell in a Handbasket Who wants to go to hell with Madam Satan? Cecil B. DeMille’s Madam Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Cynthia Darrington … Katharine Hepburn Christopher Strong … Colin Clive Elaine Strong … Billie Burke Monica Strong … Helen Chandler Henry Rawlinson … Ralph Forbes Directed by Dorothy Arzner Christopher Strong: Making You Weak in the Knees The very first time the viewer sees the Read more
Ruth Nancy Carroll Bill Randolph Scott Romer Sheffield Cary Grant Hot Saturday: Getting Out Alive I’ve wanted to say this for a while, because I think it needs to be said: thank god Cary Grant is dead. Look, I’m not glad he died, nor would I trade anything in the Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Randall … Edward G. Robinson Frances Starr … Nancy Townsend Michael Townsend … H.B. Warner Miss Taylor … Aline MacMahon T. Vernon Isopod … Boris Karloff Jenny Townsend … Marian Marsh Five Star Final: Read All About It “There’s some guys that furnish the manure, Read more
Fellow blogger and all around cool guy 4DK (of Die Danger Die Die Kill) pointed out to me this morning that the Roxie Theater in San Francisco is doing a Pre-Code marathon for the next week, including showing some real rarities and a talk by Lyle Talbot’s daughter. Why does Read more
WARNING: MODERATELY NOT WORK SAFE THIS WEEK. Proof That It’s Pre-Code Lots of topless women and naked rear ends. You’re not missing that much, really, even for boob and butts aficionados. Have you ever wanted to see animals maimed, killed, and dissected? I mean, there are cute koalas too, so Read more