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1932

The Silent Witness (1932) Review, with Lionel Atwill and Greta Nissen

A society man steps in to take the blame when his son murders a loose woman.

By Danny, 1 yearApril 19, 2024 ago
1932

The Menace (1932) Review, with H.B. Warner and Bette Davis

A wrongly convicted man seeks to clear his name through the use of plastic surgery and pure convoluted logic.

By Danny, 1 yearMarch 22, 2024 ago
1932

Girl of the Rio (1932) Review, with Dolores Del Rio and Leo Carrillo

Delores del Rio is a girl from the Rio who gets into a sitch as one does. On the Rio.

By Danny, 1 yearMarch 15, 2024 ago
1930

The Arizona Kid (1930) Review, with Warner Baxter and Carole Lombard

The Cisco Kid is the Arizona Kid who develops a romance with Carole Lombard in the Olllllld West.

By Danny, 3 yearsNovember 8, 2022 ago
1933

Sailor’s Luck (1933) Review, with Sally Eilers and James Dunn

Sailors on shore leave run amok in this lousy comedy.

By Danny, 3 yearsFebruary 11, 2022 ago
1934

Good Dame (1934) Review, with Sylvia Sydney and Fredric March

Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March are in love again. This time it ain’t the booze that is strangling their relationship– it’s fast-talking slang! So much slang! Slang for days!

By Danny, 3 yearsFebruary 4, 2022 ago
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Take a Chance (1933) Review, with James Dunn and Cliff Edwards

An independent musical comedy that doesn’t make much merriment.

By Danny, 3 yearsJanuary 14, 2022 ago
1930

Alias French Gertie (1930) Review, with Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon

Gertie Bebe Daniels Jimmy Hartigan Ben Lyon Kelsey Robert Emmett O’Connor Released by RKO Directed by George Archainbaud Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A frantic Jimmy reaches down the front of Gertie’s dress to retrieve a stolen necklace. We follow a pair of career criminals Read more…

By Danny, 4 yearsJune 21, 2021 ago
1933

Crime of the Century (1933) Review, with Wynne Gibson and Stuart Erwin

Can anyone stop Jean Hersholt from committing the perfect murder– or will they commit it themselves?!

By Danny, 4 yearsApril 26, 2021 ago
1930

Numbered Men (1930) Review, with Bernice Clare and Conrad Nagel

It’s a singing, dancing– I’m sorry? They were all cut out? Oh. Well, here’s a rather implausible prison movie then I guess.

By Danny, 4 yearsApril 19, 2021 ago

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