Alexander Stream … Warren William Hettie Stream … Mary Astor Lilly Linda … Ginger Rogers Oscar … Andy Devine Lou … J. Carrol Naish Moran … Sidney Toler Upperworld: Taking It From the Top I’ve watched a number of movies from 1934 now, but it still surprises me how completely Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Kent … Robert Montgomery Morgan … Chester Morris Butch … Wallace Beery The Big House: Breaking Out Human cruelty, as deep a field as it is, has almost never been better exemplified than in America’s prison system. Barbaric conditions are the norm, as men are Read more
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
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 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
Proof That It’s Pre-Code Blood, guts, naked butts and gore, all in hefty doses considering the period it was made in. Our soldiers get a brief reprieve to make love, which includes some unmistakeable gasps and coos. Considering its anti-nationalistic bent, it would never have been made five years later. Read more
Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of our white bread heroes goes into a starlet’s changing room to wait for her, and then accidentally watches her strip down. Accidentally. Yeah. There’s a few shots near the end of the movies portraying the 20’s where we get a couple of quick moments Read more
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