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1932

Blondie of the Follies (1932) Review, with Marion Davies, Billie Dove and Robert Montgomery

Marion Davies learns a lesson about love and friendship… well, no, she doesn’t, but she *does* crossdress.

By Danny, 8 monthsSeptember 17, 2024 ago
1932

Lady With a Past (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett and Ben Lyon

Constance Bennett gets pygmalion’d into a sex bomb in Lady With a Past (32). Will David Manners muck everything up like usual?

By Danny, 9 monthsSeptember 7, 2024 ago
1932

The Night of June 13 (1932) Review, with Clive Brook and Frances Dee

Is a quiet suburban street the scene of A MURDER? No, no it’s not.

By Danny, 11 monthsJune 14, 2024 ago
1932

The Final Edition (1932) Review, with Mae Clarke and Pat O’Brien

An ace newspaper reporter hunts down a murderer in order to take down a crime syndicate– and she’s a woman?! Bless my stars and garters.

By Danny, 12 monthsJune 7, 2024 ago
1932

The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932) Review, with Wynne Gibson and Pat O’Brien

Clara Deane, an ambitious designer, marries a crook and is falsely implicated in a crime. Years later, she looks to reunite with her missing daughter only to run into police interference.

By Danny, 1 yearApril 26, 2024 ago
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
1932

Street of Women (1932) Review, with Kay Francis and Roland Young

This week, a man loves a woman whose brother loves his daughter while his wife is chatting with their architect who is also in love with a woman and… why is everyone drooling over that skyscraper?

By Danny, 3 yearsJanuary 21, 2022 ago
1932

A Passport to Hell (1932) Review, with Elissa Landi

Elissa Landi is a woman with a past who seduces a dolt in colonial Africa on the eve of World War I. And it gets more complex from there.

By Danny, 4 yearsMay 21, 2021 ago

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