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1930

Shooting Straight (1930) Review, with Richard Dix

Larry / Ted Richard Dix Doris Powell Mary Lawlor Ace Martin Matthew Betz Released by RKO | Directed by George Archainbaud Run time: 72 minutes Shooting Straight: A Direct Shot “He doesn’t like to be referred to as a racketeer.” Shooting Straight is a fairly inoffensive, cute little movie. It’s Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsAugust 5, 2016 ago
1932

Roar of the Dragon (1932) Review, with Richard Dix, Gwili Andre, and Edward Everett Horton

Captain Carson Richard Dix Natascha Gwili Andre Busby Edward Everett Horton Arline Judge Hortense O’Dare Gabby Zasu Pitts Voronsky C. Henry Gordon Released by RKO | Directed by Wesley Ruggles Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film We’re introduced to the film’s villain as he seers closed Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsApril 4, 2016 ago
Hell's Highway 1932 Richard Dix Tom Brown
1932

Hell’s Highway (1932) Review, with Richard Dix and Tom Brown

Duke Ellis Richard Dix Johnny Ellis Tom Brown C. Henry Gordon Skinner Released by RKO | Directed by Rowland Brown Proof That It’s Pre-Code One convict had been married– to three wives at the same time. The cook is a homosexual. One guard’s wife is having an affair– and pays Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsJanuary 22, 2016 ago
Cimarron (1931)
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Cimarron (1931) Review, with Richard Dix and Irene Dunn

Proof That It’s Pre-Code I’m going to have to stretch it a little this week, since there’s inherently very little about this picture that was risque for the time that it arrived in. There’s a cute Indian girl who runs around with a cute little white boy and forty years Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsJanuary 11, 2013 ago
Svengali (1930)

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