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1933

Scarlet River (1933) Review, with Tom Keene

Tom Baxter Tom Keene Judy Blake Dorothy Wilson Jeff Todd Lon Chaney Jr. Ulysses Roscoe Ates Sam Gilroy Edgar Kennedy Babe Jewel Betty Furness Released by RKO | Directed by Otto Brower Run time: 54 minutes Scarlet River: Movie Stars Save the Day “Isn’t there any place we can go Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsDecember 14, 2016 ago
1931

Too Many Cooks (1931) Review, with Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee

Bert Wheeler Dorothy Lee Roscoe Ates Released by RKO | Directed by William Seiter Too Many Cooks: Mr. Bland Builds His Etc. “I never looked at it that way.” “You can’t that way. Only when looking back.” The beginning and end of wit when it comes to the movie is Read more

By Danny, 11 yearsMarch 18, 2016 ago
1933

Alice in Wonderland (1933) Review, with Charlotte Henry

Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed by Norman Z. McLeod Alice in Wonderland: The Exquisite Tragedy of a World Gone Mad “If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around much faster than it does.” There are things I miss about the studio system. Imagine you’re Cary Grant. You Read more

By Danny, 11 yearsFebruary 29, 2016 ago
1932

Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) Review

The Particulars of the Picture Curly … Bert Wheeler Spider … Robert Woolsey Violet … Edna Mae Oliver Norton … Edgar Kennedy Barbara … Betty Grable The Announcer … Robert Armstrong Hold ‘Em Jail: The Big House Meets The Big Game “If you were a kangaroo, I’d go around in Read more

By Danny, 13 yearsJune 21, 2013 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, 14 yearsJanuary 11, 2013 ago

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