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Tag Archives: 1930s
It’s a Gift
W.C. Fields is one of the more famous funny-men of the 1930s, so I’ve been wanting to check out his film work for quite a while. The other night I finally got a chance to do so with the 1934 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 4 Stars, Baby LeRoy, Charles Sellon, It's a Gift, Kathleen Howard, movies, Norman Z. McLeod, reviews, W.C. Fields
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Shanghai Express
1932 Best Picture Nominee A love story crossed with a bit of political intrigue, Shanghai Express takes place during the middle of a civil war in China. Marlene Dietrich stars as Madeleine, who has become better known as “Shanghai Lily”; … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 4 Stars, Clive Brook, Josef von Sternberg, Lawrence Grant, Marlene Dietrich, movies, reviews, Shanghai Express, Warner Oland
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Love Affair (1939)
1939 Best Picture Nominee Some titles tell you just about all you need to know about the film’s subject. Nobody is going to mistake Love Affair for a western, or a fantasy film. It wears its heart on its sleeve … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas Cinema, Oscarama
Tagged 1930s, 3 Stars, Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Leo McCarey, Love Affair, Maria Ouspenskaya, movies, reviews
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The Thin Man
1934 Best Picture Nominee The image of the private detective in film is largely shaped by the works of Raymond Chandler and Dashielle Hammett: two-fisted heroes and tough-hearted cynics who come from the seedier sides of town. So it’s interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 4 Stars, Edward Ellis, Maureen O'Sullivan, movies, Myrna Loy, reviews, Thin Man, W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell
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The Front Page (1931)
1931 Best Picture Nominee Based off of a 1927 play of the same title, The Front Page is merely the first adaptation of the story of newspaper man Hildebrand “Hildy” Johnson; other versions include a 1974 rendition with Lemmon and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 4 Stars, Adolphe Menjou, Clarence Wilson, Front Page, George E. Stone, Lewis Milestone, Mary Brian, movies, Pat O'Brien, reviews
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Scrooge (1935)
One of the nice things about Hollywood’s fondness for Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is that not only are there so many adaptations, but so many of them are fairly good. And though the story is essentially the same every … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas Cinema
Tagged 1930s, 4 Stars, Dickens' Christmas Carol, Donald Calthrop, Henry Edwards, movies, Oscar Asche, reviews, Robert Cochran, Scrooge, Seymour Hicks
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City Lights
Released in 1931, City Lights is considered one of the definitive “Little Tramp” films out of Charlie Chaplin’s career. It’s also hugely popular with the AFI, making several of their lists, including both versions of their top 100, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 5 Stars, Al Ernest Garcia, Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, Harry Myers, movies, reviews, Virginia Cherill
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Big Brown Eyes
A few weeks ago I came across a Cary Grant DVD collection at a garage sale. While I hadn’t heard of any of the five films in the set, it was only a dollar, and I figured Cary Grant is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 3 Stars, Big Brown Eyes, Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, movies, Raoul Walsh, reviews
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