While this woman has no good intentions, she does have a point, how old is Annie supposed to be? Even in 1944, weren't there laws against her just living on her own like she does?
Love Is a Racket from 1932 with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Frances Dee, Lee Tracy, Lyle Talbot and Ann Dvorak
Love is a Racket is another excellent precode that flies below the radar of even precode fans. Perhaps that's because it features four precode stars - Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ann Dvorak...
Glad the slot machines are coming back - Ma can't make a living running a candy store.
Agreed, Burma is much smarter than that. Also, if Burma is doing what I guess she has to be doing in the town's water tower, ew.
Escape from 1940 with Robert Taylor, Norma Shearer, Conrad Veidt, Alla Nazimova, Felix Bressart and Philip Dorn
It is legitimate to criticize Hollywood's "approach" to the German market prior to America's entry in WWII, but several anti-Nazi movies did get made, even if Tinseltown tried to...
Outstanding review/comments, I enjoyed reading them.
AK Is one of my favorite books. I read it in my twenties and remember wanting my work day to end so I could get home to see what was happening to all these people I cared so much about. I also remember waiting in a doctor's office and being...
Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott originally published in 1929
It is striking how late twentieth century Ex-Wife feels. Adjusted for some cultural norms, Ms. Parrott's tale of a young divorcee living in New York City in the 1920s, could have been written in the 1980s or 1990s.
Those latter two...
I feel the same way about it. Allow me one small edit to your comments:
"Bogart's office is [much] larger than some of our homes Fading Fast's New York City apartment."
My comments on "Sabrina: from a couple of years ago: #30,063
I've seen it few times in the past, but not recently. My memory is similar to yours; I think you capture it well. It was an ambitious effort that combined social and political commentary plus sci-fi in one movie. It had elements of "The Twilight Zone" and even "Star Trek," again, if memory...
"This is a very offensive portrayal of writers. No writer I know would ever tear up a $25 check."
I agree, especially since it's worth about ~$450 in 2024 dollars. But then again, I do know of one writer who let a $200 check go uncashed for so long it expired. :)
Four Mothers from 1941 with Priscilla, Lola and Rosemary Lane, Gale Page, Claude Rains, Frank McHugh, Jeffrey Lynn, Dick Foran, May Robson and Eddie Albert
This third and final entry in the "Lemp family" saga succumbed to the challenges of most sequels as its story is forced and the dramatic...
The Rat Race from 1960 with Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Jack Oakie, Don Rickles and Kay Medford
The nice thing about "old movies" is that there's always another gem to be discovered. The Rat Race is a gem, but it takes some Motion Picture Production Code "translation" skill to understand the...
I'm worried about how long Ma can hold out without her, um, backroom business. Also, she must be bored out of her mind.
Jane Arden is drawn in such a way that she looks to me like a different woman full face versus in profile.
Just a Gigolo from 1931 with William Haines, Irene Purcell and C. Aubrey Smith
Even in 1930, "testing" a woman's "virtue" before marriage had to feel a bit contrived as the 1920s was hardly a chaste decade. Yet if you simply run with Just a Gigolo, it's a fun precode elevated by Irene...
Cheery is the first (or given) name of Madam Singh. You might remember her from a few years back. She is Captain Blaze's daughter, so her maiden name was Cheery Blaze. The irony Caniff played with in calling her Cheery is that she is the least cheery person on earth.
This is Cheery with Terry:
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