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REMAKE AVENUE: Three on a Match, 1932 and Broadway Musketeers, 1938
Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 11, 2021
Mervyn LeRoy directed Three on a Match for Warner Brothers in 1932 with a screenplay by Lucien Hubbard based on a story by Kubec Glasman and John Bright. The film's 63 minutes is packed with the verve typical of LeRoy's work in this era (Five Star Final, Little Caesar, Big City Blues).
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Depressed Heroines & Classic Film: Three on a Match
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Sep 19, 2020
Is there anything scarier than Bette Davis playing nice? I see that sunny face, that sugary smile, and I’m just waiting for the other sledgehammer to drop. It’s unnerving in films like Three on a Match (1932) that she acts like a sweetheart throughout. It’s a terrible waste, of co read more
Depressed Heroines & Classic Film: Three on a Match
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Sep 19, 2020
Is there anything scarier than Bette Davis playing nice? I see that sunny face, that sugary smile, and I’m just waiting for the other sledgehammer to drop. It’s unnerving in films like Three on a Match (1932) that she acts like a sweetheart throughout. It’s a terrible waste, of co read more
Three on a Match (1932): The Epitome of Hollywood Pre-Code
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 2, 2019
The Pre-Code era of Hollywood is a legitimate marvel because in a span of only a few solitary years was a period of filmmaking bursting at the seams with vice, corruption, and licentiousness that we would never see again until the late 1960s. One could say that each of these elements was merely an e read more
Pre-Code Perfection: Three on a Match (1932)
The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on Jan 8, 2019
Pre-Code Perfection: Three on a Match (1932)
On January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized
Three on a Match (dir. Mervyn LeRoy, 1932) might just be my favorite movie from what is possibly my favorite year in cinema, 1932. A Pre-Code master read more
Pre-Code Corner: Oh, No You Don’t – Or Yes, You Do? Three on a Match and Kidnapping
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Kim Luperi on Feb 3, 2018
Oh, No You Don’t – Or Yes, You Do?: Three on a Match and Kidnapping Three on a Match (1932) doesn’t play around. The notorious pre-Code jam packs scenes featuring drunkenness, dope, illicit sex, gangsters, and suicide all within a cool 63 minutes. No sweat for the Studio Relations Committee (SRC) read more
Três... Ainda é Bom / Three on a Match (1932)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Apr 2, 2016
Três... Ainda é Bom / Three on a Match (1932) ESTE ARTIGO CONTÉM SPOILERS. Durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial, havia a superstição que dizia que, se três pessoas acendessem seus cigarros no mesmo fósforo, uma delas morreria em pouco tempo. Uma justificativa era que um fósforo aceso read more
Pre-Code Crazy: Three on a Match (1932)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Oct 7, 2015
My Pre-Code Crazy selection for October, Three on a Match (1932), holds a special place in my heart. It’s one of the first pre-Codes I ever saw. Its cast offers an embarrassment of riches: Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, Warren William, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Dvorak, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins, Edward read more
Three on a Match
Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on Jan 2, 2015
A trio of lovely, crazy people share a moment. There is a lot going on in this snap, and I can't quite believe I've never seen it before.
I can't decide which I find more intriguing: Lady Olivier's expression of utter concentration, like that of a hummingbird nourishing itself on a lil read more
Three on a Match
Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on Jan 2, 2015
A trio of lovely, crazy people share a moment. There is a lot going on in this snap, and I can't quite believe I've never seen it before.
I can't decide which I find more intriguing: Lady Olivier's expression of utter concentration, like that of a hummingbird nourishing itself on a lil read more
Neglected Post Theatre: "Three on a Match," or Ladies and the Tramp
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Jun 23, 2013
This time on Neglected Post Theatre, we look at the friendship of three women and how it's affected by infidelity, kidnapping and nose candy. I give you "Three on a Match," or Ladies and the Tramp. read more
Neglected Post Theatre: "Three on a Match," or Ladies and the Tramp
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Jun 23, 2013
This time on Neglected Post Theatre, we look at the friendship of three women and how it's affected by infidelity, kidnapping and nose candy. I give you "Three on a Match," or Ladies and the Tramp. read more
Three on a Match – 1932
The Bogie Film Blog Posted by Bogart Fan on May 27, 2013
My Rating —VERY GOOD— Your Bogie Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: – Mervyn LeRoy The Lowdown The film follows three grade school classmates, Mary (Joan Blondell), Vivian (Ann Dvorak), and Ruth (Bette Davis), as they grow up, go their separate ways, and then reconnect at a beauty parlo read more
Three on a Match (1932) (2)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Oct 13, 2012
(Image via Hollywood Revue)
Mary Keaton, Vivian Revere and Ruth Wescott are schoolmates with completely different personalities. Mary (Virginia Davis) is the wild child, who everyone expects to amount to nothing. Vivian (Anne Shirley) is voted “Most Popular” at the girls’ 1921 grad read more
"Three on a Match," or Ladies and the Tramp
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Oct 8, 2012
The 1932 film "Three on a Match" traces the lives of three women friends from their school days to adulthood. It also offers an interesting look at three actresses on different career trajectories, with the one in the least showy role going on to become the queen of the Warner Bros. lot into the ear read more
"Three on a Match," or Ladies and the Tramp
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Oct 8, 2012
The 1932 film "Three on a Match" traces the lives of three women friends from their school days to adulthood. It also offers an interesting look at three actresses on different career trajectories, with the one in the least showy role going on to become the queen of the Warner Bros. lot into the ear read more
Three on a Match
Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on Sep 30, 2012
Just 16 years ago today this unlikely trio - who clearly hadn't coordinated their wardrobe choices in advance - gathered to promote a TV movie they made together, If These Walls Could Talk, one of those much-admired-at-the-time kinds of projects that no one ever particularly wants to see again. read more
Three on a Match
Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on Sep 30, 2012
Just 16 years ago today this unlikely trio - who clearly hadn't coordinated their wardrobe choices in advance - gathered to promote a TV movie they made together, If These Walls Could Talk, one of those much-admired-at-the-time kinds of projects that no one ever particularly wants to see again. read more
Summer Under the Stars: Three on a Match (1932)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Aug 30, 2012
**My final contribution to the Summer Under the Stars blogathon. Head over to ScribeHard on Film or Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence to read all past contributions. I’m reviewing all five films (and one documentary) in the Forbidden Hollywood volume two box set, below are my previous read more
Three on a Match: The Original Sex and the City
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 4, 2012
Once upon a time there were three (later four) girlfriends who lived in the big city. One was fun-loving, but good-hearted, one was career minded (and not man-minded), and one was the rich girl who thought all she wanted to do was get married, but learned later that all she really wanted to do was h read more