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Marked Woman (1937)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 26, 2013
Marked Woman
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Written by Robert Rossen and Abem Finkel
1937/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing Bette Davis is a sometime thing for me. This wasn’t one of those times. Mary Dwight (Davis) is a “hostess” at a nightclub/clip joint owned by ruthless gangster read more
Bulldog Drummond’s Revenge (1937)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 25, 2013
Bulldog Drummond’s Revenge Directed by Louis King Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. based on a novel by Herman C. McNeile 1936/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing This is a sprightly entry in the Bulldog Drummond series of programmers. Hugh Drummond is preparing to marry the long-sufferin read more
Nothing Sacred (1937) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 24, 2013
Nothing Sacred
Directed by William A. Wellman
Written by Ben Hecht suggested by a story by James H. Street
1937/USA
Selznick International Pictures
Repeat viewing? This has all the elements of a very funny movie. In New York City, reporter Wally Cook (Fredric March) is in disgrace for allowing a Har read more
True Confession (1937)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 23, 2013
True Confession Directed by Wesley Ruggles Written by Claude Binyon from the play “Mon crime” by Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr 1937/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing This is a pleasant enough light comedy. Opposites attract. Lawyer Kenneth Bartlett (Fred MacMurray) is so honest tha read more
The Good Earth (1937) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 23, 2013
The Good Earth
Directed by Sidney Franklin
Written by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, and Claudine West based upon the novel by Pearl S. Buck
1937/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Repeat viewing Unidentified laborer: I don’t know but it has something to do with food. Something about MGM’s worthy read more
Way Out West (1937)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 22, 2013
Way Out West
Directed by James W. Horne
Written by Jack Jevne, Charlie Rogers, et al
1937/USA
Hal Roach Studios/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First viewing Ollie: If it’s anything like the last one, yes. For my money, this is the funniest of the Laurel and Hardy features. A dying prospector has s read more
The Awful Truth (1937) (1)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 21, 2013
The Awful Truth
Directed by Leo McCarey
Written by Vina Delmar based on a play by Arthur Richman
1937/USA
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Repeat viewing
#111 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Jerry Warriner: Well, how can you be glad to know me? I know how I’d feel if I was sitti read more
Captains Courageous (1937)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 19, 2013
Captains Courageous
Directed by Victor Fleming
Written by John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly, and Dale Van Every based on a novel by Rudyard Kipling
1937/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First viewing
#104 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die I thought this one was very moving, with some great performanc read more
Topper (1937) (3)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 18, 2013
Topper
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Written by Jack Jeyne, Eric Hatch, and Eddie Moran based on the novel by Thorne Smith
1936/USA
Hal Roach Studios
Repeat viewing I was thoroughly entertained by this sophisticated comedy. George (Cary Grant) and Marion (Constance Bennett) Kerby are a madc read more
Pépé Le Moko (1936)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 18, 2013
Pépé Le Moko Directed by Julien Duvivier Written by Henri Le Barthe, Julien Duvivier et al based on a novel by Henri Le Barthe 1937/France Paris Film Repeat viewing 112 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Jean Gabin made two must-see movies in 1937. This is one of them. The French authoritie read more
Easy Living (1937) (1)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 17, 2013
Easy Living Directed by Mitchell Leisen Written by Preston Sturges and Vera Caspary 1937/USA Paramount Pictures Repeat viewing Writer Preston Sturges includes all the elements in Easy Living that would make the films he directed in the 40′s such classics. International banker J.B. Ball read more
Favorite Films of 1936
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 16, 2013
I watched 65 films that were released in 1936. I had a hard time singling out just ten of these! The complete list of films I watched can be found here: http://www.imdb.com/list/eBl1zIKZCOA/ 1. Dodsworth (William Wyler) http://flickersintime.com/movie-reviews/dodsworth-1936/ 2. My Man Godfrey ( read more
Lost Horizon (1937)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 16, 2013
Lost Horizon
Directed by Frank Capra
Written by Robert Riskin based on the novel by James Hilton
1937/USA
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Repeat viewing [first lines]Book Pages: In these days of wars and rumors of wars – haven’t you ever dreamed of a place where there was peace and read more
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1936)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 15, 2013
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Directed by David Hand et al
Written by Ted Sears et al based on a story collected by the Brothers Grimm
1936/USA
Walt Disney Productions
Repeat viewing
#110 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Grumpy: There’s dirty work afoot. Disney spent an unhe read more
Stage Door (1937) (2)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 15, 2013
Stage Door
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Written by Morry Ryskind and Anthony Veiller from the play by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
1937/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
Repeat viewing I love me some snappy one liners and this movie about the residents at a women’s theatrical boarding house is read more
Sisters of the Gion (1936)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 14, 2013
Sisters of the Gion (“Gion no shimai”)
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Written by Kenji Mizoguchi and Yoshikata Yoda based on the novel “The Pit” by Aleksandr Kuprin
1936/Japan
Daiichi Eiga
First viewing This sad but beautiful film by Kenji Mizoguchi is quite thought-provoking. O read more
On to 1937
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 14, 2013
Golden Gate Bridge, 1937 1937 was another year of firsts at the movies, giving viewers the first full-length animated feature, Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Snow White was the top money maker in 1938 and was also the first film with an official soundtrack, and the first film to read more
Show Boat (1936) (1)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 13, 2013
Show Boat
Directed by James Whale
Written by Oscar Hammerstein II based on the novel by Edna Ferber
1936/USA
Universal Pictures
First viewing Oh, how I loved, loved, loved this screen adaptation of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein 1927 Broadway musical! Captain Andy Hawks (Charles Winniger) run read more
Mr. Thank You (1936)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 12, 2013
Mr. Thank You (“Arigatô-san”) Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu Written by Hiroshi Shimizu from a novel by Yasunari Kawabata 1936/Japan Shochiku Ofuna First viewing I loved this slice of life of Depression-era rural Japan. Mr. Thank You is a bus driver and got his name from his read more
The Milky Way (1936)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 11, 2013
The Milky Way
Directed by Leo McCarey
Written by Grover Jones, Frank Butler, and Richard Connell
1936/USA
Paramount Pictures
First viewing Leo McCarey ensures that this is funnier than your average comedy. Burleigh Sullivan (Harold Lloyd) is a mild-mannered milkman with well-developed skills read more