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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
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