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Trouble In Paradise (1932) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 14, 2011
If you want to steal from wealthy people, you have to get close to wealthy people. And what’s the best way to get close to wealthy people? Pretend to be a fellow wealthy person! That’s just what Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) does when he goes to Venice. While pretending to be read more
Fashions of 1934
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 13, 2011
What do you do when the investment firm you own goes under? Why, naturally you decide to get into the fashion game! Well, at least that’s what Sherwood Nash (William Powell) does. When he meets aspiring fashion designer Lynn Mason (Bette Davis), Sherwood, Lynn, and Sherwood’s partner read more
Faithless (1932) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 12, 2011
Before the stock market crash of 1929, Carol Morgan (Tallulah Bankhead) was living the high life as the daughter of a successful banker. But when the stock market crashes, Carol refuses to scale down her extravagant lifestyle and is in complete denial that things could get tough for her, too. Her read more
My Conflicted Relationship with Citizen Kane
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 11, 2011
There’s a handful of movies that I avoid writing about on here just because I feel like I don’t have anything particularly special to say about them. Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, and Citizen Kane are all on that list. But when the ladies over at True Classics decided to host a blog read more
The Divorcee (1930) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 11, 2011
While staying at a resort with some friends, Jerry (Norma Shearer) and Ted (Chester Morris) decide to get married with one stipulation — that their marriage will be a marriage of equals. Their friends are thrilled for them and spend the rest of the night celebrating their good news. Well, read more
Mata Hari (1931) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 10, 2011
In the midst of World War I, Chief Dubois (C. Henry Gordon) is hard at work seeing that traitors and spies are put to their deaths. Lately, he’s been seeing a lot of men put in front of a firing squad for getting involved with Mata Hari (Greta Garbo), a spy who has been seducing important mi read more
Other Men’s Women (1931) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 9, 2011
Bill White (Grant Withers) is the irresponsible kind of guy that women are usually warned to stay away from. He may have a job as a train engineer, but he’s a womanizer who drinks too much. He does have a girlfriend named Marie (Joan Blondell), but she’s eager to get married and he isn read more
Illicit (1931) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 8, 2011
While many young ladies are chomping at the bit to get married, especially to a rich man, Anne Vincent (Barbara Stanwyck) isn’t one of them. She loves Dick Ives, II (James Rennie) dearly, but really does not want to get married. He’s repeatedly asked her to marry him, but she’s read more
Love Me Tonight (1932) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 7, 2011
Viscount Gilbert de Vareze (Charlie Ruggles) is a huge fan of Parisian tailor Maurice Courtelin (Maurice Chevalier). Not because he’s a particularly big fan of his work, but because he’s the only tailor in Paris who will let him buy suits on credit. After Gilbert buys several suits fr read more
Girl Missing (1933)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 6, 2011
Kay (Glenda Farrell) and June (Mary Brian) are a couple of shameless, gold digging chorus girls. They’re on vacation in Palm Beach with Kenneth Van Dusen (Guy Kibbee), the latest rich guy they’ve latched themselves onto. But when he comes on to June and she turns him down, Kenneth tak read more
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 5, 2011
About a year after the events of Tarzan the Ape Man, Harry Holt (Neil Hamilton) returns to the African jungle with Martin Arlington to go back to the elephant graveyard to gather some ivory. But Harry isn’t just hoping to go home with some ivory. He’s still in love with Jane (Maureen O read more
Shanghai Express (1932)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 4, 2011
Nobody causes a bigger commotion by getting on a train than Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich). Shanghai Lily is one of the most notoriously loose women in China, so when she gets on a train from Beiping to Shanghai, all the men are excited to be on the same train as her. Well, everyone except for read more
The House on 56th Street (1933)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 3, 2011
So many showgirls dream of meeting a wealthy man and giving up the stage to marry them. But Peggy Stone (Kay Francis) is one of the few who actually sees that dream come true. When we first meet her, she’s working as a showgirl and even though she is seeing Lyndon Fiske (John Halliday), she read more
Dancing Lady (1933) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 2, 2011
Not being able to get any other kind of job, Janie Barlow (Joan Crawford) resorts to taking a job in a burlesque club. When her club gets raided one night, she gets dragged into night court and the wealthy playboy Tod Newton (Franchot Tone) and his friends go along with them to see what happens. read more
Union Depot (1932) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Nov 1, 2011
Train Stations are always full of activity and the night that drifters Chick Miller (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) and his friend Scrap (Guy Kibbee) get out of jail is no exception. Once they’re out, they head over to the train station to try to catch a break. Chick hits the jackpot when he finds read more
In Defense of Giorgio Moroder’s Metropolis
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Oct 31, 2011
By the time I was first interested in seeing Metropolis, I was lucky that the first print I got to see was the 2002 restoration. I’d heard that before the 2002 restoration, there were some pretty shoddy prints available, but I never actually sought one out to see for myself. But a few month read more
Happy Halloween! (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Oct 31, 2011
Happy Halloween, everybody! Did anybody else dress up as anything classic film related? I don’t think anyone knew I was supposed to be Marlene Dietrich, but it wouldn’t be the first time nobody guessed my costume. read more
The ‘High Sign’ (1921)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Oct 30, 2011
For me, the best part of Buster Keaton being TCM’s Star of the Month has been finally getting to see more of Buster’s short films. I’d already seen most of his features, but I hadn’t seen many of the shorter ones, so getting to see so many of them all at once was really a t read more
What’s on TCM: November 2011
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Oct 27, 2011
If you’re a fan of blonde bombshells, this is the month for you! Rather than having just one star of the month, TCM will be spotlighting two classic blondes every Monday and Wednesday this month. All the classic blondes like Marilyn Monroe, Lana Turner, Jean Harlow, and Jayne Mansfield (jus read more
It’s Back!
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Oct 27, 2011
30 Days of Pre-Codes was so much fun last November that I have decided to bring it back for a second year! read more