Showing posts with label Newshounds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newshounds. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Worthwhile film with great plot and bad dialogue

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The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932) Starring: Lois Wilson, Grant Withers, Eddie Boland, Toshia Mori, Tetsu Komai, Richard Loo, Dorothy Revier, and ...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

'Wedding Present' is a gift for Cary Grant fans

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Wedding Present (1936) Starring: Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, William Demarest, Edward Brophy, Gene Lockhart, Conrad Nagel, and Purnell Pratt D...
Tuesday, January 5, 2021

'As the Earth Turns' was decades in the making

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As the Earth Turns (filmed ca. 1937, released 2019) Starring: Alan Hoelting, Barbara Berger, Edwin C. Frost, and Richard Lyford Director: Ri...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Torchy Blane gets a fluffy send-off

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Torchy Blane... Playing With Dynamite (1939) Starring: Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkin, Tom Kennedy, Sheila Bromley, Eddie Marr, and Joe Cunningham...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

'Torchy Runs for Mayor' is a mixture of the really good and the really bad

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Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939) Starring: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, John Miljan, John Downing, and Irving Bacon Director: ...
Sunday, July 7, 2019

'Cheating Blondes' can safely be avoided

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Cheating Blondes (aka "Girls in Trouble") (1933) Starring: Thelma Todd, Ralf Harolde, Milton Wallis, Gilbert Frayle, Inez Courtne...
Monday, March 18, 2019

'Big Brown Eyes' is worth looking into

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Big Brown Eyes (1936) Starring: Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon, and Lloyd Nolan Director: Raoul Walsh Rating: Seven of Ten Star...
Monday, March 11, 2019

'Torchy Blane in Chinatown' is misnamed

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Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) Starring: Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell, Tom Kennedy, Patric Knowles, and Richard Bond Director: William...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

'Take the Stand' is a fine Who-Dunnit

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Take the Stand (1934) Starring: Russell Hopton, Thelma Todd, Jack La Rue, Gail Patrick, Burton Churchill, Leslie Fenton, Shiela Terry, Jaso...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

Torchy is Returned to Her Roots

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Torchy Gets Her Man (1938) Starring: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, and Willard Robertson Director: William Beaudine Rating...
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Torchy Blane is a Whole New Woman!

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Torchy Blane in Panama (1938) Starring: Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, Tom Kennedy, Anthony Averill, and Larry Williams Director: William Clemens ...
Friday, August 31, 2018

'Blondes at Work' has Torchy Blane at her best

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Blondes at Work (1938) Starring: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Thomas E. Jackson, Tom Kennedy, Frank Shannon, Rosella Towne, and Donald B...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

A chess writer becomes involved in a deadly (and goofy) game of wits with a killer

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Scared Stiff (1945) (aka "Treasure of Fear") Starring: Jack Haley, Ann Savage, Veda Ann Borg, Buddy Swan, Lucien Littlefield, Art...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Torchy Blane's 3rd adventure is a mixed bag

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Torchy Blane, the Adventurous Blonde (1937) Starring: Glenda Farrell, Barton McLane, Tom Kennedy, Anderson Lawler, Anne Nagel, Charles Foy,...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

'Fly Away Baby' is a fun mystery

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Fly Away Baby (1937) Starring: Glenda Farrell, Barton McLane, Gordon Oliver, Raymond Hatton, Tom Kennedy, and Marcia Ralston Director: Fra...
Monday, July 9, 2018

'Smart Blonde' is a wise viewing choice

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Smart Blonde (1937) Starring: Glenda Farrell. Barton McLane, Addison Richards, Tom Kennedy, Jane Wyman, and Winifred Shaw Director: Frank ...
Monday, May 7, 2018

'Double Exposure' unfolds at double-time.

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Double Exposure (1944) Starring: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Phillip Terry, Richard Gaines, and Charles Arnt Director: William Berke Rat...
Friday, March 16, 2018

'Murder by Invitation' is a fine effort from Monogram

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Murder by Invitation (1941) Starring: Sarah Padden, Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh, Gavin Gordon, and J. Arthur Young Director: Phil Rosen Ra...
Monday, August 18, 2014

When journalists were heroes

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Back when Americans trusted journalists, and reporters were more interested in keeping the public informed than advancing their personal pol...