Directed by Fatty Arbuckle (under the name William Goodrich, post-scandal). Adapted by Frances Marion. Tina (Marion Davies), a Dutch barmaid, works at a tavern called the Red Mill. She has a pet mouse named Ignatz, who lives in her shoe. “You’re my only friend, Ignatz…don’t ever get married and leave me,” Tina tells him. (Friends, […]
Directed by William Wellman, story written by Anita Loos (screenplay by Kathryn Scola & Gene Markey), and gowns by Adrian. Love the opening shot of this film. “MARY MARTIN…HAS KILLED A MAN!” says a growly man’s voice, very emphatically – as we’re shown a super-zoomed-in image of the same man’s fist, pounding a surface to […]
I’m not a big (or even a little) Steve McQueen fan, so I generally avoid movies involving him – but the cast of this film also includes Edward G. Robinson and Joan Blondell, which, in the context of 1965, I find interesting – so – here we are. The credits also tell me Cab Calloway […]
Directed by William Seiter (whose credits also include, among many others, THE RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (1934), ROOM SERVICE (1938), and YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER (1942)). Music by Max Steiner. The Eckbaums (played by George Sidney & Ferike Boros) own an apartment building & seem to be very generous when it comes to some of […]
Directed by George Fitzmaurice. Robert Montgomery plays a wireless operator stationed in a ridiculously remote spot in Labrador called Eskimo Point. Boats come once every 6 months, and the nearest substantial village is 1000 miles away. In other words: RoMo is very, very bored. By RoMo’s estimation, he hasn’t seen a woman in 5 months, […]
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