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Alias Mary Smith (1932) Review

Nov 2, 2015

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Danny

in 1932, All Reviews, Drinking During Prohibition, Indifference, Justifiable Homicide, Mystery, Suggestive Dialogue

Joan AKA Mary Smith Blanche Mehaffey Buddy John Darrow Scoop Raymond Hatton Released by Mayfair Pictures Corporation | Directed by E. Mason Hopper Proof That It’s Pre-Code The A.D.A. is visited by a woman named Mary Smith. His butler was absent because he was, “playing ping pong with the maid next door.” Journalist Scoop cracks, “I’ve…
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932) Review, with Ann Dvorak and Lee Tracy

Jun 22, 2015

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Danny

in 1932, All Reviews, Comedy, Crime, Crime Pays, Drama, Drinking During Prohibition, Gold Digging, Hookers with Hearts of Gold, Like, Mockery of Marriage, Mocking the Government, Premarital Sex, Scantily Clad Women, Suggestive Dialogue, Suggestive Imagery, The Depression

Molly Louvain Ann Dvorak Scotty Cornell Lee Tracy Nicky Grant Leslie Fenton Jimmy Hook Richard Cromwell Captain Slade Charles Middleton Pops Guy Kibbee Released by Warner Brothers/First National | Directed By Michael Curtiz Proof That It’s Pre-Code Molly Louvain gets pregnant out of wedlock and has a child. Molly Louvain lives with another man for…