Tag: Lyle Talbot
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) Review, with Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis
Joe Connors Spencer Tracy Fay Wilson Bette Davis Warden Paul Long Arthur Byron Hype Warren Hymer Bud Lyle Talbot Joe Louis Calhern Released by Warner Bros./First National | Directed by Michael Curtiz Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A number of prison guards and prisoners meet unhappy ends. “You son of…
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Ladies They Talk About (1933) Review
Proof That It’s Pre-Code So, uh, you ever seen a woman in prison movie? Catfights and other assorted nastiness, though nothing as extreme and as crazy sexist as you’d get about thirty years later. There’s a nice long scene where our protagonist is introduced to her fellow inmates who have done all manner of cretinous…
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Mandalay (1934) Review, with Kay Francis
Kay Francis stars in this lurid piece of titillating melodrama.
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Three on a Match (1932) Review, with Ann Dvorak, Joan Blondell, and Bette Davis
Review: Three on a match means one will die soon. And, man, do they ever. From Danny
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The Purchase Price (1932) Review
Review: Mail Order Brides and villainy afoot with some Babs on top, it’s William S. Wellman at his dullest with The Purchase Price. From Danny!