Sunday, September 14, 2008

Angels with Dirty Faces - Michael Curtiz (1938)

The Dead End Kids must have been pretty edgy/scary for the 1930s. I find them a little creepy today...

The ending of this film is mind-boggling in the manner in which it skirts around the Hays Code.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Hold Em Jail - Wheeler and Woolsey (1932)

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These guys are the Marx Bros boiled down from 4 guys to 2 guys in tighter suits. Here's a sample of the double entendres.

Spider Robbins: Where did you learn to sing, anyway?
Violet Jones: I spent four years in Paris. Of course, I'm not a virtuoso.
Spider Robbins: Not after four years in Paris, no.
Violet Jones: I trust we're both talking about the same thing?