Tag Archives: Warner Bros

Bette Davis, Girl Reporter! FRONT PAGE WOMAN (1935) from Warner Archive

Posted on July 29, 2013 by willmckinley

Bette Davis might hate me for saying this, but I love her early films. Movies like THREE ON A MATCH (1932), THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1935), and even the misguided SATAN MET A LADY (1936) are all eminently watchable, even if … Continue reading →

Posted in DVD Blu-Ray Review, Warner Archive Collection | Tagged Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, FRONT PAGE WOMAN, George Brent, Gordon Wescott, Grace Hayle, Header Menu, J. Carrol Naish, Roscoe Karns, Warner Bros, Wini Shaw, Women Are Bum Newspapermen | 15 Comments

The Best Warner Bros. Musical Warner Bros. Never Made

Posted on May 30, 2013 by willmckinley

Confession: I have a man crush on 1930s crooner Dick Powell. Although he was pushing 30 when he made his film debut for Warner Bros., Powell seemed perpetually boyish and unspoiled by the harsh realities of Depression Era adulthood. In … Continue reading →

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Screening Report: The 1933 Pre-Code Festival

Posted on May 1, 2013 by willmckinley

On a recent Friday night, I struggled to find an empty seat at Film Forum, the Downtown Manhattan movie mecca where I spend most of my free time and discretionary dollars. Sold out shows are not uncommon at the cinema, … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, Film Forum, Pre-Code Film, Screening Report | Tagged 1933, BABY FACE, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Boop, Busby Berkeley, Casey LaLonde, Charles McCabe, Columbia, CONVENTION CITY, DANCING LADY, Film Forum, Film Forum Junior, First National, Fleischer Studios, Greg Ford, Hal Wallis, Header Menu, Jack Warner, Joan Crawford, John Gallagher, KING KONG, MGM, Motion Picture Production Code, Paramount Pictures, RKO, THE DONOVAN AFFAIR, The Little Rascals, THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE, Twentieth Century, United Artists, Warner Bros, WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD, William Wellman | 10 Comments

GOD’S GIFT TO WOMEN (1931) from Warner Archive: One Kiss and You Die!

Posted on January 2, 2013 by willmckinley

The year is 1931. Three undressed women catfight over the lover they share – wrestling in his bed, tearing at each other’s skimpy negligees. One of them is Louise Brooks, pansexual star of some of the sultriest silent films ever … Continue reading →

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Pre-Code Classics Shine Again in “Forbidden Hollywood” Volumes 4 and 5 from Warner Archive

Posted on September 11, 2012 by willmckinley

“For me, the real ‘Classic Era’ in Hollywood was the mid-1930s until about 1959,” host Robert Osborne said at the third annual TCM Classic Film Festival in April. Coincidentally, those years also bookend the period during which the Motion Picture … Continue reading →