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ARSIN LUPIN (1932), STATE'S ATTORNEY (1932) , and TOPAZE (1932), are all excellent Barrymore pre-codes. DON JUAN (1926) and THE BELOED ROGUE (1927) a very good silents too.
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Yep, I recall that they ran GOOD NEWS (1930) which is incomplete, and CHASING RAINBOWS (1930), which is also incomplete. I don't believe that they have been run ever since.
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SECRETS OF THE FRENCH POLICE is a cool movie. A kind of 1930's CSI. And with Frank Morgan as a serious detective? What's not to like?
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I've always liked THE PENGUIN POOL MURDER (1932). It has snappy dialogue from Edna Mae Oliver and James Gleason.
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For silent film, it is still SUNRISE.
For talkies, it is still FIVE STAR FINAL
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For silent film, it is still SUNRISE.
For talkies, it is still FIVE STAR FINAL
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I have the DVD. It is excellent indeed.
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I recall TCM showing both REDUCING and POLITICS. I recall taping thme in 1995, but I don't know if I still have it. I do hope that TCM would consider running them or TUGBOAT ANNIE for that matter.
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I don't recall TCM showing this one. If they have, it was quite a long time ago.
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Indeed a touch call.
I would choose (in no order):
Lillian Gish
Mary Pickford
Gloria Swanson
Greta Garbo
Clara Bow
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The talking sequences for CITY GIRL did not survive. BTW, the talking segeunces were not directed by Murnau. Murnau had already completed the film and Fox tacked them on in order to make the film marketable in a talkie world.
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When I saw the film in L.A. a few years ago, it was thought that Fox had provided a print with the Movietone sound track. Turns out that the sound version is lost and the silent version survived.
However, the people at the L.A. County Museum of Art did not know this until show day, and it was presented silent, as they had not hired anyone to accompany the film. It made for an interesting evening.
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A Fox pre-code I would love to see, is HAT CHECK GIRL (1932).
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The "Bend Down Sister" number from Eddie Cantor's film PALMY DAYS (1931) is terrific.
Plus it a great pre-code film too!
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I agree. Since the colorization process resembles two color Technicolor, I feel that any former two color Technicor film that only exists in b/w should be colorized to "restore" it .
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1932 was also a very good year for movies.
GRAND HOTEL, SHANGHAI EXPRESS, SCARFACE, HELL'S HIGHWAY, ONE HOUR WITH YOU, TROUBLE IN PARADISE, LOVE ME TONIGHT, THE DARK HORSE, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, BLESSED EVENT, PAYMENT DEFERRED, ARSINE LUPIN, DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE, DR. X, THE BEAST OF THE CITY, BEAUTY & THE BOSS, IF I HAD A MILLION, HORSE FEATHERS and DOWNSTAIRS, just to name a few.
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I really wish that the Technicolor elements had survived. I think it would have looked spectacular.
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My favorite Warren William performances would be (in no particular order) THE DARK HORSE (1932), BEAUTY AND THE BOSS (1932), SKYSCRAPER SOULS (1932), THE MINDREADER (1933), THE MOUTHPIECE (1932), GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, EMPLOYEE'S ENTRANCE (1933)
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For me, I like THE BIG HOUSE (1930), THE CRIMINAL CODE (1931) and PARDON US (1931).
Those are me favorite prison pictures
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This is a tough call.
Louise Brooks, Clara Bow, Anita Page Dolores Del Rio, Lupe Velez, Betty Bronson, Esther Ralston, Anna May Wong, Corinne Griffith.....I love 'em all. Any Ondra was an interesting choice. I forgot about her in being in a couple of Hitchcock silents. With that in mind I would add Lily Damita too.
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My favorite Stanwyck films:
THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN
REMEMBER THE NIGHT
LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT
THE LADY EVE
BALL OF FIRE
How about Glen Ford? Any favorites there?
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I would add a couple of short films from 1929 to the list as well:
BIG BUSINESS (Laurel & Hardy)
BACON GRABBERS (Laurel & Hardy)
THE BIG SQUAK (Charley Chase)
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My favorite Fields films are IT'S A GIFT and THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE.
There are some really great lines in these films. I bought the two W.C Fields boxed sets at Costco a couple of years ago. It was the cheapest I've seen the sets available for, but both volumes give you a very good representation of his work. I only wish that the set included THE MILLION DOLLAR LEGS (1932), quite a surreal and funny film.
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Jeff, a small correction : Doug and Mary also appeared together in the 1929 production of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. THE GAUCHO is one of my favorite Fairbanks films. Lupe Velez looks and acts very sexy in this film. It would be nice if the scenes of Mary Pickford as the Virgin Mary still survived in two color Technicolor.
What 1930's Mystery films do you like? Post em if you dig em!
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MURDER ON THE BLACKBOARD (1933), a follow up to PENGUIN POOL is also quite good.
Columbia Pictures' BY WHOSE HAND? (1932) and MGM's THE BISHOP MURDER CASE (1930), are also good mystery flicks.