smokey15 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 The UCLA film archives is presenting a screening of several pre codes from Paramount and Universal in February 2008. The films are from the period 1929-1933. Included in the showings are Hot Saturday (1932 with Cary Grant and Nancy Carroll), Close Harmony (1929 with Buddy Rogers and Nancy Carroll), White Woman (1933 with Carole Lombard) and City Streets (1931 with Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney). Go to http://www.cinema.ucla.edu for the complete listing of films, dates and times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottman1932 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I've seen CITY STREETS. It's really excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezebel38 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 This looks awsome - thanks so much for posting this. It's great to see someone is trying to get these early Paramounts in circulation again. I can definitely travel down to LA for a weekend to see some of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogpaddle Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Lucky people who get to enjoy a first-rate print of HOT SATURDAY! It's one of the best 30's films I've ever seen - a charming but sophisticated take on small-town life. And certainly serves as a lovely showcase for Nancy Carroll; I believe it also represents the first screen teaming of Cary Grant and Randolph Scott. I've only seen a wretched print but the film's merits still shone through. It'll only require a quality DVD release to start building the reputation of this smart (but pretty much unheralded) pre-code delight up to the level it deserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezebel38 Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I'm lucky that I live in the SF Bay area, and get to regularly attend The Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto. They played Hot Saturday a few weeks back, and I went to see it mostly because I like Nancy Carroll a lot and seek out her films. Boy, Cary Grant was almost prettier than Nancy in his sparkling all-white suit that he makes his entrance in, and his blazer and ascot ensemble, and the exotic silk kimono he wears over his PJ's. Randolph Scott came off more manly, albeit chauvenistic when he finds out Nancy spent a whole four hours alone with Cary, tsk,tsk. I liked the cool lakeside roadhouse where the dancefloor surrounds the oak tree - I'd like to dance in place like that. Very precode the way Nancy bounces from one guy to the next, trying to save her reputation. Oh, I almost forgot when she wrestles and "pants" her sister to get the borrowed panties back! Message was edited by: Jezebel38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VP19 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I saw "White Woman" a few years ago when Film Forum in New York did a retrospective on Paramount before the Code; it's a middling movie, sort of campy. If you take it with a bit of tongue in cheek, it's okay. Incidentally, while Lombard is seen singing in the film, it's really not her -- she was dubbed. More on this, and Carole's other musical appearances, can be found in this entry at my LiveJournal community, "Carole & Co." http://community.livejournal.com/carole_and_co/11870.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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