Redefining Zaniness with Lombard and Barrymore
1934 was a great film for screwball comedy. It Happened…
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Norma Shearer and The Divorcee
Norma Shearer. For those in the know the name is…
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Three on a Match, Ann Dvorak’s crowning achievement
Three on a Match a 1932 Warner Bros film directed…
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Female Lust in Red Dust
It feels at times that Pre-Code Hollywood was a mythical…
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The mirror motif in Barbara Stanwyck’s Baby Face
I believe that if you don't appreciate Barbara Stanwyck, you've…
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Pre-Code Cinema
Much like a glam rock star from the 70s, Hollywood…
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Queen Christina, the superwoman and feminist language
“I have been memorizing this room. In the future, in…
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