tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post6100721497229879646..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: Pre-Code Parade: A FREE SOUL (1931)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-38980466956033646392010-02-04T11:35:30.689-05:002010-02-04T11:35:30.689-05:00That why I like Private Lives. Shearer isn't f...That why I like <em>Private Lives</em>. Shearer isn't forced into a martyr role.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-5720444499630429922010-02-04T10:41:08.664-05:002010-02-04T10:41:08.664-05:00You bring up some nice things about MGM hypocrisy ...You bring up some nice things about MGM hypocrisy in the pre-code era, mon frere. Over at Warners, Stanwyck was enjoying her flings with upper class bachelors and gangsters, but at MGM Shearer was permitted only to suffer, suffer, suffer. For every night of unwed passion she had to commit to at least a decade as a suffering martyr, and usually some twit was there to sacrifice his life to keep her "honor." Still, whenever she had a few seconds to sizzle, like she does in Gable's arms during the seduction scene, whoa, can she ever! <br /><br />(P.S. I wrote about this movie a few years ago on Acidemic, <a href="http://acidemic.blogspot.com/2008/03/you-know-that-tcm-forbidden-hollywood.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>)Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-58720981776787600012010-02-04T01:07:07.489-05:002010-02-04T01:07:07.489-05:00A Free Soul is a favourite of mine. I'm a majo...<em>A Free Soul</em> is a favourite of mine. I'm a major Norma Shearer fan. This movie even survives Lionel Barrymore's hamming!<br /><br />Another Norma Shearer must-see pre-code movie is <em>Private Lives</em>.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com