Sunday, September 28, 2014

Real Pulp Fiction: ARGOSY, SEPT. 23, 1939

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T hose medieval dudes on the cover this week aren't the advertised "Lords of Creation," however lordly they look. Look below...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Pre-Code Parade: BLONDE CRAZY (1931)

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I n 1931 James Cagney made his name as The Public Enemy , a vicious yet charismatic gangster who met a gruesome end. The best measure of C...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Pre-Code Parade: THE FINGER POINTS (1931)

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J ohn Francis Dillon's film is typical of the first round of the Warner Bros. gangster cycle in that it ends with the protagonist dead...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Pre-Code Parade: TWO SECONDS (1932)

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M ervyn LeRoy's third collaboration with Edward G. Robinson, following Little Caesar and Five Star Final , may remind movie buffs of Fr...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Real Pulp Fiction: ARGOSY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1939

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I n 1939 an issue of Argosy went to newstands a week in advance of the cover date. The September 16 issue went on sale on a Wednesday the...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Pre-Code Parade: ANN CARVER'S PROFESSION (1933)

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F ay Wray was the first and remains the greatest of Hollywood's scream queens. History has typed her as a damsel in distress, but this C...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Pre-Code Parade and After: the domestication of Aline MacMahon

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Y ou're going to see two newspaper ads here, one giving Ann Dvorak top billing in Mervyn LeRoy's Heat Lightning , the other featurin...