by Lesley Gaspar | Apr 28, 2015 | 1930s, 1930s Universal Horror, Blogathons, Classic movies, James Whale
Eighty years after its original release, James Whale?s?The Bride of Frankenstein?just keeps getting better That wasn?t the end at all?. Would you like to hear what happened after that? I feel like telling it?. It?s a night for mystery and horror. The very air is...
by Lesley Gaspar | Apr 4, 2015 | 1930s, Blogathons, Classic movies, Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich, Pre-Code films
Part II Deceit, Desire, and Survival: Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg?s?Shanghai Express(1932) and?The Scarlet Empress?(1934) A missionary wins the heart of a poetic warlord, a woman of mystery wins back her untrusting lover, and a promiscuous princess wins...
by Lesley Gaspar | Apr 3, 2015 | 1930s, Barbara Stanwyck, Blogathons, Classic movies, Frank Capra, Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich, Pre-Code films
Here are three pre-Code films about women from the West who find themselves in dangerous situations in exotic lands (China in two, Russia in the other). The women are thrown upon their own resources, their ability to adapt and survive, with little or no support or...
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