Is it worth your time? Honestly? Only if you have a weird itch to see how they handled 'scandalous' behavior in 1931 without actually showing anything. If you dig old Hollywood relics, you might get a kick out of the set designs. If you’re looking for something that holds up as a piece of actual storytelling, you’ll pr...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Irvin Willat
Irvin Willat
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly? Only if you have a weird itch to see how they handled 'scandalous' behavior in 1931 without actually showing anything. If you dig old Hollywood relics, you might get a kick out of the set designs. If you’re looking for something that holds up as a piece of actual storytelling, you’ll probably hate it. It’s slow, it’s stiff, and it drags its feet for nearly every minute of the runtime. June Collyer is doing the heavy lifting here, and you can practically see her ..."
Eloise Taylor
Fanny Hatton, Frederic Hatton, Thomas W. Broadhurst
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