A story of love, humor, and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An (interrupted) indiscretion by John Wyatt with a floozy prompts his wife June to travel to Reno, Nevada to get a quickie 6-week-waiting-period divorce.
So, “Night Life in Reno.” Is this one for your Saturday night? Probably not for most folks. If you’re really into pre-Code melodramas, the kind where everyone dresses fancy and makes dramatic pronouncements, then maybe. Casual viewers expecting anything modern will likely be pretty bored. But if you’ve got a soft spot ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Raymond Cannon
Robert N. Bradbury
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"So, “Night Life in Reno.” Is this one for your Saturday night? Probably not for most folks. If you’re really into pre-Code melodramas, the kind where everyone dresses fancy and makes dramatic pronouncements, then maybe. Casual viewers expecting anything modern will likely be pretty bored. But if you’ve got a soft spot for film history, or just want to see how they did dramatic affairs back in 1931, it’s got its moments. Our main guy, John Wyatt, played by Jameson Thomas, he gets caught with a ‘..."
Arthur Hoerl, Gloria Stiratt
United States
