Blackmail puts a social climber (Louise Fazenda) and a suitor (Warren William) in a duchess's (Dolores del Río) good graces..
Is it worth your time? Honestly, you probably only want to watch The Widow from Monte Carlo if you have a soft spot for 1930s B-movies that don’t take themselves too seriously. If you’re looking for something with actual stakes or a tight script, you’re going to be annoyed. But if you want to see Dolores del Río lookin...
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Arthur Greville Collins
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, you probably only want to watch The Widow from Monte Carlo if you have a soft spot for 1930s B-movies that don’t take themselves too seriously. If you’re looking for something with actual stakes or a tight script, you’re going to be annoyed. But if you want to see Dolores del Río looking impossibly elegant while everyone else runs around panicked, it’s a perfectly fine way to kill an hour. The plot is a total mess. Blackmail, fake duchesses, people lurking in ha..."
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