Confession (1932) Kay Francis, Basil Rathbone Review done 8/6/10 on my Blog 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028737/
Consolation Marriage (1931) Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien, Myrna Loy. Well, you see, Mary(Irene), is dumped by Aubrey. Steve(Pat) is dumped by Elaine(Myrna). Mary and Steve have a night of drinking and discussing their fate and decide it is a brilliant idea to marry each other because there will be no hearts and flowers involved. Bam! Mary has a baby. And bang! The two outs decide they want back in and badabing! we have trouble. Made before studios discovered music to hide unwanted sounds on studio sets. Lots of early sound troubles. Story is rather clunky. The leads are attractive, but this is a programmer, to fill the bill. 5/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021761/
British Agent (1934) Kay Francis, Leslie Howard, William Gargan, Phillip Reed, It's during the Russian conflict, and Howard (Steve) is assigned to the British Consulate. He meets a lovely secretary at Lenin's headquarters. But holy!-moly! 15 minutes have gone by before we see Elena (Kay) And she wears the same beret, plain dress and slicker coat in the whole movie. No gowns, no furs, no great outlandish hats, no diamonds and pearls! What we have here is a serious film, I guess. And it is boring. Howard muddles along, halfheartedly playing a spy, but with none of the charm of his Pimpernel. As the revolution goes on in the streets below, the stars are together. I forget why. 5/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024915/
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