FIRST VIEWINGS:
The Love Parade (1929) Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Lilian Roth, Eugene Paulette. Director Ernst Lubitsch introduces delightful Jeanette as the queen of mythical Sylvania and marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying. He is dressed up in uniforms. But he has nothing to do. Trouble, trouble. Enjoyable and some nice songs, none of which have survived. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020112/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Monte Carlo (1930) Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, Zazu Pitts. Mix ups, runaway brides, Princes and Countesses, mythical kingdoms and one great song. Jeanette sings "Beyond The Blue Horizon" twice and it is a delight. Still sung by choruses today, it is a highlight of this romp. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021153/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Ladies They Talk About (1933) Barbara Stanwyke, Preston Forster, Lilian Roth, Lyle Talbot. Barbara is in prison for being part of a bank robbing gang. A guy who is an evangelist, who says he loves her, turns her in. Barbara and Lilian are fine, but the story and style of film, does them in.. 5/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024238/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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