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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302682557
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 630268255X
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 37649
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: July 16, 1932
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Rating:  - A Forgotten Pre-Code Early Talkie Classic
I came across this film both because I have been watching a lot of early talkie films and because many people swear it is better than Grand Hotel, a better known classic. While it is certainly well done for a film of this vintage (released July 1932), I did not think it quite matched the level of sophistication of either Grand Hotel or a later film from the same year, Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble in Paradise. And it certainly doesn't match up for star power. While it deals frankly with topics like ... Read More
Rating:  - "Always a Difficult Moment in a Man's Life"
That's the best Warren William can offer when his secretary-lover Veree Teasdale has a confrontation with his open-marriage wife Hedda Hopper (yes, THAT Hedda Hopper) in the pre-Code flick about the ruthless bank president's obsession with his magnificent Art Deco skyscraper, which even outstrips the Empire State Building in height. Smooth taking William charms ladies of all kinds and he's not too bad either at schmoozing other bankers into first a merger and then a wild stockmarket ride which dashes ... Read More
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302682557
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 630268255X
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 37649
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: July 16, 1932