Tag: director
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Cavalcade (1933) Review
Cavalcade (1933) Director: Frank Lloyd ★★☆☆☆ Cavalcade is a decent film, though a curious choice for the winner of Best Picture (one of many curious choices). Despite mediocre acting and its requirement of a highly patient audience (the film is mostly a bore(, the film’s redeeming qualities are its powerful montage sequences toward the end […]
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King Kong (1933) Review
King Kong (1933) Director: Merian C Cooper and Enrest B. Shoedsack “Oh, no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was Beauty that killed the beast…” ★★★★★ Starring Fay Wray, King Kong is perhaps the most famous adventure/horror flick of all time. Initially, the actress Wray believed that the RKO film would feature the ‘tallest, darkest leading man […]
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Duck Soup (1933) Review
Duck Soup (1933) Director: Leo McCarey “I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought, I’d rather dance with the cows until you come home.” ★★★★★ The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup is a film of enduring delights. Whereas Horse Feathers is a parody of the elite nepotism in higher education, Duck Soup […]
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