Title:Captian Blood Year: 1935 Director: Michael Curtiz Writer: Casey Robinson, based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone Music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Length: 119 minutes Synopsis: a group of men sentenced to slavery escapes and becomes pirates How I saw it: on video (rented on DVD), yesterday Subjective Rating: 7/10 Objective Rating: 6/10 (points off for dialog, pacing, cinematography and acting)
My wife says, “It’s like a bag of cliches, tied with a cliche bow. But that’s okay.” It’s a fun movie to watch, not so much because it’s a fun movie, but because it’s so campy and dated that it’s easy to get into the spirit of Going To The Movies In 1935 and appreciate it in perspective. Whoever at Warner Brothers had the idea to package these DVDs the way they do – with a handful of period shorts and a newsreel – is a genius.
Title:Bride of Frankenstein Year: 1935 Director: James Whale Writer: William Hurlbut & John L. Balderston, based on a novel by Mary Shelley Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester Music: Franz Waxman Distinctions: formerly on IMDb’s Top 250 Synopsis: Dr. Frankenstein is coerced into building another monster Length: 75 minutes How I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), September 2008 Subjective Rating: 3/10 Objective Rating: 3/10 (gets points for concept, cinematography and music)
The story’s an incoherent mess. Characters that should be the leads (and are played by good actors) such as Dr. Frankenstein have relatively small parts compared to characters that should be bit parts (and are played by terrible actors) such as a shrill, screaming old woman. The music is weird and distracting… but I’m okay with that. It looks good visually, but it bothers me that they can’t make up their minds about what century it’s taking place in.
Title:A Night at the Opera Year: 1935 Director: Sam Wood Writers: George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind Starring: The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico & Harpo Marx), Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones Music: Herbert Stothart Synopsis: the Marx Brothers help Chico’s opera-singing friend make it in New York How I saw it: on video, yesterday (on VHS from the library) Subjective Rating:7/10 8/10 Objective Rating: 5/10 (points off for concept, story, characters, cinematography and special effects/design)
Very funny. Harpo’s still funnier than the other two, but this time around they’re all hilarious. My favorite bit:
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