Forbidden Hollywood Collection 4 & 5
FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD COLLECTION, VOLUME 4 (1932) This fourth volume of Forbidden Hollywood shines the spotlight on some very seductive talents in a quartet of films that appropriately focus on that evergreen theme: temptation. William Powell headlines in the intoxicating Jewel Robbery (1932) opposite Kay Francis, as a roguish jewel thief who makes off with more than a bubbly and bored socialite’s jewels. Powell takes a more serious turn in Lawyer Man (1932) as a solicitor from the streets who is led astray by a society seductress. Joan Blondell plays his loyal Girl Friday who just may be able to save her man. Kay Francis returns to work late with David Manners in Man Wanted (1932), as a married magazine editor every bit the wolf as her masculine counterparts. All three of the preceding films also enjoy the tender touch of cinema maestro William Dieterle. Finally, a most lovely Loretta Young shines as a young musician who follows David Manners’ character to the big city to discover just why They Call It Sin (1932). From the simply frank to the jaw-droppingly shocking, this forbidden foursome promises nights of delight. Newly Remastered
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FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD COLLECTION, VOLUME 5 (1932 & 1933) This fifth volume takes a walk on the wild side with a film foursome featuring some of the fastest company to ever tell society to take a powder. Jimmy Cagney, Warren William, Barbara Stanwyck, and Joan Blondell make no apologies and expect none in tales of swindlers, crooks, and crimebusters. Famous real-life fast-talker Wilson Mizner contributes to both screenplays of Hard to Handle (1933) and The Mind Reader (1933), to yield two very different pictures of the same kind of con-man. (Both pictures also co-star the always welcome Warner Bros. utility player Allen Jenkins!) Cagney is simply incendiary in his role as a grifter who seemingly believes he can keep juggling a plethora of cons by sheer force of will long enough to finally hit the big score and redeem it for redemption. While William’s carny huckster is so enmeshed in his own baleful cynicism that he can barely sense when the embers of his soul have been re-ignited by the simple force of innocent love and faith. Next up, the always electrifying Barbara Stanwyck plays one of her signature performances in the apropos titled Ladies They Talk About (1933). Babs is a bad girl who gets in a jam with Johnny Law and ends up in the stir. There, a young reformer takes a special interest in her case — could love change this leopardess’ spots? Are you kidding? Finally we turn the tables for some lighter fare, as Joan Blondell plays an equally tough dame, but on the side of the angels as a crime-solving nurse in Miss Pinkerton (1932). Newly Remastered
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