TCM Archives - Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2 (The Divorcee / A Free Soul / Night Nurse / Three on a Match / Female)
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Movie Reviews of TCM Archives - Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2 (The Divorcee / A Free Soul / Night Nurse / Three on a Match / Female)
Movie Review: Hooray for Hollywood!
Summary: 5 Stars
First, I'd like to thank TCM and Warner Home Video for restoring so many old films - This is a wonderful set with lively commentary tracks for "The Divorcee" starring Norma Shearer and "Night Nurse" with Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, and Clark Gable. The third disc also includes "Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood". So we've got five great films, two solidly entertaining commentaries, and a thouroughly entertaining and informative documentary. Excellent prints, excellent audio, excellent set. The only thing left to say is "Where's Volume Three! My credit card is ready!!"Movie Review: Forbidden Movies
Summary: 5 Stars
Very interesting to see how taboo subjects were dealt with back in the 1920's and 30's. I think these were done with more taste and also in a way that discouraged crime and amoral behaviors. Hollywood would do well to review these.Movie Review: Forbidden Hollywood
Summary: 5 Stars
Love this series of films! This series shows how films were really supposed to be made before the "Hayes Code" crew took over and tried to clean things up and make Hollywood films more of a "moral lesson". "Night Nurse" is not to be missed! After all, who doesn't love Joan Blondell and Barbara Stanwyck!Movie Review: Real American Cinema
Summary: 5 Stars
Great collection of films.
**** The Divorcee, with Norma Shearer
**** A Free Soul, idem
***** Three on a Match, by Mervyn LeRoy
***** Female, by Curtiz
***** Night Nurse, by wellman with young Stanwyck
The first 2 films are show-off vehicle for Norma Shearer, which reduces a little the value of the film per se. But the other three are authentic cinematic gems. I loved them. Three great directors have total control over their work and are in their best and unbriddled. This is genuine filmmaking, where the story matters more than the stars, the special effects or whatever. It's the story, dude, could be the motto for this genre. They let the facts tell the story, no melodrama, no cynicism, just pure story-telling it.
The pace is so rapid that if you blink you lose. But you won't blink, it's that good.
"Three on a match" is of mandatory view for social church-goers, the self-righteous liberals in general.
"Female" puts feminists back in their place. Where? Watch for the end.
"Night Nurse" is a social reality, tell-it-as-it-is story that utopians of both sides of the political spectrum will deplore.
No compromising. Pure down-to-earth reality film-making. Mandatory view today as yesterday. Classic 40's movies look fake compared to this older movies.
Movie Review: Forbidden Hollywood Collection #2 is great
Summary: 5 Stars
Loved these movies. I'm so happy to finally see "A Free Soul" on DVD.