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The Crowd Roars (1932), a Howard Hawks race-car melodrama. Also deals with the uneasy dynamics that develop when a woman enters this male world. Very Hawksian. Grown-up action movie with some depth. James Cagney and Joan Blondell are terrific.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-crowd-roars-1932.html

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The most lurid pre-code movie genre was the lust in the jungle movie, and the sleaziest and most over-the-top of them was Kongo (1932). Sweaty and scuzzy and sleazy, a totally mad depraved movie but it’s inspired madness and it's wonderful.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/09/kongo-1932.html

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Is Roy del Ruth's 1931 precode version of The Maltese Falcon better than John Huston's celebrated 1941 remake? I think it is, although I like both.

Ricardo Cortez is a better Sam Spade than Bogart, and Bebe Daniels is definitely better than Mary Astor.

With its cheerful immorality the '31 version is closer in spirit to Hammett's novel.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2022/12/roy-del-ruths-maltese-falcon-1931.html

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