37: House of Mean Gables
10/11/21 • 46 min
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Ride with Barbara Stanwyck in an ambulance that’s on a collision course with decadent mayhem. Stanwyck gets a job as a nurse, eventually assigned to care for the children of a neglectful mom. She’s neglectful because she’s drunk and under the influence of a sadistic Clark Gable. And oh look, Joan Blondell is in this one, too. Directed by “Wild” Bill Wellman. The film is among the first rank of early 30s precodes.
"Night Nurse"
Shelly Brisbin with Nathan Alderman
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Night NurseShow Notes & Links
The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film
- Night Nurse (1931), trailer
- Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
- On disc: DVD as part of the Forbidden Hollywood #2 Collection. Highly recommended.
Next time, we’ll watch The Body Snatcher (1945)
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Ride with Barbara Stanwyck in an ambulance that’s on a collision course with decadent mayhem. Stanwyck gets a job as a nurse, eventually assigned to care for the children of a neglectful mom. She’s neglectful because she’s drunk and under the influence of a sadistic Clark Gable. And oh look, Joan Blondell is in this one, too. Directed by “Wild” Bill Wellman. The film is among the first rank of early 30s precodes.
"Night Nurse"
Shelly Brisbin with Nathan Alderman
Referenced Works
Night NurseShow Notes & Links
The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film
- Night Nurse (1931), trailer
- Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
- On disc: DVD as part of the Forbidden Hollywood #2 Collection. Highly recommended.
Next time, we’ll watch The Body Snatcher (1945)
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Pretty actor Tyrone Power comes back from WWII and wants to play more serious part. So here he is as a carnival worker who rises through like as an increasingly successful con man. Until he doesn’t. Great noir visuals and wonderful performances by the underseen Helen Walker, and the can’t-be-overseen Joan Blondell.
Take a Trip Down "Nightmare Alley"
Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra and Nathan Alderman
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Nightmare AlleyShow Notes & Links
The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film
- Nightmare Alley (1947), trailer
- Available on disc: Blu-rey or DVD
Next time, we’ll watch Night Nurse (1931)
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It’s 1830s Edinburgh, home of some of Europe’s finest medical schools — but where are they getting the cadavers to hone their students’ knowledge of anatomy? Well, provided you’ve got ready cash on hand, and you don’t ask too many questions... Horror auteur Val Lewton and still-rookie director Robert Wise adapt Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story with typically eerie elegance — but you’ll come away remembering Boris Karloff, in maybe the greatest performance of his career, as a deceptively cheerful cabman with a grisly side hustle. A much-diminished Bela Lugosi’s also in it, barely — but the key scene he shares with Karloff will stick with you long after you’ve seen this relatively little-known and underrated classic.
"The Body Snatcher"
Nathan Alderman with Annette Wierstra and Shelly Brisbin
Referenced Works
The Body SnatcherShow Notes & Links
The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film
- The Body Snatcher (1945), trailer
- Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
- On disc: Blu-ray
Next time, we’ll watch
Lifeboat (1944)
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