Good 30s Films: Dark Victory

1939 Drama
From Warner Bros
Directed by Edmund Goulding

Starring
Bette Davis
George Brent
Humphrey Bogart
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Ronald Reagan
Henry Travers
Virginia Brissac

REVIEW: Goodbye Christopher Robin

Directed by Simon Curtis
2017 Autobiographical Drama
1 hour 47 minutes
From Fox Searchlight

Starring
Domhnall Gleeson
Margot Robbie
Kelly Macdonald
Stephen Campbell Moore
Alex Lawther
Will Tilston

The Directors: George Cukor

Legendary needs to be the first word.  He was Mister Hollywood in so many ways.  Quite a number of his films certainly can be called legendary and he worked with so many of the greats in his day.  Like no other, the parties he threw at his beautiful home were legendary... and he did so nearly weekly for decades.  He could have conducted courses on being a bon vivant... and he probably did.  

REVIEW: Only the Brave

Directed by Joseph Kosinki
2017 Biographical Drama
2 hours 13 minutes
From Columbia Pictures

Starring
Josh Brolin
Miles Teller
Jeff Bridges
Jennifer Connelly
Taylor Kitsch
James Badge Dale
Andie MacDowell
Geoff Stultz

Good 30s Films: Libeled Lady

1936 Comedy Romance
From MGM
Directed by Jack Conway

Starring
Jean Harlow
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Spencer Tracy
Walter Connolly
Charley Grapevine
Cora Witherspoon

REVIEW: Marshall

Directed by Reginald Nudlin
2017 Biographical Drama
1 hour 58 minutes
From Open Road Films

Starring
Chadwick Boseman
Josh Gad
Kate Hudson
Stewart K. Brown
Dan Stevens
James Cromwell

Jean Harlow

In the1930s she was an original.  Some say Mae West came close and I say that's an insult to Harlow.  West was about as sexy as a bag of cement and she couldn't act her way out of a paper sack.  Unquestionably Harlow first became famous for her hair, an electric, very white, platinum blonde which enhanced her sexy demeanor.  She would in time become known as a good comedic actress.  

REVIEW: The Mountain Between Us

Directed by Hany Abu-Assad
2017 Adventure
1 hour 43 minutes
From Fox 2000

Starring
Idris Elba
Kate Winslet
Beau Bridges
Dermot Mulroney

Good 30s Films: Stage Door

1937 Comedy Drama
From RKO 
Directed by Gregory LaCava

Starring
Katharine Hepburn
Ginger Rogers
Adolphe Menjou
Andrea Leeds
Gail Patrick
Constance Collier
Lucille Ball
Ann Miller
Eve Arden
Jack Carson
Samuel S. Hinds
Franklin Pangborn
Grady Sutton