A major change from the play is shifting the center from the character of Lestingois to that of Boudu.
Boudu Saved from Drowning (French: “Boudu sauvé des eaux”): Renoir’s Satire of Manners, Starring Michel Simon
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Broadway Melody, The: Pre-Code Oscar Winner Features Gay Character as Costume designer
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In the Oscar-winning musical The Broadway Melody, Turpe (played by Drew Demorest) is a gay costume designer who loves and is proud of his work.
Dark Tower, The (1943): John Harlow’s Modest Circus Thriller, Starring David Farrar and the Young Herbert Lom
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Herbert Lom, in his first major role, is the best thing about The Dark Tower, a B-level British circus thriller, directed by John Harlow and also starring Ben Lyon, Anne Crawford, David Farrar. It was written by Reginald Purdell and Brock Williams based on George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott’s 1933 play. Seeking work at […]
Mad Genius, The (1931): Curtiz Pre-Code Ballet Melodrama, Starring John Barrymore and Marian Marsh
November 4, 2025 by
Blast from the Past: John Barrymore Revisited Warner Bros. was so pleased with the commercial appeal of the John Barrymore vehicle, Svengali, that they rushed The Mad Genius into production, and released it on November 7, 1931. Grade: B The Mad Genius Directed by Michael Curtiz, this pre-Cde drama stars, in addition to Barrymore, Marian […]
Dick Cheney: Former Vice President, Iraq War Architect and Trump Critic, Dies at 84
November 4, 2025 by
He became prominently known as central figure in the “war on terror” after Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
