The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on November 21, 2019

It's Pre-Code time again with the 1932 Warner Bros. feature BIG CITY BLUES. The film stars Joan Blondell as a--you guessed it--struggling chorus girl, and it has elements of other Pre-Codes the actress starred in such as UNION DEPOT and CENTRAL PARK. Bud Reeves (Eric Linden) is a callow young...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on May 7, 2015

“I’d like to walk into a New York hotel room just once, and not find a gin session going on…” (Image via cinemagraphe.com) Bud Reeves (Eric Linden) is a country boy, but he’s making his way to the big city, moving from Indiana to New York. He leaves his home...   read more

The Bogie Film Blog Posted by Bogart Fan on July 3, 2013

My rating —A Good Comedy Turns Ugly—  Your Bogie Fix:  out of 5 Bogies! Director:  Mervyn Leroy The Lowdown Small town boy Buddy Reeves (Eric Linden) takes a train bound for New York in order to follow his dreams, but it’s not long before his swindling cousin Gibby (Walter Catlett   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on August 17, 2012

"But I AM talking in my deep voice!" Of all the actors who appeared in 1930s movies, Eric Linden (1909-1994) was certainly one of them. He played a variety of roles, including young salesman, young father, young traveler, young rich man, young detective, young gambler and not-quite-as-young soldi   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on August 17, 2012

"But I AM talking in my deep voice!" Of all the actors who appeared in 1930s movies, Eric Linden (1909-1994) was certainly one of them. He played a variety of roles, including young salesman, young father, young traveler, young rich man, young detective, young gambler and not-quite-as-young soldi   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on June 18, 2011

I’ve been meaning to write about one or two more obscure pre-Codes that I’ve seen in the last few weeks, but haven’t got round to it and my memory of some of them is already starting to fade. So here is a short posting on one of these, Big City...   read more