Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on January 29, 2013

If I Were Free made my TCM Top Twelve list in December (have I mentioned how far behind on those I am?), and I have to say…it didn’t really deserve the spot.  This is a melodramatic pre-Code that isn’t salacious enough to be “forbidden,” nor is it unique enough to...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on January 25, 2013

If I Were Free(1933). Director: Elliott Nugent. Cast: Irene Dunne, Clive Brook, Nils Asther, Henry Stephenson, Vivian Tobin, Tempe Pigott, Lorraine MacLean, Laura Hope Crews, Halliwell Hobbes. While in Paris,English lawyer Hector Stribling convinces Gordon Evers, also a lawyer, to forget about   read more