Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Kim Luperi on October 6, 2018

Pre-Code Corner: Man Wanted – Experience Necessary “Can’t you get it through your fat head that today there’s just as many serious-minded women in business as men. When you meet them you don’t have to treat them as if you were out on a party.” That’s right, Tom (David Manners)....   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on September 12, 2012

Lovely Kay Francis plays a career woman in director William Dieterle’s Pre-Code romance, Man Wanted (1932), but the office is just as good a place to find love as the bedroom, especially with handsome David Manners as Francis’ leading man. While Man Wanted is relatively tame compared wit   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on September 12, 2012

Lovely Kay Francis plays a career woman in director William Dieterle’s Pre-Code romance, Man Wanted (1932), but the office is just as good a place to find love as the bedroom, especially with handsome David Manners as Francis’ leading man. While Man Wanted is relatively tame compared wit   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on September 12, 2012

Lovely Kay Francis plays a career woman in director William Dieterle’s Pre-Code romance, Man Wanted (1932), but the office is just as good a place to find love as the bedroom, especially with handsome David Manners as Francis’ leading man. While Man Wanted is relatively tame compared wit   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on May 9, 2011

Man Wanted (1932). Romance. Here is another wonderful pre-Code comedy. The casting, acting are all very entertaining. The humor is very sophisticated. Kay Francis, is perfect playing the role of a worldly woman with a open marriage. The way she deals with her husband's many adulteries makes her c   read more