Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on July 9, 2016

Wowza! HOT AND BOTHERED - The Films of 1932 blogathon is here! Aurora of Once Upon a Screen has today's contributions. Tomorrow check out Theresa of CineMaven's Essays from the Couch for more steamy goodness. I swear one of these days I am going to add up how many times...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on September 27, 2012

The 1932 film "The Beast of the City" opens with a long-winded bit of argle-bargle from President Herbert Hoover to the effect of, dude, if movies glamorize gangsters all the time, how about a movie that glamorizes the cops instead? Louis B. Mayer, the head honcho of MGM, was a...   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on September 27, 2012

The 1932 film "The Beast of the City" opens with a long-winded bit of argle-bargle from President Herbert Hoover to the effect of, dude, if movies glamorize gangsters all the time, how about a movie that glamorizes the cops instead? Louis B. Mayer, the head honcho of MGM, was a...   read more

MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on May 9, 2011

     Movies have since nearly their inception been known to glorify crime usually more often than they do law enforcement. This seemed particularly true during Prohibition when many speakeasy-frequenting audience members likely sympathised with the plight of the bootlegger. The Beast of the City is   read more