BIG CITY BLUES

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 man f... Read full article

Big City Blues (1932)

“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 state with ... Read full article

Big City Blues – 1932

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 Catl... Read full article

The Eric Linden Film Festival: "Big City Blues" and "Life Begins"

"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 full article

The Eric Linden Film Festival: "Big City Blues" and "Life Begins"

"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 full article