LOVE IS A RACKET

As I have mentioned in an earlier post, this month the Turner Classic Movies cable channel is having a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. by having a marathon of movies made (or at least released) by the company. Among the lesser-ones being shown is LOVE IS A RACKET, a 1932 story a... Read full article

Those Damnable Dames: Love is a Racket (1932)

New York City gossip columnist Jimmy Russell (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) knows all the right people, and all the wrong ones, too. Being on the Broadway beat means he spends quite a bit of time at Sardi’s, especially with his lady of the moment, aspiring actress Mary Wodehouse (Frances Dee)–... Read full article

Love is a Racket (1932) (2)

In Love is a Racket, quick drama-comedy from director William A. Wellman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. does his best Clark Gable impression (hint: his best is really good). True to Pre-code form, this movie is full of wise-cracks,manipulative dames, and one very serious crime with zero consequences. Jimmy... Read full article

Such Things Happen in ‘Love is a Racket’ (1932)

Director William Wellman constructs a face-paced, entertaining and witty charade about love, journalism, crime and Broadway in ‘Love is a Racket’ (1932). It stars the often overlooked, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with the always underappreciated cast of the ‘almost legends’ Ann Dvo... Read full article

Such Things Happen in ‘Love is a Racket’ (1932)

Director William Wellman constructs a face-paced, entertaining and witty charade about love, journalism, crime and Broadway in ‘Love is a Racket’ (1932). It stars the often overlooked, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with the always underappreciated cast of the ‘almost legends’ Ann Dvo... Read full article