CHARLES BARTON, LOUIS J. GASNIER Bil’s rating (out of 5): B. USA, 1935. Paramount Pictures. Screenplay by Philip MacDonald, adaptation by Charles Brackett, Frank Partos, based on the short story The Drum by … Continue reading →
ALFRED E. GREEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1935. Warner Bros.. Story and Screenplay by Laird Doyle. Cinematography by Ernest Haller. Music by Ray Heindorf, Bernhard Kaun, Heinz Roemheld. Production Design by Hugh … Continue reading →
ROUBEN MAMOULIAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1935. Pioneer Pictures Corporation. Screenplay by Francis Edward Faragoh, based on the play by Langdon Mitchell, from the novel Vanity Fair by William … Continue reading →
OSCAR MICHEAUX, CLARENCE WILLIAMS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA, 1935. Micheaux Film. Screenplay by Oscar Micheaux, Clarence Williams, based on the novel The Story Of Dorothy Stanfield by Oscar Micheaux. Cinematography by Charles … Continue reading →
JAMES WHALE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBBB. USA, 1935. Universal Pictures. Adapted by William Hurlbut, John L. Balderston, Screenplay by William Hurlbut, suggested by the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Cinematography by John J. Mescall. Produced by Carl Laemmle … Continue reading →
ELLIOTT NUGENT Bil’s rating (out of 5): B. USA, 1935. Paramount Pictures. Original Screenplay by Frank R. Adams, adaptation by J.P. McEvoy, Keene Thompson, additional dialogue by John P. Medbury. Cinematography by Leo Tover. Produced … Continue reading →
NORMAN Z. McLEOD Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1935. Paramount Pictures. Story by Don Hartman, Sam Mintz, Screenplay by Don Hartman. Cinematography by Gilbert Warrenton. Produced by William LeBaron. Music by Friedrich Hollaender. Production … Continue reading →
MITCHELL LEISEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1935. Paramount Pictures. Screenplay by Norman Krasna, Vincent Lawrence, Herbert Fields, based on a story by Vina Delmar. Cinematography by Ted Tetzlaff. Produced by E. … Continue reading →
BBBBB (out of 5) Exceptional adventure film that, along with The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, makes 1935 a top-notch year for action films. By far the best of all three … Continue reading →
BBBB (out of 5) “What excuse does a gal like you have for runnin’ around single?” “Mmm, I was born that way!” Just one of the great examples of the … Continue reading →
SAM WOOD Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBBB. USA, 1935. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Screenplay by George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, from a story by James Kevin McGuinness. Cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad. Produced by Irving Thalberg. Music … Continue reading →
LEO MCCAREY Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5. USA, 1935. Paramount Pictures. Screenplay by Walter DeLeon, Harlan Thompson, adaptation by Humphrey Pearson, based on the novel by Harry Leon Wilson. Cinematography by Alfred … Continue reading →
