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La Bête Humaine (1938 dir. Jean Renoir)

poppeelings — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:00:31 +0000

High maintenance female prefers lovers who have committed violent murder.

3/5

Filed under: 1 Sentence Film Reviews, 1930s, Rated 3/5 Tagged: 1938, Cinema, Film, Film Reviews, French Cinema, French Film, Humour, Jean Renoir, Movie Reviews, Movies, Pop Peelings, World Cinema

La Grande Illusion (1937 dir. Jean Renoir)

poppeelings — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:32:00 +0000

Frenchmen desperately escape their pleasant German captors simply due to a ban on light entertainment.

4/5

Filed under: 1 Sentence Film Reviews, 1930s, Rated 4/5 Tagged: 1937, Cinema, Film, Film Reviews, French Cinema, French Film, Humour, Jean Renoir, Movie Reviews, Movies, Pop Peelings, World Cinema

Toni (1935 dir Jean Renoir)

poppeelings — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:13:25 +0000

Hard graft leaves non-actor lonely, poor and with severe blue balls.

3/5

Filed under: 1 Sentence Film Reviews, 1930s, Rated 3/5 Tagged: 1935, Cinema, Film Reviews, French Cinema, French Film, Humour, Jean Renoir, Movie Reviews, Movies, Pop Peelings, World Cinema

Monkey Business (1931 dir. Norman Z. McLeod)

poppeelings — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:12:30 +0000

Vaudeville Jews protest against ocean liner ticket prices by acting the goat for seventy minutes.

3/5

Filed under: 1 Sentence Film Reviews, 1930s, Rated 3/5 Tagged: 1931, Broadway, Chico Marx, Comedians, Comedy, Film, Film Reviews, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Hollywood, Humour, Jewish Entertainers, Marx Brothers, Movie Reviews, Movies, Oneaday, Slapstick Comedy, United States, Vaudeville, Zeppo Marx

Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932 dir. Jean Renoir)

poppeelings — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 08:57:45 +0000

Obnoxious bum halts the feeling up of slut maid by her bourgeois boss for a few weeks.

3/5

Filed under: 1 Sentence Film Reviews, 1930s, Rated 3/5 Tagged: 1932, Bourgois, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film, Film Reviews, France, French Cinema, French Film, Humour, Jean Renoir, Michel Simon, Movie Reviews, Movies, Oneaday, Pop Peelings

Duck Soup (1933 dir. Leo McCarey)

poppeelings — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:32:30 +0000

Timeless wise-cracks lead to war being declared through Broadway sing-songery.

3/5

Filed under: 1 Sentence Film Reviews, 1930s, Rated 3/5 Tagged: 1933, Broadway, Chico Marx, Cinema, Comedy, Film, Film Reviews, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Hollywood, Humour, Marx Brothers, Movies, Oneaday, United States, Vaudeville, Zeppo Marx

Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)

poppeelings — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:27:59 +0000

Small-town man is made to feel uncomfortable by big-town men.

3/5

Filed under: 1 Sentence Film Reviews, 1930s, Rated 3/5 Tagged: Cinema, Film, Film Reviews, Hollywood, Movie Reviews, Movies, Oneaday, Pop Peelings

The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

poppeelings — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:52:46 +0000

All-American leads on abominations during trip to capable dictatorship.

1/5

Filed under: 1 Sentence Film Reviews, 1930s, Rated 1/5 Tagged: Cinema, Film, Film Reviews, Hollywood, Movie Reviews, Movies, Oneaday, Pop Peelings, United States

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

poppeelings — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:21:15 +0000

Hitchcock man’s paedophile sanctuary nearly gets halted by congress.

4/5

Filed under: 1 Sentence Film Reviews, 1930s, Rated 4/5 Tagged: Cinema, Film, Film Reviews, Hollywood, Movie Reviews, Movies, Oneaday, Pop Peelings

It Happened One Night (1934)

poppeelings — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:53:14 +0000

Every newspaper editor character cliche laid bare for the rest of time.

4/5

Filed under: 1 Sentence Film Reviews, 1930s, Rated 4/5 Tagged: Cinema, Film, Film Reviews, Hollywood, Movie Reviews, Movies, Oneaday, Pop Peelings