It also seems Prehistoric.
It's an early talking picture. We read about the disdain for movies that East Coast writers had and I think they may have been thinking of this sort of thing. After all, there were some brilliant films in the first few years of the talkies. One has to look only at "Scarface," which still shocks today. Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Barbara Stanwyck, Constance Bennett ... There were many great, saucy stars. (And of course, there was Mae Wrest, too!) Please don't misunderstand me: I like Norma Shearer in many movies. She's superb in "The Women," for example. But it seems that her idea of being racy, as shown here, was to giggle a lot -- and maybe not to wear a bra.
The movie presents itself as the latest in adult views. However, it is essentially very conventional.
The dialog is so stilted, one expects someone to burst onto the scene at any moment asking "Tennis, anyone?"
It's an early talking picture. We read about the disdain for movies that East Coast writers had and I think they may have been thinking of this sort of thing. After all, there were some brilliant films in the first few years of the talkies. One has to look only at "Scarface," which still shocks today. Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Barbara Stanwyck, Constance Bennett ... There were many great, saucy stars. (And of course, there was Mae Wrest, too!) Please don't misunderstand me: I like Norma Shearer in many movies. She's superb in "The Women," for example. But it seems that her idea of being racy, as shown here, was to giggle a lot -- and maybe not to wear a bra.
The movie presents itself as the latest in adult views. However, it is essentially very conventional.
The dialog is so stilted, one expects someone to burst onto the scene at any moment asking "Tennis, anyone?"