tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post3193968182931511110..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Police on My BackSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-34447509668072220432016-09-16T10:25:38.318-05:002016-09-16T10:25:38.318-05:00I did, actually--after I wrote mine. You hated it ...I did, actually--after I wrote mine. You hated it more than I did, but I can't say that I liked it much. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-91497361915136692172016-09-16T10:25:10.299-05:002016-09-16T10:25:10.299-05:00You might find some interest here, but there's...You might find some interest here, but there's really not a lot of "there" there. It doesn't even really work as a police procedural. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-58571774139486904042016-09-16T10:24:34.071-05:002016-09-16T10:24:34.071-05:00I'll save you the time on this--if all you hav...I'll save you the time on this--if all you have is a vague recollection, you don't need more. I'm guess that that's all I'll have in a couple of months. There's not enough of interest here beyond the dealing with sound in unique ways, and most of that comes at the start. Beyond that, there are other early crime films (<i>Little Caesar, The Public Enemy</i>) that give us a nasty main character and do everything else so much better.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-19307666987325049892016-09-15T14:45:44.486-05:002016-09-15T14:45:44.486-05:00God, did I detest this film. I hate to render this...God, did I detest this film. I hate to render this sort of comment as shameless self-promotion, but; read my review of it. I got particularly venomous towards this one.Adolytsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266038228108057617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-37965214271163223202016-09-15T09:58:12.243-05:002016-09-15T09:58:12.243-05:00I haven't seen Alibi, but I tend to like early...I haven't seen <b>Alibi</b>, but I tend to like early talkies, especially when they have the sense to be only 70 or 80 minutes, so I'd probably like it. With reservations, of course.<br /><br />Chester Morris had his moments, and he could be pretty good with good material. He's the dumb businessman in <b>Red-Headed Woman</b>. He's married to Leila Hyams, who's a total hottie, but he dumps her for Jean Harlow because he's a total knucklehead. (He's the one who slaps Harlow and she says "Do it again! I like it!") <br /><br />He's also in <b>The Big House</b> and <b>The Bat Whispers</b>, and does a pretty good job in both.<br /><br />Mae Busch is pretty awesome in a couple of Laurel and Hardy films, <b>Tit for Tat</b> (one of their best short films) and <b>Sons of the Desert</b>, their best feature film.<br /><br />Thanks for the info on the silent to sound transition, joel. I'm very interested in those transition films (I love those late silent films with a soundtrack but no dialogue, like <b>Wild Orchids</b> and <b>Our Dancing Daughters</b>), but the information about the stars they used is not something I've come across before.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-87816778125315139992016-09-15T07:44:49.262-05:002016-09-15T07:44:49.262-05:00I know I saw this but have only the vaguest recoll...I know I saw this but have only the vaguest recollection of it except that it was like so many of those talkies from that early period. Quickies slapped together to fill the demand for product crammed with people who were B or C listers in silents or falling stars who weren't going to make it in sound. <br /><br />In a book I read on the transition between the periods it stated that many studios had a whole subset of performers, ones they didn't have a whole lot of investment in or had been big stars but were faltering, Mae Busch (who's in this movie) was one of the names mentioned along with Dolores Costello, that they would dump into these programmers to keep the flow going while either grooming new players or preparing their biggest stars for a talkie debut. Chester Morris is an example of that first type, he was just starting out and somehow became a leading man for about two decades though I'm at a loss to how, he was a lousy actor.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com