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Monday, January 29, 2018

Oft in the Silly Night (1929)



















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A chauffeur falls in love with the daughter of his employer. 

Sunday, January 28, 2018

The Melancholy Dame (1929)




















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The story relates the troubles of "Permanent Williams," darktown cabaret owner, who is forced to hire his divorced wife and her new husbands as entertainers. His second wife doesn't relish the fact, so, in the words of Cohen, "troubles is somethin' Permanent ain't got nothing else exceptin'." 

The Framing of the Shrew (1929)















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Privacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He eventually gets the upper hand after starting divorce proceedings, pretending to have a new girlfriend and refusing to eat anything she cooks him.