Café Metropole is one of the odd, original movies you often encounter in this zone. It doesn’t seem to be very well known. There’s almost no historical or critical writing on it. There are some warm, affectionate comments about it on IMDB — they’re fun to read after you’ve seen the film. But I feelContinue reading “Café Metropole (1937)”
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Hollywood Hotel (1937)
Hollywood Hotel is a relatively late Busby Berkeley movie. As far as I know, this was the first film that BB directed by himself. Scholars justly talk about 42nd Street, Golddiggers of 1933, and Dames as great films; Hollywood Hotel isn’t great like that, but it has its virtues. It’s a cute and rocking comedyContinue reading “Hollywood Hotel (1937)”