Rebecca Deniston is hosting The Leap Year Blogathon at her site Taking Up Room. The contributions to this clever idea can be found HERE.
"Most motion picture directors are a little screwy. I know that fliers are, and I have been both, so draw your own conclusions."
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The William Wellman Blogathon: Midnight Mary (1933)
September 12, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
William Wellman directs Loretta Young and Franchot Tone in a scene from Midnight Mary.
One of the tag lines in Midnight Mary’s trailer is, “I lure men… read more
I am a huge fan of Franchot Tone (obviously, ha!) and Loretta Young, so their 1933 film Midnight Mary is one of my favorites! The film is most definitely a Loretta Young vehicle and it takes a while before Franchot appears, but you will not be disappointed. Mary Martin (Loretta Young) has had a roug read more
Life hasn’t been easy for Mary Martin (Loretta Young). Her mother died when she was very young and as a teenager, she was sent to reform school for a crime she didn’t commit. After getting out of reform school, she tries her hardest to find a job, but there aren’t any jobs to be read more
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When we meet Mary Martin (Loretta Young), she is on trial for murder. The prosecutors think she deserves to be put on death row, and Mary’s sure the jury will think the same.
As Mary waits for the jury to deliver their decision, she begins to reminisce on her life. Flashi read more
Meet Mary Martin: Orphaned and sent away to a reformatory at 14 , hooker and gun moll at 17 and a secretary and murderess by 20. She's a good girl at heart who just has a real string of bad luck. Sounds like a juicy role for Harlow or Stanwyck, but, instead, Mary is played by Loretta Young read more
To start, the tie in the Leading Man Tourney for this week has been broken (for now)…hopefully the last few days of Week 1 don’t see a tie-breaker right off the bat. Anyway, today’s film! Midnight Mary is a 1933 pre-Code with star Loretta Young in one of her most out-of-character read more
