The Crash

I like Ruth Chatterton but the character she plays in this is unlikable. She's an adultress and tells her husband she's running off with her lover. Her husband isn't perfect either since he resorts to blackmail later in the movie. The characters are flawed but the acting was good. I paid for a rental of this. It wasn't free on youtube so I can't say it was worth the money.

Stop Press Girl

I like Sally Ann Howes and this early movie from her career was cute. A girl learns she has the ability to stop machines but luckily something gets the way before she can be exploited. This British movie has some loop holes but it's short so it's not a waste of one's time really.

Miss Tulip stays the night

This was a 1950s British comedy about an old woman who stays with a couple for a night and is discovered dead the next morning. The couple seek to solve the mystery. It was ok, nothing life changing. The real reason to watch this is Diana Dors, England's Marilyn Monroe at the time. She's charming and gorgeous. (She could sing too. She made a good album.) It's 68 minutes so if you're a Diana Dors fan it's worth watching.

The Servant

This is regarded as Joseph Losey's best film, a homoerotic movie about a servant taking over his master. The performances were very good especially from Dick Bogarde but I just liked The Prowler and The Sleeping Tiger more. The only thing that I would really change about this movie is that they only had one Cleo Laine song which kind of got annoying. They should have had more from her.

Whoopee

This Eddie Cantor musical really hasn't aged well. It's racist against Native Americans and African Americans. It's known for having Paulette Goddard and Betty Grable in the chorus when they were just trying to make it. The score is ok with "My Baby just cares for me" and "Making Whoopee." This started Busby Berkeley's career.

Romance of the Limberlost

I watched this movie because I was curious about Jean Parker. She's ok here. It's about a simple minded girl who is mocked by her community. She falls in love with a lawyer. Things get bad when the family arranges her to be married to someone she doesn't love. He is accidentally killed by the girl's friend who is defended by her lawyer. Allmovie gave this a one. I think that's too harsh. I give it a 2/5. For some reason it reminded me of Green Mansions. It was based on a book and I have a feeling it's better.

A woman's Face

I saw the Joan Crawford movie remake first and I like both but the Swedish version was more poetic. The beautiful Ingrid Bergman plays a disfigured criminal who receives plastic surgery. She starts to change her ways. She becomes a governess for a little boy and the father and the boy take a shine to her. But her past comes back to haunt her and the crime involves the boy. I noticed the American and Swedish endings were different. Ingrid Bergman was only twenty-three in this, already an accomplished actress.