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Greta Garbo in Queen Christina FILM Baby Face d: Alfred E. Green; scr: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola The Barbarian d: Sam Wood; scr: Anita Loos, Elmer Harris Dinner at 8 d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Donald Ogden Stewart Gold Diggers of 1933 d: Mervyn LeRoy; scr: Erwin Gelsey, James Seymour, David Boehm, Ben Markson I'm No Angel d: Wesley Ruggles; scr: [...]

Marie Dressler, Jean Harlow in Dinner at 8 Marie Dressler III: Wallace Beery, Polly Moran Comedies Some reviewers have complained that Marie Dressler didn't act. They say she overacted. What do you think? Writing about her as an actress was tough, because there is no one remotely like her anymore. If you watch her performances today, you can see that she was a true-blue ham. [...]

Marie Dressler in Dinner at 8 It's Oscar time. What better way to celebrate the 2008 Academy Awards than by having a q&a about the best actress Oscar winner … of 1931? (Or rather, for the period 1930-31, as the Oscars in those days covered films released in the Los Angeles area from August 1 to July 31.) And who was the best actress winner [...]