Saturate the Bridgework
Big City Blues (1932)
directed by Mervyn LeRoy
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on TCM at Syl's
I took half an hour for lunch today, more than enough time for an anonymous, effeminate, pre-Code male lead to move to New York, get framed for murder, and fall in love with Joan Blondell. Another half-hour and he acquits himself with the authorities, returns to Indiana, and vows to marry that gal eventually. Someone else once called it really living the day, and there were 23 hours remaining in mine. Brevity and a little romantic fire are sacrosanct in gems like Big City Blues, from the camaraderie of a socialite drinking in a speakeasy alone to the promise from a once-young ticket-taker at the train station to watch the dreaming boy’s dog. It’s a stopwatch – the perfect circle.
directed by Mervyn LeRoy
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on TCM at Syl's
I took half an hour for lunch today, more than enough time for an anonymous, effeminate, pre-Code male lead to move to New York, get framed for murder, and fall in love with Joan Blondell. Another half-hour and he acquits himself with the authorities, returns to Indiana, and vows to marry that gal eventually. Someone else once called it really living the day, and there were 23 hours remaining in mine. Brevity and a little romantic fire are sacrosanct in gems like Big City Blues, from the camaraderie of a socialite drinking in a speakeasy alone to the promise from a once-young ticket-taker at the train station to watch the dreaming boy’s dog. It’s a stopwatch – the perfect circle.
posted by NPK at 3:45 PM
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