A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other’s secret.

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Lilly Turner (1933) provided a bravura role for star Ruth Chatterton, and another opportunity to display her versatility. Lilly is a hard-luck dame with lousy taste in men. First she marries a no-good bounder who promises her the world, but instead turns her into a cootch dancer in a carnival. Then she finds out her “husband” already has a wife. Left alone and pregnant, Lilly marries an alcoholic pal (Frank McHugh), and the couple joins a traveling medicine show. Things go from bad to worse when a psychotic strongman in the show develops an obsession for her. When a genuine nice guy, played by Chatterton’s then-husband George Brent, comes into her dreary life, Lilly tries to grab some happiness. But it may be too late.

After a distinguished career on the New York stage, Chatterton was part of the wave of theater performers who had gone to Hollywood at the beginning of the sound era. Already in her mid-30s and not conventionally pretty, Chatterton was nevertheless a great success in films, bringing a sense of “class” to the medium, and was twice nominated for Oscars®, for Madame X (1929) and Sarah and Son (1930). Unlike many stage actors of the era, Chatterton did not use exaggerated diction or grand gestures. Her acting style was naturalistic, her way of speaking staccato, distinctive, and charming, her facial expressiveness small but precise. Although her normal speech was cultured, in Lilly Turner Chatterton is playing a working class character, so she drops her g’s, but it seems natural, not affected. In his book about pre-code film actresses, Complicated Women (2000), Mick LaSalle called Chatterton “a vision of total female authority, circa 1930. Even in weepies, she was commanding. Short and slightly plump, Chatterton was convinced she was beautiful, and she convinced everybody else, too. She had a baleful stare and yet a surprisingly mischievous, almost childlike, smile. She was a diva.”

Lilly Turner was the second film together for Chatterton and director William A. Wellman. A “man’s man” with a preference for action films and a contempt for divas, Wellman was not happy when he was assigned to direct Frisco Jenny (1932) with Chatterton. The dislike was mutual, but after three days of icy silence between them, director and star called a truce, recognizing each other’s talents, and becoming great fans of each other. Frisco Jenny would be Chatterton’s favorite film. While she and Wellman were happy to work together again, Lilly Turner was not as good as Frisco Jenny. For Wellman, Lilly Turner was just another programmer, one of six that he cranked out in 1933 under contract at Warner Bros. In spite of the grim story, Wellman gives the carnival scenes a certain seedy vitality. And reliable character actors Guy Kibbee as the medicine show boss, and Frank McHugh as Lilly’s bibulous husband get a chance to play characters with a few more facets than their usual one-note comedy roles. Mordaunt Hall noted in the New York Times that Kibbee “does remarkably well by the part.” But as for Chatterton, she “is not in her element in such a narrative, for she is obviously far better suited to a more sophisticated subject.” The Variety reviewer wrote that the film “fails to measure better than fair,” but had praise for Chatterton’s efforts, saying “Picture is Miss Chatterton’s all the way, star making every effort to give what the story lacks and what is missing in the direction.” In spite of such reviews, Lilly Turner was a box-office success.

Lilly Turner is clearly a pre-Code film, dealing frankly with Lilly’s sexual affairs, and that may be the reason why it wasn’t seen for many years. According to studio records, in 1936, Warner Bros. tried to reissue it, but was denied a Production Code certificate.

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Synopsis:
A winner of seven Academy Awards®*, the irresistible Going My Way lights up the screen as beautifully as it warms up the heart. Bing Crosby shines as Father O’Malley, a young priest new to an established but financially troubled parish. When his philosophies conflict with those of the curmudgeonly Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), the unflappable Father O’Malley perseveres — eventually winning over his gruff superior and the parish with his fresh, inspirational approach.

Massively successful with critics, at the box office, and on the record charts (thanks in no small part to the timeless tune “Swinging On A Star”), Going My Way is an undeniable Hollywood classic.

* 1944: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bing Crosby), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Barry Fitzgerald), Best Director, Best Writing (Original Story), Best Writing (Screenplay), Best Music (Original Song)

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from TCM:
One morning in New York City, newspaper reporter Bob MacAvoy finishes his nighttime shift and stumbles into bed just as his very pregnant wife Jane rises. Jane cares for their young son Steve and then, while riding the subway to work, notices an advertisement for a small newspaper in Eden, California. Tired of never seeing her husband and living in their cramped apartment, Jane rushes home and convinces Bob that the paper represents the perfect escape from their city life. Within days, they buy the paper sight unseen and travel to their new home. Although Eden is charming, they are dismayed to find the Archive office a disheveled wreck. Inside, elderly employees Jake Armstrong and Matthew explain that the paper has only a tiny circulation and a broken printing press and so barely makes it out each Thursday. Dejected, the MacAvoys prepare to leave until real estate agent Fred Hawley arrives and informs them that he lied to them about the state of the paper in order to attract a great newspaperman who might bring Eden back to life. Seeing the five advertisements Fred has already procured, Bob happily settles down to work.Even though Jane’s labor contractions have started, she dutifully takes down the details of society maven Mrs. Eve Spatch’s story. Several townspeople arrive to meet the MacAvoys, and when Mrs. Spatch realizes Jane’s discomfort, the small office erupts in confusion as everyone helps Jane upstairs to her new apartment. Later that night, Bob finishes his first edition, with the headline “Editor’s Wife Brings New Life to Archive ,” a tribute to Jane and their new daughter Sister. Jane thanks Mrs. Spatch, who has stayed to help her, and the kindly woman explains that this is how people behave in a small town. Within days, the Archive office bustles with activity as Jane works alongside Bob. Although they have many stories, they lack the advertising that will keep them afloat financially. Jane charms local retailer Myron Trout into placing an ad, but when he discovers that she is married, he cancels it. Bob is discouraged enough to quit when Jane concocts a scheme to publish old photos from their vaults and challenge the townspeople to identify the picture’s subject. The contest is a huge hit, until they unwittingly run a picture of a building now owned by a madam. After half the town cancels their subscriptions in outrage, Jane decides to raffle off a car, and although they are soon awash in new subscriptions, they still have no ads. Fred suggests that they join local organizations to become part of the community, and Jane and Bob are quickly enmeshed in meeting after meeting. One day, Jane meets crotchety farmer James Bartlett, who explains that he will not read the Archive until they replace their society headlines with news about the current deadly drought. Jane convinces Bob to write an editorial, and he, excited about an experiment he read about on seeding clouds with dry ice to create rain, writes that the Archive will bring rain. While he awaits a cloudy day, Jane spends all their money on the prize car to stop Trout’s rumors that the contest is a hoax. The night before the contest ends, Bob hires pilot Chet Dunne to fly him up to some newly formed clouds. Just as they take off, a downpour begins, and by the time they touch down, a proud Jane has printed the headline ” Archive Editor Ends Drought.” Bob does not have the heart to protest, and soon all of Eden celebrates him. Days later, however, the uncurtailed rain is causing floods and Trout calls a town meeting to sue Bob for damages. Before the trial, Bob informs Jane that he wants to return to New York, and she cheerfully agrees, stating that the only important thing is that the family stay together. No one at the trial believes that Bob did not start the rain until Jane gives a heartfelt speech announcing their move and detailing how hard Bob has worked and how strongly he believes in his neighbors’ goodness. Back at the Archive , as the MacAvoys prepare to leave, Matthew and Jake refuse Jane’s offer of back pay and cry over Sister. At four o’clock, as Jane has secretly requested, all of Eden gathers at the office. There, Mayor Hull asks for another chance and the whole town apologizes. Just then, the rain stops, heralding the arrival of a meteorologist Jane has called in to confirm Bob’s innocence. After the local banker offers a loan for a new press, Jane and Bob decide to save their last edition–headlined “Goodbye to Eden”–for a rainy day.

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Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Those popular MGM co-stars William Powell and Myrna Loy take a break from their usual Thin Man duties to star in the zany comedy I Love You Again. The film opens with Loy prepared to divorce her dull businessman husband Powell. A blow on the head causes Powell to remember his former life as a notorious con man. No one in town has any knowledge of Powell’s criminal past, a fact he hopes to use to his advantage. Loy, astounded at Powell’s sudden surge of amorous ardor, reconsiders her divorce. When she learns of his true identity, she is even more fascinated. Another blow on the head restores the non-criminal Powell–at least, that’s what he and Loy would like you to believe. The film’s highlight is a screamingly funny sequence in which Powell plays scoutmaster to a group of surly youngsters (including Our Gang veterans Carl Switzer and Mickey Gubitosi, aka Robert Blake).

From “Gone With the Twins”
The winning team of William Powell and Myrna Loy is enough to warrant interest in any film, and although I Love You Again has an immensely curious premise, the humor isn’t as consistent as in their most popular screwball comedies. Based on the novel by Octavus Roy Cohen, the film delivers some truly sensational moments constructed on the typically hilarious mayhem surrounding amnesia, but Powell’s dialogue feels occasionally forced and the supporting characters don’t seem to contribute to the hilarity as often as they need too – especially with severe subplots that take the film in a serious direction too frequently for the lighthearted chemistry of Powell and Loy to overcome.
It’s 1940 and boring businessman Larry Wilson (William Powell) is vacationing on a pleasure cruise, drinking his ginger ale and grape juice and irking the men at the bar with tales of his hometown. When inebriated passenger “Doc” Ryan (Frank McHugh) falls off the ship, Wilson dives in after him and suffers a blow to the head (from the rescuers). Now a hero with the indebted Ryan at his side, Wilson is also awoken from a shocking nine years of amnesia. In an incredibly unique twist and a brilliant start to a film, he doesn’t undergo the effects of amnesia, but rather comes out of it.

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