Tag Archives: delinquent dames
Problem Girls (1953)
“One step before the state asylum.” Problem Girls (1953) from director Ewald Andre Dupont is a B film. Make no mistake about that. Why bother watching it you ask? Easy: its HCF (High Camp Factor) joined with its theme of Delinquent Dames. … Continue reading
Filed under Cult Classics
The Company She Keeps (1951)
“Save it for the jail, sister. Better acoustics and more time.” In The Company She Keeps from director John Cromwell, gravelly-voiced Lizabeth Scott plays sunny, sweet parole officer, Joan Wilburn opposite Jane Greer as ex-con Mildred Lynch. In the film’s … Continue reading
Filed under Lizabeth Scott
Not For Or Against (2002)
“When you choose a path, you go all the way.” I’ve enjoyed a couple of films from director Cedric Klapisch–When the Cat’s Away and Un Air de Famille. Klapisch’s saccharine, fluff piece L’Auberge Espagnole, however, was a huge disappointment, so … Continue reading
Poor White Trash (2000)
“You’re hotter than doughnut grease.” The premise of the very funny comedy film Poor White Trash is that poor people have to resort to crime in order to maintain that American dream of sending their children to college. It’s a “Robin … Continue reading
Filed under Comedy, Cult Classics
Gambling With Souls (1936)
“You filthy operator of a sex exchange.” Strict censorship rules of the Hays Code spawned the production of many sexploitation films–films that were presented as exposes of the lurid charms of various human vices. These films took a strong moral … Continue reading
Filed under Exploitation
Test Tube Babies (1948)
Test Tube Babies/ Hell is a Place Called Hollywood is a double feature DVD release from Alpha Video. You’d have to go a long way to find a film as peculiar as Test Tube Babies. With a pseudo educational … Continue reading
Filed under Exploitation
Strange Impersonation (1946)
“You cannot escape the person you are.” In the film, Strange Impersonation chemist Nora Goodrich (Brenda Marshall) is close to perfecting a new form of anesthesia, and she’s also fending off fiance and fellow chemist, Dr Lindstrom. Lindstrom is pushing … Continue reading
Filed under Anthony Mann, Film Noir
