tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post4270206285636943458..comments2024-02-01T23:41:43.069-05:00Comments on Out of the Past: The Big House (1930)Raquel Stecherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02687110907002450794noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-77282122402005555012010-12-17T13:55:08.457-05:002010-12-17T13:55:08.457-05:00Call me shallow, but I want to see this movie beca...Call me shallow, but I want to see this movie because Robert Montgomery looks HOT in that picture. :-PElizhttp://twitter.com/eliz8726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-18785191798988860822010-12-11T10:00:12.571-05:002010-12-11T10:00:12.571-05:00This movie relaunched Wallace Beery's huge car...This movie relaunched Wallace Beery's huge career. Lon Chaney was originally cast in the part (the only other extant actor with Beery's raw power) but died of throat cancer. Beery, a huge supporting actor in the silent era, couldn't get work after the advent of sound because of his peculiar voice (similar to fellow Irishman Arthur Godfrey's) but Irving Thalberg realized how perfect for movies it was, dropped him into the now available Chaney part, and within a couple of years he was the highest paid actor in Hollywood, with an MGM contract stipulating that he be paid $1 more than any other actor, a clause that haunted the studio when they hired Garbo for a then-astronomical sum, momentarily forgetting that they'd have to match it for Beery. A few years after that, Beery, gangster Pat DiCicco, and DiCicco's 19-year-old nephew "Cubby" Broccoli allegedly beat Ted Healy, original organizer of the 3 Stooges, to death in the parking lot of the Trocadero nightclub, according to a recent book about MGM's "fixers." Beery was sent by the studio to Europe until the heat was off and a story was concocted that it was 3 "college students" who killed Healy instead, then escaped.Michael Powersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-4744487026986664322010-02-18T21:30:50.469-05:002010-02-18T21:30:50.469-05:00When you noted "art deco prison," I thou...When you noted "art deco prison," I thought it might be a fun place to visit. Oh wait, that whole prison part... (lol)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17942515417664136914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-66469155763904696022010-02-18T11:59:30.631-05:002010-02-18T11:59:30.631-05:00Nothing like raw physical power and a dash of corr...Nothing like raw physical power and a dash of corruption to spice up the justice system, eh? Women in prison also make for diabolical fun—there's a guy in France trying to catalog every Women in Prison film ever made! Talk about your niche markets. http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/wipfilms/<br />Great choice, Quelle!Mark Zerohttp://bookmarkzero.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-64883851373391504582010-02-18T10:37:51.229-05:002010-02-18T10:37:51.229-05:00"Who knew a film about a bunch of men in pris..."Who knew a film about a bunch of men in prison could be so sexy?"<br /><br />Um, me! Prison movies always have at least one scene where the men are stripped down. It's de rigeur.Jennythenipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570881559181199994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-44685677658878966212010-02-17T19:31:37.260-05:002010-02-17T19:31:37.260-05:00I do love this movie, especially the art deco sets...I do love this movie, especially the art deco sets. Who knew that a prison could look so good?Terence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-26989801758468333012010-02-17T17:36:47.254-05:002010-02-17T17:36:47.254-05:00oh man i LOVE this film, excellent choice Quelle! ...oh man i LOVE this film, excellent choice Quelle! <br />the Grand daddy of all men in prison films! Just Wallace Beery alone would make it worthwhile but i like Chester Morris and Robert Montgomery (such a spineless weasil in this!) as well, and i think Leila Hyams was one of the most beautiful stars of her era, i'd watch her in anything! Did you know Beery's role was originally supposed to be played by Lon Chaney? but Chaney suddenly died and so Beery got the role that basically made him into a HUGE star.<br />for all i've read and heard about Wallace Beery i'd say this role is probly closest to how he's described as being in real life...NOT a nice guy!Artman2112https://www.blogger.com/profile/03062864368596074661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-24545598816433650352010-02-17T13:25:02.836-05:002010-02-17T13:25:02.836-05:00I love this film so much, adore Robert Montgomery!...I love this film so much, adore Robert Montgomery! I think I remember Robert Osborne saying that the "sister" was originally his wife, but they thought that was too risque (for Chester Morris to steal his wife?) and dubbed the word "sister" in. Since this is pre-code, and wife-stealing isn't so daring, that seems odd..<br /><br />haha bringing sexy back. (twitter) :)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026961018017690353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-37143767926914518402010-02-17T12:53:08.561-05:002010-02-17T12:53:08.561-05:00I want to see this movie. Why? Because Karl Dane i...I want to see this movie. Why? Because Karl Dane is in it. ;DElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592715432020988588noreply@blogger.com