Comments on She Blogged By Night: Marie Prevost Project: The Racket (1928)

Thank you for another fabulous review! I'm so ...

2010-05-10T07:35:42.127-05:00

Thank you for another fabulous review! I'm so glad to find another Marie Prevost fan. It's great that TCM shows some of her films that you can't get on DVD. I just love Marie as a blonde :-) Did you know that she was having a torrid affair with Howard Hughes when she made The Racket? I'd like to add a link to this review on my new web site (MariePrevost.org)

good lord, some of my post isalmost unreadable, bu...

2010-02-13T17:18:00.240-06:00

good lord, some of my post isalmost unreadable, but I'll leave it as it is- mea culpa.

Well, I've gotta say I liked the music and Mei...

2010-02-13T17:16:21.274-06:00

Well, I've gotta say I liked the music and Meighan's performance more than you did- I think Scarci's music is peppy on his first entrance because he comes in because at that point he's a rather cocky figure and semi-comic: he's almost likable until we find out how cold blooded he is. I won't belabor the point. In any case it's quite a film and to me this is a 30's precode but without sound. There are a lot of title cards but they're adroitly edited in and the film moves at a good pace, at least until the second part where the stage play makes itself felt. I loved the funeral scene & Scarsi's comic rage-and yes, Skeets Gallagher was the cherry on that particular sundae.

I just noticed Louis Wolheim is in this one, too! ...

2010-02-10T21:11:01.809-06:00

I just noticed Louis Wolheim is in this one, too! I love that lug. BTW, congrats on the job!

OOOOOOOOOH YAY! Thanks for telling me, Ivan. I h...

2010-02-10T20:46:49.728-06:00

OOOOOOOOOH YAY! Thanks for telling me, Ivan. I have a copy of that film, not a good one though. I just got a job and today alone made enough to pay for 2 (two!) DVDs. I'm goin' shoppin'!

I've bid on that issue of Screenland on eBay 5 times, Van, and haven't won it yet. I do have some other issues, but some of the Marie Prevost magazine covers are downright odd.

I like the look of the Racket film, I'll recor...

2010-02-10T15:45:23.771-06:00

I like the look of the Racket film, I'll record it for sure. That's a helluva great Screenland magazine cover!

Stacia, Grapevine Video has just released Up in Mabel's Room to DVD -- I don't know if you were aware if it, but I thought I'd pass the info along.