Post by rmichaelpyle on Apr 16, 2009 4:38:20 GMT -6
Watched another in the set "Hollywood Pre-Codes" with Cary Grant in the lead, this one called "Hot Saturday" (1932). It doesn't really co-star Nancy Carroll - it STARS Nancy Carroll. Cary Grant co-stars, along with Randolph Scott. Featured prominently in the cast were Edward Woods (I'll just always see him as Matt Doyle in "The Public Enemy" from the year before), Lillian Bond, William Collier, Sr., and Jane Darwell. Stanley Smith, Rita La Roy, and Grady Sutton also show up a lot. I've seen this film many times before in old, beat up prints. This print looks as if it came off the press yesterday! Simply gorgeous. This is standard pre-code fare through and through. It's almost cliched with pre-code material. Were it not for the strong cast, this would be everyday stuff, but the cast makes it work rather well. The fact that Nancy Carroll ended up with Cary Grant might be slightly disconcerting in 1932, but today we don't think a thing about it. The fact that Randolph Scott did his best imitation of Joel McCrea in every movie McCrea made between 1930 and 1934 in blaming and turning down Carroll for 'mis-behavior' shouldn't surprise anyone who knows pre-codes, but usually he would be the one who would end up with her in the end anyway. He doesn't. It's a good way to while away an hour and a half. The print's fantastic, so if you haven't seen it, watch this version. The cost of the set is very much worth the price.
