Strangers of the Evening (1932) PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Stars: Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield, Eugene Pallette
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
When bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue, an investigator tries to determine what is going on!
The pre-Code films have a special appeal because they haven't been filtered through the Censors and ALLOWED to be released to the public. Hah! They should have that same 'Code' TODAY, what with the garbage that's coming out of Hollywood. Everyone complains about it, but they keep going back to the theatres anyway.
Yes and all the movies now that I have seen are guns and blood and no mystery. these olie but goodies have the mystery and not the blood and still have principles.
I quit spending my money watching the tripe in theaters today!
I can't even watch most the stuff out of Hollywood lately. I'm so tired of elite Hollywood stars trying to cram their bizarre political opinions down our throats in the movies and everywhere else to. I love the oldies when life was simpler.
I not one of those who go to theatres. Nothing worth seeing. That's why I enjoy watching the old films on UA-cam. Thank you PizzaFlix
You're right about that. Garbage!!
Have we ever suffered more with an actress than Zazu Pitts? Her charisma is extraordinary and traps us in her cycle of sweet
innocence, whereas 90 years ago she was far more the stick-figure cut-out of comic relief. Simply remarkable.
I 'think' I know what you're laboring to convey~ I also love the sweet, ZaSu in every film she graced!
@@DavidRice111
It is ZaSu......after her two female relatives
.... eliZa & Susan.
@@robertwalker5521 fixed it ~ happy now?😀
I LOVE Zasu Piitts, she plays such a unique and perfect character in every movie i''ve seen her in.
Wonderful Zasu Pitts, so versatile
My distant cousin.
@@LendallPitts A clever actress: so original!
I've taken a lot of kidding about it, but even as a teenager, I thought she was attractive. This was at a time when boys my age were supposed to be hot for Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield.
@@leelarson107 Why? She's very pretty!
Eugene Pallette was always great as the detective in many movies. His voice reminds me of John Elliott, another character actor at that time.
He also compares favorably to Thomas Gomez, who was the first Mexican to receive an Oscar.
@@leelarson107 Thomas Gomez never won an oscar.He was nominated for Ride the pink horse.
@@keithharvey7230 Did that make you nervous? Just remember that Halle Berry and Denzel Washington each got an Oscar just for being black.
I love Zasu Pitts she was an amazing actress
Perfectly stated~ without any 'pretense' to being a wannabe film critic! THANK YOU!!
This movie has everything......mystery, humour, love, murders.....I throuroughly enjoyed! Thanks!!!
Back when CGI didn't exist they had movies with plots. Much appreciated.
A very enjoyable movie. A blend of mystery, romance and humor.
Lots of fun, what a twister, lol. Thanks so much for posting. So much better than most the garbage coming out of Hollywood these days.
Well crafted mystery with many unexpected twists and turns. In the end Dr. Everette ties up all the loose ends very nicely.
Any movie with Eugene Pallette is going to be worth the time to watch!
What a great film...the most amusing I have seen in a long time !
SUPER MERCI POUR CETTE PÉPITE FACÉTIEUSE JUBILATOIRE !.. LES ACTEURS ACTRICES S'EN DONNENT À COEUR JOIE !.. MES COMPLIMENTS AUX SCÉNARISTES MALINS ES QUI SE JOUENT DE NOUS !.. GRANDIOSE !..
At the end when the detective answers the phone, that was quite humorous
Thanks Pizza Flix! Another highly enjoyable film.
complicated story line. moral, all you need is love. lovely movie.
Well-written, lovely film. Lori March, Theodor von Eltz's (the "doctor" 's) daughter, was an elegant dark-haired actress seen mostly on stage, and in various TV programs, especially soap operas, from the 1950s to the late 1980s.
She was married three times and widowed three times, in rapid succession. Great to look at, but I'd be afraid to date her.
I really enjoyed this movie. Thank you for posting.
Thoroughly enjoyed!! Thanks Pizza
Very good movie in that kind. I really enjoy it. Thanks for sharing!
Please keep the older films coming
A plot and the story I love the old school movies everything just seemed to be on point the cops being bewildered main characters being miffed and the Mystery coming out in the end I wish they done this kind of thing today
I agree with Riogis comment a year ago that this to me too was hilarious, especially when Tommy the kid saw Mr Daniel's who was supposed to be dead laying under the sheet and his head started to rise up! The reaction on Tommy's face was too funny and then he ran out the door down the street! That was just one of the segments that made me laugh even though this movie was a mystery one! And Zazu's signature voice and her facial reactions were comedic and showed great timing and had to laugh too! All in all this was a great entertaining movie! Thanks. So Much for it and Keeo Up the Good Work!!👍🤗📽
Tommy was the hotel bellhop in "THE DEATH KISS".
What a script, just cracking...and acted brilliantly..
A must see film if you want a good laugh- great acting - lots of interesting characters !🙏🏻🙂
Thanks, PizzFlix for another great old flick!
I always enjoy Zasu Pitts every chance I get, but watching this was the first time I noticed her voice would be perfect for Popeye the Sailor's girlfriend Olive Oyl.
Oh, no, don't say that. She was a very attractive girl who often played the slightly dingy women at boarding houses and offices, usually the one who sees the handsome leading man get the other girl instead of her. And she was underrated as to her looks. In real life she was aristocratic in appearance.
@@leelarson107 I don't doubt that at all. But let's not detract from her skill and versatility; Olive is well within her range. In fact I suspect she might have played the part even better than Shelley Duvall did opposite Robin Williams's Popeye.
@@leelarson107 ..dial her up in "SO'S YOUR AUNT EMMA". She goes from meek to boss lady!
Love the costumes. Hilarious to see a very young man wearing very old-man pants, up to his armpits, at 2:28 !
Sorry, sweetie, but his pants are at his waist, not his arm pits. That was the standard, until da bruddahs be cool an' they be wearin' their pants fallin' off der hips. It's also hilarious when women think they look good in pantyhose as opposed to garters-and-nylons, Or when they slop on pasty make-up for 'that natural look'.
Eugene Pallette's personal life was said to be one of extreme choices. Believing in the possibility of a 'World blow-up' he built a 'hidden' place in the mountains stocked with cattle, trunk gardens and survival equipment.
He was not a person to feel uncomfortable from other peoples shocked reactions to his racial outbursts. A rather difficult person who still succeeded in finishing over 200 silent pics along with decades of more modern movies later .
This was a very good movie and with Zazu Pitts even better. I loved her Olive Oyl gentle voice. I rate this a 9.
I knew how beautiful Zasu was from her staring in the 1923 epic... Greed
I thought of her as highly attractive even when I was 12 years old, and that was a long time ago. I'd much rather meet her than Monroe, Mansfield, or Bardot.
@@leelarson107bardo? Come on
@@ChrisCarlin-is8wv Brigette Bardot was a pouty little thing with nasty teeth. No girly charm, just another nude actress. I'd still take Zasu Pitts. ❤
A minor classic to me. Seen this many times.
all Eugene Pallett movies are worth the watch.
A good romp...thank you
That was thoroughly enjoyable
This detective that reminds me of
Jackie Gleason.
HE IS FUNNY AS HELL
this actor portrayed so
many different rolls
as a comedy detective.
Thanks, so. Much !
I just saw him in mr Smith goes to Washington 🙂
He's the wealthy father of Miss Lombard and Miss Patrick in "My Man Godfrey". (knocks the free-loading boyfriend out the window")
@@robertwalker5521 My favorite movie, and that's a lot to do with Mr. Bullock (EP).
Lone these old .movies Zaa was best character actress
This is a good form of ASMR 😩 the voices are the best
Oh Snooky... One too many bodies... Hilarious with a good ending..
pre code hollywood never heard of that term
Imagine cops calling a woman "sister" and saying pick up that Sybil dame" today?
In "MY MAN GODFREY", the cop called the housekeeper "sister".
She replied, "If that was true, I'd disown my parents".
The Ass't undertaker looks like a young Don Knotts :)
loved it!
The fellow at the start sounds like he did a voice in Top Cat
I LOVED 'Top Cat' in the 60s!!
This is hilarious! It's hard to focus on the murder when you're laughing so hard. :).
Actually, the code dates back to the early twenties. It was a response to complaints by the Catholic Legion of Decency. The first arbiter was Will Hays. By the thirties, enforcement was lax, and Joseph Breen was brought in to put some teeth in it, which he did, with a vengeance.
Very funny,thanks.
A lively B-movie that rates more like a C+. With a cast of over the top characters such as the undertaker assistant who's identified as 19 yrs old. He looks like 40 and carries on like a 10 yr old. A wacky time had by all.
Funny/odd sort of film. Always love Eugene Pallette.
The voice of Olive Oil. I was wondering who did that voice.
Zasu didn't do the voice. The woman who did I believe was inspired by Zasu's voice.
@@DavidSmith-sb2ix Thanks Dave.
The undertaker assistant reminds me of Fred Stoller, Cousin Gerard from Everybody Loves Raymond…
3:33 alcohol in prohibition
Screw Prohibition. And a Curse on Senator Volstead for bringing it about.
As soon as I realized Zasu Pitt was in this, I thought; “Poor woman. Here comes a comic relief role, again”.
Sgt Brubaker is Friar Tuck.
Police Officer #1 "Is everyone dead around here?"
"This place gives me the creeps."
Police Officer #2: "Me too"
*Stands up, trips, falls, and bumps my head*
Good little 1932 movie, and a good post. What does pre-code mean ??
@The Barbarian Infidel Thanks for thhe reply & info. Ive never heard of Hays code of standards & practices. Cheers !
Refers to the Hays' Code, which was quite necessary due to the continuing excesses of hollycrap in those days. (just look at it today!)
I'm tired of movies about gun-fu and blood bursting from bodies and full of computer generated filler rather than having stories.
30:05 - "There sure is somethin' funny about this bird - aww, take him out an' book him for a fag!"
That's "...book him for vag" or vagrancy.
great fun
Funny and so quirky!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This was Great! Thank You Pizza Flix!
I was wondering when Zasu was going to show up! Pallette allegedly held racist and pro-Nazi views (he believed Hitler would win the war and thought that was a good idea), which caused friction at the studio. I was most interested here in the character of Tommy. The actor, Harold Waldridge, had a distinctive look and was billed in a number of pictures in the 30s, but most of his film work went uncredited.
Eugene Pallette for President!
He was in "THE DEATH KISS"....for about 3 or 4 minutes.
Nothing alleged about it. The anecdotes attributed to Paulette were brutal.
@@johnevans9751 Neither YOU, or "aadamtx " know one fact about Pallette other'n what you've read in revisionist history. Judge not, lest you BE judged~ clowns!
@@johnevans9751 Anybody with an attitude as Politically INcorrect as his can't be all bad. Eugene Pallette for President!
Good clean amusing film
Zazu shows up at 32 min into film
she received Top Billing in the film.
That's the oddity.
@@rwffolkes3039 Odd indeed
Better than Godot. He never showed up.
Her earlier scenes were most likely cut she usually steals the film.
At 40 minutes in, does anyone not know who "Richard" is?
Me. Forget Richard - they identified two different bodies as McNaughten. Even the switching bodies explanation at the end had me confused. And, there was never an explanation as just exactly what experiments the doctor was doing at the mortuary! That's what I want to know. Someone even asked what a doctor was doing with an 'office' in a mortuary. Never got an answer.
"Richard Roe" was the temporary name the cops gave the near-corpse with amnesia. Also called "Snooky" by ZaSu Pitts' character.
Funny movie
Were sunglasses invented in 1930's ?
12th Century, by the Chinese. Prototypes were thin dark slabs of material to protect the eyes.
@@leelarson107 :) Thankyou
@@leelarson107 "pre'code China!"
Raquel Welch and foster grants in the 1960s
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screw the code......
Yeah, really. Pre-Code movies from back then were pretty mild compared to the high-budget pornography they turn out today.
That's right, worm~ throw open the floodgates to every manner of filth and sin! (oh wait- we already have...)
@@DavidRice111 You're free to re-elect the forces that helped bring that about as soon as the voting starts. Kamala & Walz? OY.....................
@@leelarson107 Reading impaired much? I'm a Conservative- voted Repub since I was 22, for Nixon's 2nd term. Besides, I wasn't addressing you, I made my comment to the O.P.
Hey, diddle, diddle the corpse drove away with the hearse. Funny movie, the kind of murders I like - with laughs.
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Good movie. Comical.
That guy with 🕶️ glasses looks as if he smokes the good stuff.
oh snukky
Euro speak.
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Those beautiful fox furs are really horrible but it's good we don't think this is attractive these days, merely cruel and offensive
Speak for yourself. And are you a vegetarian as well.??