A Holy Terror (1931)
7/10
Yee Haa
2 January 2019
I must say my reason for watching this very early film is the man himself Mr Humphrey Bogart, i have been a lifelong fan of his, growing up watching his prints from his early days until his premature death early on in his life. Having said that i normally give a 10/10 but this gets a 7/10, my down scoring is not through his acting as it was great but the film is around just 50 minutes long and so when it just gets interesting it ends leaving the viewer frustrated.

The story itself is a simple one of a guy that gets murdered and his son flies out to check on a local rancher to see if he can shed light on it. en route he crashes his plane into a lady's (Jerry) bathroom and survives. she falls in love with him and thats the problem, Steve (Bogart) also likes her and this proves difficult as they both fight for her affections.

The film itself is a little slow and you can tell its so very early a talkie film as the quality is very low and crackly throughout. if your a Bogart fan its worth the watch to see him in an early print.
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