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Night Life in Reno (1931) -- A story of love, humor and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An (interrupted) indiscretion by John Wyatt with a floozy prompts his wife...

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2 November 1931 (USA) more
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A story of love, humor and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An (interrupted)... more | add synopsis
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Boozing, smoking,affairs, gambling, divorce, murder & more. more (3 total)

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Virginia Valli ... June Wyatt
Jameson Thomas ... John Wyatt
Dorothy Christy ... Gwen Maynard
Arthur Housman ... Roy Carlton
Dixie Lee ... Dorothy
Clarence Wilson ... Adrian Garrett
Carmelita Geraghty ... Rita Carlton
Pat O'Malley ... Red
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USA:58 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono | Mono (RCA Photophone System)

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10 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Boozing, smoking,affairs, gambling, divorce, murder & more., 5 September 2004
6/10
Author: cobram-1 from United States

For an early talkie this movie is actually pretty good. The story is told quickly, the movie only bogs in a few places, but it's entertaining and great to see the details of the clothing, cars and norms of the times. The basic storyline is that a husband picks up a hussy at a party, the wife catches them (almost) in the act, and she goes off to Reno to get a divorce (only a 6 week wait in Nevada). Evidently Reno in 1931 was frequented only by sleazy lawyers, heavy drinking, smoking, gambling and sexing people living it up while they waited for their 6 weeks to roll by. I liked the movie, especially since it gets straight to the point on a few of the subplots, instead of drawing them out like many other films do. This is now a public domain movie, and is available for free download from several sites on the internet. I downloaded a 3 gig Mpeg and the quality of the images were excellent, the sound could use some work, but as with many of these pre-Dolby films, nobody is going to go to the expense and trouble of cleaning up the soundtrack for free. On a scale of 1 to 10, judged against all movies, I'd give it a 6. Judged against other movies of it's era, I'd give it an 8.

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