A womanizing singer falls for an old-fashioned Southern belle. The problem is, she already has a fiance.A womanizing singer falls for an old-fashioned Southern belle. The problem is, she already has a fiance.A womanizing singer falls for an old-fashioned Southern belle. The problem is, she already has a fiance.
Samuel Bonello
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Aldo Franchetti
- Arguing Customer
- (uncredited)
Joseph W. Girard
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Carlo Schipa
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Joe Torillo
- Cook
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- TriviaThe play opened in New York City, New York, USA at the Avon Theater on 18 September 1929 and ran for 557 performances. William Ricciardi originated his role in the play, and Louis Jean Heydt was also in the cast.
- ConnectionsReferenced in American Grindhouse (2010)
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Death would be more entertaining
Early film musicals kept the Broadway viewpoint, shooting all the their musical numbers under the proscenium arch. Just a few years later they looked old fashioned. Strictly Dishonorable shows the same problem with shooting a play exactly as seen on Broadway. It dismisses almost entirely with the opportunities of the camera. Lighting is flat, camera movement minimized, and closeups almost non existent. For a wordy play, where almost nothing physical happens, this is death. Cinematographer Karl Freund must have gone home every night in tears. It is slooooooooow. The few witty lines are swallowed up by the inane.
I thought the entire cast, with the exception of the bit players, miscast. Sydney Fox, in particular, didn't have the chops for such a large and varying role. Paul Lucas didn't seem to me sleazy enough to be a rue'. Lewis Stone couldn't carry off a drunk. And Sydney Toler as an Irish cop?
I found the constant changes in attitude of the principals to unbelievable. Fox's coquettishness, like her accent, came and went.
Now, I must say, although I love pre-code films, there are some I do not burn to disk. This would have been one of them. However, my wife, who hates these films, saw it as a teenager, insisting on watching it in its entirety. I stayed for about an hour of it, before leaving out of complete boredom. I think this was sentimentality on her part, just like my watching The Phantom Empire serial several times a year, even though I know it's pretty bad.. So, at her request, I'm burning this one while holding my nose.
I thought the entire cast, with the exception of the bit players, miscast. Sydney Fox, in particular, didn't have the chops for such a large and varying role. Paul Lucas didn't seem to me sleazy enough to be a rue'. Lewis Stone couldn't carry off a drunk. And Sydney Toler as an Irish cop?
I found the constant changes in attitude of the principals to unbelievable. Fox's coquettishness, like her accent, came and went.
Now, I must say, although I love pre-code films, there are some I do not burn to disk. This would have been one of them. However, my wife, who hates these films, saw it as a teenager, insisting on watching it in its entirety. I stayed for about an hour of it, before leaving out of complete boredom. I think this was sentimentality on her part, just like my watching The Phantom Empire serial several times a year, even though I know it's pretty bad.. So, at her request, I'm burning this one while holding my nose.
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- Aug 30, 2019
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By what name was Strictly Dishonorable (1931) officially released in Canada in English?
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