#’The Devil and Miss Jones’ Disguises Class Politics as Screwball Comedy

#’The Devil and Miss Jones’ Disguises Class Politics as Screwball Comedy

“#’The Devil and Miss Jones’ Disguises Class Politics as Screwball Comedy” Beyond the Classics is a bi-weekly column in which Emily Kubincanek highlights lesser-known old movies and examines what makes them memorable. In this installment, she highlights The Devil and Miss Jones. Jean Arthur and Charles Coburn were no strangers to playing relatable every-American type…

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#Pre-Code Surrealism in ‘The Sin of Nora Moran’

#Pre-Code Surrealism in ‘The Sin of Nora Moran’

“#Pre-Code Surrealism in ‘The Sin of Nora Moran’” Beyond the Classics is a bi-weekly column in which Emily Kubincanek highlights lesser-known old movies and examines what makes them memorable. In her first entry, she looks at the 1933 melodrama The Sin of Nora Moran. Talking about older Hollywood movies can feel repetitive when we only…

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