Movies

Man’s Castle | A Study of Negro Artists | Murder In Harlem

Man’s Castle (1933)

11/419 on the NYC list A depression-era pre-code film focused on a couple living in a Hooverville near the East River. Once more I think Loretta Young (playing Trina) should get away from that man, but at least here the man is forgivable.

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The film was re-released in 1938 with nine minutes of cuts made for the Hays Code, though it was later at least partially restored. There was an odd cut while Bill and Fay were sitting on the couch and I wondered if something was lost there, since it was uncharacteristic of the rest of the film.t

A Study Of Negro Artists (1935)

12/419 on the NYC list. A 35 minute silent film of visual artists of the Harlem Rennaissance at work. My favourite artists to watch here were the sculptors, including the little kids learning some art.

Murder In Harlem (1935)

13/419 on the NYC list. A whodunit loosely inspired by the Leo Frank case, that made me go “ehhhhh” at the film on its own merits and how it handles its inspiration. Unfortunate, I was looking forward to a Harlem-set mystery.

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