Thirteen Women

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j f Welcome to HotStuff City! Population: Myrna Loy Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/07/25 Full Review Audience Member Very dated and this is when acting was projecting as if on stage. It comes off as poor over acting. Interesting but really not good and you can't blame it on 1932 there are plenty of movies from the era that the acting and dialogue hold up well. This is schlock. The best thing is it was 1 hour. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Campy and entertaining, there are flashes of brilliance here: tight shots on Loy, made up as an evil Indian mystic bent on getting revenge against her old classmates, some scenes where tension is built up rather nicely (I won't spoil them), and even a car chase scene, 1932-style. You'll have to suspend disbelief over the concept that the mind can be controlled by another via 'waves', but that's part of the fun. Loy's motivation is revealed towards the end as she confronts Irene Dunne, and it reveals the racial climate of the times: as a "half-caste Indian half-breed", she was not allowed to "pass" as white in a sorority. As she explains it, for half-breed men this meant being a coolie, and for a woman, she simply shrugs, implying prostitution. As with many films treating race relations at the time, it has a mixed message, on the one hand, pointing out the unfairness of the sorority (and how racist its rules were), and on the other, elevating fears of violence by non-Caucasians. It's interesting that the film has quite a bit of the framework of the modern thriller in it, but it's not fleshed out as much as it ideally would have been, and seems abrupt in places. Finding out that the original release was 14 minutes longer could explain that, but I have to review it for what survives. You could do worse, and it's actually kind of a fun movie. Oh, and last point - interesting to see Peg Entwistle in her only credited screen role, before jumping from the 'H' in the Hollywood(land) sign in despair. Watch for her character 'Hazel' early on. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member In genre terms it's crazy that this movie came out in 1932. It's basically the idea of And Then There Were None and Slasher films but predates it all. Other than that it's racist against Asian people and boring. The only watchable things really were the little boy actor and Myrna Loy's face. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Silly junk, wildly dated that was one of Myrna's final villainess Eurasian roles. She looks great but is far better than the part deserves. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The premise is good and maybe relevant, and Loy looks great as a "half-breed Hindu-Japanese something." But the script and acting are too stagy, and a handful of starburst wipes aren't enough to give this the visual flair it could have used. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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