Thirteen Women

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Alain E @AlainE Sep 30 I knew only the name Myrna Loy, and this is an excellent introduction. Long story short, she was a doll. In this movie she is more like the voodoo dolls that bring destruction. The restored black and white photography is exquisite. She is being photographed from different angles, occasionally also from different heights. She has a perfectly oval, very expressive face. She deserved her popularity. See more j f @LiberteBurrows Mar 7 Welcome to HotStuff City! Population: Myrna Loy See more 03/12/2020 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. See more 04/01/2017 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. See more 05/01/2015 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. See more 06/15/2014 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. See more Read all reviews

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