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March Madness

Flirtation Walk
1934 Nominee

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It’s a military story with romance mixed in, but it’s hard to get bitten by the love bug around all the story tricks. The lead rascal from The Front Page is back as an antagonistic Sergeant and he’s making Dick’s military life harder than necessary. It gets worse when that other Dame from 42nd Street shows up and the two are caught cuddling (is it cuddling, though? Post-code?) and Dick runs off to West Point then gives her the cold shoulder when she shows up to congratulate him. Also there’s a musical. It’s more of a sprint than a walk.

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  1. Galen Humphrey Avatar
    Galen Humphrey

    Poster: The gun-toting amores in a face off- I appreciate the artistic intent of the day; how now we (should) realize the suggestive and real effects of such visuals.

    ‘Course the NRA probably sponsored the art:)

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  2. Suz Avatar
    Suz

    Agreeing w/ the prior post: the two at each end, with rifles grabbed me; so odd. The ‘swimming’ stuff reminds me that in the 30s, Hollywood was enamored with water-ballet-like footage of bathing babes bobbing in and out of the water; guess they thought that had to appear in most films, even if it didn’t work.

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