Women of All Nations / Not Exactly Gentlemen a.k.a. Three Rogues

April 11, 2009 - 7:30 pm

Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by The Stanford Theatre Foundation and the AFI/NEA Film Preservation Grants Program.

Women of All Nations (1931)

Directed by Raoul Walsh

What Price Glory, a WWI dramedy directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe, was a blockbuster for Fox Film Corporation in 1926. Three years later, the studio re-teamed the director and stars with two sound sequels, The Cock-Eyed World (1929) and the later Women of All Nations. This third installment features plenty of pre-Code salaciousness with McLaglen and Lowe reprising their roles as two randy marines, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who spar over women (including the gorgeous Greta Nissen) in every port, from Nicaragua to Brooklyn.

Fox Film Corp. Producer: Wm. Fox. Screenwriter: Barry Conners. Cinematographer: Lucien Andriot. Editor: Jack Dennis. Cast: Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Greta Nissen, El Brendel, Fifi D'Orsay.

35mm, 72 min.

Preservation funded by The Stanford Theatre Foundation and the AFI/NEA Film Preservation Grants Program.

Not Exactly Gentlemen / a.k.a. Three Rogues (1931)

Directed by Benjamin Stoloff

UCLA Graduate Ben Stoloff's light-hearted comic Western centers on Ace, Bronco and Bull—three petty criminals on the run who encounter the not-exactly-guileless Lee Carleton (Fay Wray) on the eve of the Dakota land rush of 1877. Wray's Carleton proves the perfect counterpoint to the roguish trio and their protective instincts take over when an evil saloon owner tries to steal her gold claim. The mayhem that ensues culminates in a hilariously protracted horse and wagon stampede that must be seen to be believed. Slapstick veterans Lew Cody and Eddie Gribbon provide further comic relief while Wray and Victor McLaglen share a smoldering chemistry.

Fox Film Corp. Producer: Wm. Fox. Screenwriter: William Conselman, Dudley Nichols. Cinematographer: Daniel Clark. Editor: Clyde Carruth. Cast: Victor McLaglen, Fay Wray, Lew Cody, Robert Warwick, Edward Gribbon.

35mm, 61 min.

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Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by David Stenn.

Accent on Girls (1936)

Directed by Fred Waller

A swing music short starring Ina Ray Hutton and her all-girl band, the MeloDears.

Screenwriter: Milton Hockey, Fred Rath.

35mm, 7 min.

Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by the family and friends of Ron Isroelit, and The Stanford Theatre Foundation.

Helpmates (1932)

Directed by James Parrott

Ollie enlists Stan's help in cleaning up his house after a wild party, with predictably catastrophic results.

Hal Roach Studios. Producer: Hal Roach. Screenplay: H.M. Walker. Cinematographer: Art Lloyd, Richard C. Currier. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Robert Callahan, Blanche Payson.

35mm, 20 min.

Part of:

2009 UCLA Festival of Preservation

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