Frank Lawton

  • Tod Browning – The Devil-Doll (1936)

    1931-1940ClassicsHorrorTod BrowningUSA

    Paul Lavond was a respected banker in Paris when he was framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to prison. Years later, he escapes with a friend, a scientist who was working on a method to reduce humans to a height of mere inches (all for the good of humanity, of course). Lavond however is consumed with hatred for the men who betrayed him, and takes the scientist’s methods back to Paris to exact painful revenge.Read More »

  • James Whale – One More River (1934)

    1931-1940DramaJames WhaleUSA

    A young lady leaves her brutal husband and is befriended by a smitten man aboard ship. The husband pursues her to her family home, treating her more like property, and refusing to grant her wish for divorce. Antiquated marital laws only allow for divorce if the wife commits adultery (which she did not, and does not want to do). So she’s in a Catch-22…Read More »

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