Sass Mouth Dames Film Club series 30

Megan McGurk introduces three sparkling pre-Code gems. Grab a drink at the bar.

Popcorn is free!

Red Headed Woman (1932)

Screens 12 September at 7.00

Jean Harlow leapt to stardom playing an unabashed gold digger (or a ‘sex pirate’ as screenwriter Anita Loos preferred) who never met a man she couldn’t trim. She turns the tables on her married boss (Chester Morris) who assumes he’s in charge of a little office slap and tickle. Harlow lampoons sexual double standards without missing a beat. Keep an eye out for swoon merchant Charles Boyer as the chauffeur.

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Screens 19 September at 7.00

Director Ernst Lubitsch set the gold standard for sophisticated comedies brimming with style in Depression-era Hollywood. Kay Francis plays an elegant parfumier who gets tangled up with two swindlers, played by Miriam Hopkins and Herbert Marshall. The ‘Lubitsch touch’ is on tap with the moon in champagne, daring jewel robberies, an obscenely expensive handbag, class upheaval, and a scintillating three-cornered romance.

M**der at the Vanities (1934)

Screens 26 September at 7.00

Once Florenz Ziegfeld kicked the bucket in 1932, Earl Carroll became the top chorus line producer on Broadway. Carroll developed the story about a backstage M**der mystery and took his showgirls to Hollywood. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, a king of woman’s pictures, and costumed by Travis Banton, the musical revues give Busby Berkeley a run for his money. Not to be missed for the 'Sweet Marijuana' number.

Event Venue

Brooks Hotel Cinema, Brooks Hotel, Dublin 2, Ireland