Marianne (1929) (MOD) "The Wizard of Oz"

Marianne (1929) (MOD) "The Wizard of Oz"Following triumphs in the silent The Patsy, The Cardboard Lover and Show People, Marion Davies took her first headlong leap into talkies with the crazy quilt musical comedy romance Marianne, inspired by and from the scriptwriter of (believe it or not) King Vidor's The Big Parade. Sporting a bawdy fractured English accent, she plays an earthy French peasant who runs an inn and cares for war orphans in a village where a troop of American soldiers is

Hungarian Paul Kedes (Jason Robards

sheltered Joan Fontaine is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Cary Grant

while certain members of the Justice League are forced to stand trial at the criminal hearing off-world

And the stage is set for a final

000 nest egg tucked reassuringly within reach

HE realizes his revenge

Three months before he starred in the film noir favorite The Big Heat

he meets up with Dick Miller (Philip Huston)

The night fog is like a soup you can stand your spoon in

Beautiful young Laura Murdock chooses the easiest way out of the slums: become the plaything of her wealthy boss

All About The Benjamins

It's the film notorious gangster John Dillinger saw with his mysterious "lady in red" before exiting the theater and walking right into an FBI ambush