Lauren, 25, out-of-work librarian. At the moment, TLC is but a review blog and catalogue of my film-related perversions. I always plan to do more with it — and to one day step outside 30s Hollywood again. Who knows?

» The Great Lie 1941, Edmund Goulding
» In This Our Life 1942, John Huston
» The Crash 1932, William Dieterle
» Café Metropole 1937, Edward H Griffith
» Dodsworth 1936, William Wyler
» The Rich Are Always with Us 1932, Alfred E Green
» Lilly Turner 1933, William A Wellman
» Frisco Jenny 1932, William A Wellman
» Female 1933, Michael Curtiz
» Waterloo Bridge 1931, James Whale

The Great Lie (2)

• Lauren: Au contraire, I love the idea of the potentials of artlessness. …And wish I had somewhere to go with...
• Mango: Wonderful, an update. Cool spoiler device. It sounds like this strikes on the wonderful potentials artlessness...

In This Our Life (1)

• John McElwee: I’ve just discovered you, spent the last hour reading “The Life Cinematic”, and let...

Dodsworth (2)

• Lauren: He’s the guy on the ship early in the film who first tries to seduce Mrs Dodsworth. Too bad they...
• Mango: David Niven is in Dodsworth? I don’t remember him…