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Ever Since Eve 1937, LLOYD BACON
Downloaded this a couple months ago when I first became smitten with Robert Montgomery, as it’s his highest-rated film on IMDb, and 343 votes for that 8.1 average is enough to expect a fair consensus. Oh no, it’s rather poor and recommended to no one. Cute plot about a woman (Marion Davies) who has to disguise herself as an ugly girl to gain secretarial employment and her skirt-chasing boss who falls in love with her real self is lazy and devoid of laughs. But all right, my Robert couldn’t be cuter so it’s not a total bust. Only for fans of the leads.
Based on the problem of prevalent sexual harassment in the workplace during this era, this comedy makes various points about what is considered attractive and how it may interfere with work.
-Sanderson Beck
Haha, meh, “various points” are pretty superficial but I guess if I ever get that PhD in women’s studies and teach Women in the Workplace I’ll show this film. 
Le Signe du lion 1959, ERIC ROHMER
Rohmer’s first film, very good, with a dialogue-light tragic-realism not found much elsewhere in his work, already the interest in ironic moral tales, gorgeous Paris photography despite the descent into homelessness, haunting score, great lead perf, hilarious JLG cameo.
Petticoat Fever 1936, GEORGE FITZMAURICE
Better than Eve but still weak, works all right ’cause I like Robert & Myrna.
Devil & the Deep 1932, MARION GERING
Le Pont du Nord 1981, JACQUES RIVETTE
Ladies of Leisure 1930, FRANK CAPRA
Dan in Real Life 2007, PETER HEDGES — Effortlessly & genuinely charming, nothing new, but perhaps the best a generic romantic comedy can do.
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