{"id":448,"date":"2009-12-08T19:49:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T03:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/?p=448"},"modified":"2011-01-22T09:48:51","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T17:48:51","slug":"strange-love-of-molly-louvain-on-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/strange-love-of-molly-louvain-on-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Strange Love of Molly Louvain\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hooray for the Warner Archive<\/a> who are releasing Ann Dvorak films on DVD faster than I can write about them.<\/p>\n

This week’s offering includes the Strange Love of Molly Louvain<\/strong>,<\/a> directed by Michael Curtiz and co-starring Lee Tracy, Richard Cromwell, and Dvorak’s soon-to-be\u00c2\u00a0 husband, Leslie Fenton. It’s standard pre-code dealings with Dvorak\u00c2\u00a0 bearing a child out of wedlock, hooking up with a thug, getting\u00c2\u00a0 mixed up in shady dealings, and going on the lamb incognito as a bleached blonde. While it’s not quite as riveting as Three on a Match<\/strong><\/a>, the Strange Love of Molly Louvain<\/strong><\/a> is one of the few films where Ann is the focus of the film and, as usual, she makes the most of it.<\/p>\n

As I discussed previously,<\/a> the film contains one of my all time favorite Ann Dvorak scenes where she gets to do a scat version of “Penthouse Serenade” and briefly performs one of her own compositions, “Gold Digger Baby.” Molly Louvain<\/a> <\/strong>is also an important film in the annals of Ann Dvorak history because it’s where she hooked up with Leslie Fenton. The two had met a few weeks earlier on New Years Eve, but the sparks flew on the set of this film and the pair would soon elope to Arizona.<\/p>\n

I need to give a quick note of credit to the blog All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing! <\/strong><\/a>who caught this DVD release before I did.<\/p>\n

In light of this unexpected release, I am really looking forward to what other 1930s Warner Bros flicks the Warner Archive has in store for 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hooray for the Warner Archive who are releasing Ann Dvorak films on DVD faster than I can write about them. This week’s offering includes the Strange Love of Molly Louvain, directed by Michael Curtiz and co-starring Lee Tracy, Richard Cromwell, and Dvorak’s soon-to-be\u00c2\u00a0 husband, Leslie Fenton. It’s standard pre-code dealings with Dvorak\u00c2\u00a0 bearing a child […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-releases","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t