Watching........Breadlines and Champagne Film Series

The 1930s is definitely one of my favorite decades for both fashion and film. The stark contrast between the dire poverty associated with the Great Depression and the opulent glitz and glamour of 1930s film is strangely intriguing. I’m also always amazed at how scandalous some of these pre-code films actually were. Mae West always makes me blush! :)

I'm No Angel (1933)

I love the title to this film series, Breadlines and Champagne. I can't remember how I stumbled across it, but the series ran at the Film Forum in New York from February 6th through March 4th. Obviously, a trip to New York just to watch some old movies was not in order, but I do think it would be amazing to experience these films on the big screen, which I suppose was the only way they were ever seen by contemporary audiences.

Golddiggers of 1933 (1933)

Personally, I hardly ever go to the movies anymore. I’m afraid I would much rather sacrifice a big screen for the comfort of my own cozy couch with a warm dog curled up at my feet to the over-crowded theatre where the floor will inevitably be sticky and the person behind you will be whispering into a cell-phone throughout the film. I doubt that happens at the Film Forum, but you get my point.

Baby Face (1933)

In any event, this is an incredible, comprehensive list of some of the best films encompassing the vast extremes of that decade. So many of the films from this series have made their way onto my Netflix queue and I can’t wait to escape into zany screwball comedies, exquisite costumes, melodrama, outrageous choreography (I LOVE Busby Berekely!), and scandalous sensationalism!