Weirdest Terror Tuesday Ever?: BOARDINGHOUSE !!!

Terror Tuesday presents BOARDINGHOUSE aka HOUSEGEIST!
Tues, 11:20 PM, Ritz - Tix only $1!

"It's a movie with human beings in it, but this could not have possibly been made by human beings." - Bleeding Skull.com

The world ended in 1982. It's a little-known fact, and the proof lies in BOARDINGHOUSE, a supernaturally abnormal camcorder-made oddity that bursts through unexplored dimensions to bring you a truly life-altering, brain-hating viewing experience.

A telekinetic man in a thong bikini runs a newspaper ad to rent rooms in his haunted house to "beautiful women with no ties." Naturally, several respond and move in. Later, one of the ladies steps into the shower and turns into an old bald man with a rat in his mouth. Around this time, the refrigerator assaults the new boarders with a paranormal yogurt blast. There's also electrocution, a floating blob and about 912 other things you won't believe until you see them with your own eyes. Probably not even then.

Forget DEVIL FETUS, BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL and everything else in cinematic history. There is no film more insane on this planet.

Get yerrrr tickets!

HE'S GOT A REAL PURDY MOUTH...

THE ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE CANOE TRIP ADVENTURE!

Saturday, June 12 - Guadalupe River

Tickets ON SALE NOW!

In anticipation of the biggest year yet for the Alamo's Rolling Roadshow Tour (Details coming soon!), we're going to back to the event that started it all!

Back in 2004, Tim League and 100 other thrill-seeking cinephiles boarded canoes for a float down the Guadalupe River, straight into the heart of squealing darkness.SOOOOOIE! Well, grab your banjos because we're going back for more.

Enjoy a lazy day of paddling the river, drinking some beer, and then pulling the boat out at a remote rolling roadshow theater set up along the banks of the river, more beer, and wait for the sun to set to watch the ultimate hillbilly canoeing movie: DELIVERANCE!

As this is back country, we may run into some natives along the way, but just stare straight ahead and don't show them your teeth. And yes, we will be serving up a complete slow-roasted spit-fired pig!

We are limited in the number of canoes available for this event, so get your tickets early!

A ticket to this event includes:
-Canoe (with shuttle service from the meet-up)
-Guided float
-Beer!
-BBQ dinner, including a complete slow smoked pig!
-35mm screening outdoors under the stars

For the canoe trip, we're teaming up with the incredible folks at The Guadalupe Canoe Livery (directions) in Spring Branch! The water's high, the float is incredible and they've got under the National average of Banjo-playing maniacs. Still a few though. They also have camping on-site! If you're interested in staying the night, please contact them directly- their website is guadalupecanoelivery.com

For the screening, remember to bring a blanket or a chair or both! We'll take care of the rest!

Kevin Costner Will Die For You

MASTER PANCAKE presents

ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES

Friday & Saturday at Alamo Village

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"At the end of ROBIN HOOD: Prince of Thieves, Costner tells Marion, "I would die 4 U." Doesn't that make him Robin Hood: Thief of Prince?" - Master Pancake

Return to the thrilling days of yore, when Kevin Costner was box-office gold and Bryan Adams wrote stirring cinematic prom ballads, as Master Pancake Theater skewers the worst Robin Hood adaptation ever: ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES!

Costner plays Robin Hood, a man on a quest to find his missing British accent, and Morgan Freeman is - surprise! - his Magical Black Helping Figure. Together they team up to fight the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman channeling equal parts Hans Gruber and Wile E. Coyote). Director Kevin Reynolds (WATERWORLD) adds visual flair with the pointless yet nauseating P.O.V. technique of Arrow-Cam. You won't want to miss a single merry minute as Master Pancake buckles the swash out Sherwood and makes much ado about Notting.

We are pleased to announce that special guest mocker Mary Jo Pehl (Mystery Science Theater 3000, Cinematic Titanic) will be joining John and Joe for the run of the show!

MARKO ZAROR LIVE THIS FRIDAY!

UNDISPUTED 3 + MANDRILL Double Feature!
Feat. star Marko Zaror LIVE!
Friday, May 28, Alamo South Lamar

Annihilator Marko Zaror is the undisputed Champ of Fantastic Fest, having attended with three separate face-blasters over the years- KILTRO, MIRAGEMAN & MANDRILL. MANDRILL even took home the Best Fantastic Feature Prize and Marko himself took home Best Actor in 2009!

In celebration of (and bribe for protection from) the Chilean megalith, we’ve teamed up with Action Fest to present a night of bone-snapping, pulse-kicking, throat-jabbing fun!

On Friday, May 28, at 10:15p, join Marko Zaror Live in Person for an unstoppable Double Feature of Chilean Annihilation- UNDISPUTED III: REDEMPTION followed by MANDRILL!

If you are a Fantastic Fest 2010 badge Holder and would like to attend, send an email to rsvp@fantasticfest.com with UNDISPUTED ME in the subject line. Be sure to include your name in the body of the email.

We’ll select enough of your emails to fill the theater and post the list of winning names on the Fantastic Fest Blog by Wednesday, May 26, at 5pm. Each name that makes the list can pick up TWO tickets to the show, but they must be picked up no later than 9:15p on the night of the show. We expect a rabid stand-by line, and even the mighty Zaror himself won’t be able to hold them back for long.

Speaking of the stand-by line. This event just got bumped up to a bigger theater and we're holding all the additional seats for the general public to walk up on a first come, first seated basis. Add to that the fact that from the list mentioned above at least 20% will be no-shows, so if you want to see this show, come down to the theater early and your chances of getting in are GOOD!

Read more about MANDRILL here

Read more about UNDISPUTED III: REDEMPTION here

HAUSU: the most haunting, hilarious and unbelievable film on Earth!!

Japanese brain-mangler HAUSU!
Brand new 35mm print! Opens this Fri at Ritz!

Fantastic Fest 2009 Favorite! Mental Meltdown Classic! Possibly the Most Brilliant and Bizarre Film of the 20th Century!!

No one can deny that Japan has established a staggering legacy of skull-bursting cinematic hysteria. Since the post-atomic rumblings that spawned Godzilla, the greatest genre thunder hails from the East. And in 1977, every last goddamn ounce of Japan's unleashed insanity was distilled into one single film.

The story follows teenage girl Oshare, a doomed fantasist living in a garish, neon-pastel world of dancing rainbows and eternal sunsets, where two-dimensional subway trains take her away from the miseries of life and -- eventually -- to the remote home of her twisted, gnarled aunt. There, Oshare is joined by her friends, each named after her particular obsession; Melody plays music, Kung-Fu practices her high kicks, and so on.

Of course, things aren't as they seem. Auntie is actually a restless, manic demonoid and even her fluffy cat is in on the super-unnatural hijinks. But that's only the beginning...it doesn't take long for the house itself to reveal its true nature as a living, breathing, virgin-devouring reality-annihilator. This ain't your mama's haunted house, either...anyone unlucky enough to pass through the doors is confronted with man-eating pianos, villainous mirrors and even a flying, ass-biting human head. All known rules of the universe slip away as the girls are transformed and/or decimated one by one in flat-out bizarre sequences that could only be described as the waking nightmares of an alien drowning in a vat of narcotics.

Every aspect of this movie -- from the eye-defying color palate to the lazer-occult effects work -- is calculated to boil your organs. Obayashi's debut feature remains a crushing, 300-fisted assault on the senses, so viciously paced and perfectly presented that watching it would actually kill the average moviegoer. This is your chance to prove that you've got what it takes to stand up to the most vibrant and compelling theatrical oddity to hit the screen. Ladies and gentlemen...HAUSU!!!

Get tickets HERE!

Leave your Shame at the Door

NO SHAME: The Soft Rock Sing-Along!
Tonight at the Ritz
Advance tickets available here

You know that feeling when you're walking around in the grocery store and they're playing some sort of super safe consumer soft rock so that no one feels threatened and everyone can keep buying their frozen dinners in peace when suddenly that one song comes on and you catch yourself singing along lightly under your breath only to realize that the other people in the aisle are looking at you and kind of shaking their heads in disbelief that you'll actually admit liking Phil Collins in public that much? Yeah. This Sing-Along is like saying a great big, "Fuck you" to those haters in the grocery store. The songs that you took off your iPod's general playlist for fear that they'd come on the shuffle while you're driving along with that new beau you're trying to impress? THAT'S ALL THAT'S IN THIS SHOW.

The song you listen to on repeat in the middle of the night when you're lying on your couch staring at the ceiling and wondering how you ended up being the empty shell of a person you are now after feeling so much promise and potential when you were a teenager and first discovered that ballad? Well, I'll never admit which song that is for me, BUT IT'S IN THIS SHOW, TOO. Along with Billy Joel, Elton John, U2, the Police and all of your other Adult Contemporary favorites. And if that makes your eyes well up just a little bit, just let those tears flow down your cheeks, man, because this show is all about NO SHAME. (Henri Mazza)

Tickets here

BIRDEMIC is back!

BIRDEMIC Returns

Wednesday, 7pm at the Ritz

Buy Tickets HERE.

BIRDEMIC is now officially a huge cult sensation. You probably saw the New York Times article in which Dave Itzkoff compares the film to PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE and calls director James Nguyen “a latter-day anti-genius to rival Edward D. Wood Jr.”

Doubtless you saw that Entertainment Weekly called the film their “new, crazy movie obsession.“ New York Magazine calls it, “The next hilariously great cult horror movie!“ You also saw Vice write, “If this is a joke, it’s the Kennedy assassination of jokes.“ I bet that made you wonder…

Maybe you also watched the ABC News Conversation segment where Sharyn Alfonsi spoke with the director about the hit cult film. And maybe, just maybe, you were feeling British and you read the Guardian article that described the film as having “all the makings of a true cult hit..."

What can we say, we agree. It's like fun standing on fun's shoulders and eating a funsicle. It's fun. See it!

Girlie Night presents PRETTY WOMAN

Girlie Night presents
PRETTY WOMAN
hosted by Sarah Pitre, with special prizes from Birds Barbershop
Tues, May 18, 7pm at the Ritz
Advance tickets available right here

Honestly, if you need me to convince you to come see this movie, I'm not sure what to say. Except for maybe... um... IT'S PRETTY WOMAN. COME ON.

It's the film that made me (and the rest of America) fall in love with Julia Roberts! It's the movie that actually makes Richard Gere, not to mention the profession of prostitution, seem really attractive! And, most important of all, it features the best shopping montage EVER, ending with one of my favorite cinematic eff you's of all time ("Big mistake. HUGE").

Is there anything PRETTY WOMAN can't do? It's the movie we turn to when we need a reminder that not all guys are jerkfaces, that even when we're down on our luck, selling ourselves on the streets, there is still hope that one day, we'll get to take a huge bubble bath and then jump on the bed in a hotel penthouse.

In other words, PRETTY WOMAN is therapy, and when you combine it with cocktails and a theater full of people singing along to Prince's "Kiss," it's potentially life-changing. So hopefully I've convinced you to join me for Girlie Night, but if not, here's one more reason: Jason Alexander is in it!

Ha ha, just kidding. The actual reason is IT'S PRETTY WOMAN.
(Sarah Pitre)

Encore Presentation: SUNRISE with MY EDUCATION!

SUNRISE - Monday 5/17 at 10:00pm @Lamar
Advance tickets available here

Last month's amazing presentation of SUNRISE with MY EDUCATION sold out and knocked the socks off of everyone in the audience. There was no question: we had to add an encore show. In case you've been kicking yourself for missing it the first time around, here's another chance to see the glorious SUNRISE with MY EDUCATION's one-of-a-kind score.

SUNRISE, directed by German expressionist extraordinaire F.W. Murnau (NOSFERATU, FAUST), is one of the greatest silent films in the medium's rich history. It ranks with Dreyer's THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, Robert Weine's THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, Lang's METROPOLIS, Chaplin's CITY LIGHTS, and a small handful of other great masterpieces of visual cinema.

This stunning film tells the story of a philandering man who wants to murder his wife and make a run for it with his lover. But this fairy tale takes a turn for the fantastic when he has a change of heart and they embark on a second honeymoon of dazzling sights, visiting a great metropolis and partying at one of the wildest carnivals ever caught on film.

Murnau is remembered as one of our finest filmmakers because of his unique and imaginative visual style. The gorgeous visuals will be paired with the haunting and calamitous music of My Education. The band has been touring across the country with their original score for SUNRISE for the past two years, perfecting one of the most impressive silent film accompaniments of our time.

Get your tickets for this great show now

'80s Insanity with VALLEY GIRL at our newest series: ZZANG!!!

ZZANG!!!!: VALLEY GIRL
Sunday - 10 PM - Ritz - Totally.

About ZZANG!!!: There is absolutely no disputing that the '80s were The Decade of FUN. Neon-streaked good times exploded worldwide in the form of celebrities (Pee-Wee, Mr. T, Max Headroom), music (punk, new wave, metal) and -- in an epic lightning bolt of unrelenting wildness -- MOVIES! Well, local spazzmatics Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly demand that YOU join us in hailing the Power of the '80s in the Alamo's newest monthly 35mm screening series: ZZANG!!!

About the movie!: We're kicking off our first show with what may be THE towering classic of the new wave era: Martha Coolidge's unstoppable masterpiece VALLEY GIRL! It's absolutely the first, last and most hilarious word in Punk Heartbreak, as a Hollywood streetcrawler (played by a young-and-still-human Nicolas Cage) falls dyed-hair-over-heels for cute-as-a-button Valley girl Julie (Deborah Foreman). Their worlds collide, their peers take sides, and everyone from hippie parents to jock boneheads get caught up until the massive prom meltdown.

An incredible cast + a whip-cracking new wave soundtrack = a genuinely flawless foray into the blazing mega-reality of Youth Gone Wild! ZZANG!!!

Tickets are HERE!

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Opens Friday, May 14 @ S. Lamar
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Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview.

As Banksy describes it, "It's basically the story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed"

ALL ABOUT EVIL with amazing guests!

ALL ABOUT EVIL with Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, Mink Stole & Peaches Christ LIVE IN PERSON!
Saturday, May 15th at The Ritz
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE!

Rebecca Havemeyer and Peaches Christ present a special live premiere!

Premiere screening! Celebrities! Live insanity on stage! Exclamation point!

The directorial debut of Midnight Movie impresario Joshua Grannell (better known as "Peaches Christ") is a twisted black comedy with performances by Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Dekker, Noah Segan, cult icon Mink Stole, and Cassandra Peterson (although her fans may know her better as Elvira)! It's a twisted black comedy set in the world of a classic old horror movie -- and a love letter to classic movie houses everywhere! The evil begins when Deborah, a mousy librarian, inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie house, the Victoria. In order to save the family business, she discovers her inner serial killer -- and starts turning out a series of grisly short films. What blood-curdling fate awaits those that dare enter the Victoria Theatre? Find out in ALL ABOUT EVIL!

Something For Mom...

MAMMA MIA! Mother's Day Brunch Spectacular!
Sunday @ The Alamo Village
Advance tickets available here

This feature-film adaptation of the beloved ABBA Broadway sensation (seen by more than 30 million people!) had a lot of hype leading up to its release last year. And damn if it didn't live up to every ounce.

Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in an eye-popping, dance-inducing celebration of love and music. An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep), is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends -- practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski) -- from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities.

This Mother's Day, come ready to sing, dance and delight in a lavish brunch menu with plenty of bubbly!

Check out the menu!

First:
Roast Goat
Roesti Potato Hash topped with a duck egg and brie sauce
Pairing - Fresh Juice Champagne cocktail

Second:
Stuffed Trio
Dolma, balsamic syrup
Cremini, sausage, stilton
Boiled red potato, smoked salmon florette, roe, Crème Fraiche
Pairing - Boutari Moshofilero, Greece

Third:
Meatball Trio
Swedish on potato pancake
Greek on mini pita with yogurt
English on whole grain toast with brown gravy
Pairing - Turnbull "Old Red Bull" Napa Valley

Fourth:
Seafood Salad Trio
octopus, trout, shrimp salads with pomegranite-grapefruit relish and served with Knokker Brod
Pairing - Bouvet Brut, France

Fifth:
Traditional Greek wedding honey cheesecake
Pairing - Port Royal with Taylor Fladgate Port, Portugal

Only a few tickets left! Get 'em here and get 'em fast or you'll be grounded!

I love you, Ma.

IRON MAN 2 Now Playing!

IRON MAN 2
Now playing at all theaters!
Get tickets for THE RITZ, VILLAGE, or S. LAMAR!

BLOGGER'S NOTE: Having just come from the Iron Man double feature, I can assure you that this movie is totally awesome. Robert Downey, Jr. KILLS once again, Mickey Rourke makes a wicked bad guy, and Scarlett Johannsen should probably do more action movies. Highly enjoyable! Summer Blockbusters for the win!

Even before he strapped booster jets onto his boots and uttered out, "Yup, I can fly" in IRON MAN, Robert Downey, Jr.'s Tony Stark was the whiskey-sipping super hero we at the Alamo could get behind. At long last he's back on the big screen and we'll be the best theater in town to watch and drink along with Stark as he takes on Whiplash and, according to the new poster, Scarlett Johansson's ample booty.

Take a look at me NOOWWW!

The Action Pack: NO SHAME: THE SOFT ROCK SING-ALONG

THURSDAY, MAY 6 @ 9:30PM

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE!

You know that feeling when you're walking around in the grocery store and they're playing some sort of super safe consumer soft rock so that no one feels threatened and everyone can keep buying their frozen dinners in peace when suddenly that one song comes on and you catch yourself singing along lightly under your breath only to realize that the other people in the aisle are looking at you and kind of shaking their heads in disbelief that you'll actually admit liking Phil Collins in public that much? Yeah. This Sing-Along is like saying a great big, "Fuck you" to those haters in the grocery store. The songs that you took off your iPod's general playlist for fear that they'd come on the shuffle while you're driving along with that new beau you're trying to impress? THAT'S ALL THAT'S IN THIS SHOW. The song you listen to on repeat in the middle of the night when you're lying on your couch staring at the ceiling and wondering how you ended up being the empty shell of a person you are now after feeling so much promise and potential when you were a teenager and first discovered that ballad? Well, I'll never admit which song that is for me, BUT IT'S IN THIS SHOW, TOO. Along with Billy Joel, Elton John, U2, the Police and all of your other Adult Contemporary favorites. And if that makes your eyes well up just a little bit, just let those tears flow down your cheeks, man, because this show is all about NO SHAME. (Henri Mazza)

INCONCEIVABLE!

Action Pack: THE PRINCESS BRIDE Quote-Along
Tonight at the Ritz
Advance tickets available here

THE PRINCESS BRIDE was actually the very first Quote-Along we ever produced at the Alamo, long before we realized that it would become an incredibly fun series of shows or that anything called The Action Pack would ever exist.

In the early summer of 2007 we were preparing to close the Colorado Street location in anticipation of opening the Ritz when the Alamo's promotions director and I were cutting the trailer for what we thought was a regular screening of THE PRINCESS BRIDE and I typed in "A Quote-Along!" into the title cards on screen. I didn't initially know what a Quote-Along show would actually look and feel like, but I knew that it HAD to be a good time. But I had no idea how magical it would actually be...

When the whole crowd smacked their heads along with Vizzini every time he said, "Inconceivable!" and the sound of the smacking was followed by small cheers and laughs, the room felt like it was coated in the same kind of fairy tale happiness as the film. We've been doing Quote-Alongs for a while now, but it's been too long since we've done THE PRINCESS BRIDE, and the last time we subtitled it we had to rely on mere DVD quality. Now that there's a beautifully crisp blu-ray available, we figure it's high time to fix that.

Once again, we'll start with a "battle for the princess" where contestants from the crowd will come up on stage to sword fight like Inigo, rhyme like Fezzik, and engage their wits like Vizzini. Then we'll move on to the feature film, with subtitles for key lines, head smacking encouraged, huge inflatable swords to wave at each other every time we say, "You killed my father, prepare to die!" and soo much more.
(Henri Mazza)

Get your tickets here

Do You Have a Plethora of Pinatas?

The Cinco de Mayo THREE AMIGOS Feast-Along!
Wednesday at the Alamo Ritz
Advance tickets available here

THE THREE AMIGOS is a guilty pleasure if there ever was one. But we're not here to make you feel the guilt, we're here to bring you the pleasure. And there are few things more pleasant than a delicious Cinco De Mayo feast. So while Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short take their comedy stylings south of the border onscreen, Ritz Chef Elijah Horgan will be creating a fusion between Mexican favorites and Texas gringo comfort food. Best of all, in between bites of your masa cakes you can shout out your favorite lines from the movie, helpfully subtitled for you. Plus there will be a plethora of other surprises!

Check out menu from Ritz chef Elijah Horgan!

I
Shrimp Ceviche Tostada
Tostada topped with shrimp, fresh lime, jalapenos, tomatoes and spices.

II
"Three Amigos"
Trio of masa cakes topped with guajillo spiced pork, red pepper beef, and bean and cheese. Served with a black bean and corn salad.

III
"Buttercup Flan"
Traditional mexican flan served with a caramel sauce and peanut cup mousse topped with butter cup shavings.

"Can I have your watch when you are dead?"

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Cinema Club Presents Pre-Code Classic NIGHT NURSE

CINEMA CLUB PRESENTS NIGHT NURSE

FEATURING LIVE DISCUSSION WITH ALAMO PROGRAMMERS AND WRITER KIM MORGAN

Sunday, May 2, 7pm at the Ritz

Buy Tickets here.

You know that sensation you get from old movies sometimes, that they're winking at you across an expanse of years, sneaking in a private dirty joke here and there? Well, NIGHT NURSE isn't just winking, it's not sneaking; it's kicking down the door and getting wild. NIGHT NURSE is one of the glories of pre-code cinema, that is to say the movies mad before Hollywood began censoring itself.

Writer Kim Morgan is the ideal choice to join us as expert commentator for NIGHT NURSE, she's a great enthusiast of both pre-code cinema and the films of Barbara Stanwyck. You may know her work on TV and you've probably read her on MSN and The Huffington Post, but our favorite Kim Morgan work is her fine writing for her own site Sunset Gun.

NIGHT NURSE
Rated NR; 72min; Director:William A. Wellman (1931)
One of the most salacious and entertaining pre-code features. NIGHT NURSE could certainly never have been made under the censorious "production code." It's vulgar, it's rude, it's full of innuendo - in other words - it's great! Barbara Stanwyck, fresh from New York, is at her sexy, gum-chewing best as a young nurse who uncovers a horrifying case of child neglect and murder while working for a wealthy family. She uses her wiles (and her bootlegger boyfriend's shady underworld connections) to set things straight. The sequences in the nursing school, showing Stanwyck's training and indoctrination, tell us more about the lot of poor women during the depression than a dozen history books. Fascinating, funny, not for the easily shocked - this deserves to be an underground classic with a cult of its own. Vivacious Joan Blondell matches Stanwyck step-for-step as her best friend at school. The brutal chauffeur, Nick, is played by Clark Gable, pre-stardom. Director William "Wild Bill" Wellman made five other films in the same year, including the James Cagney classic THE PUBLIC ENEMY.(Lars)