The King Murder (1932) PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD
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Based on the unsolved 1923 murder of Broadway actress Dorothy King.
Stars: Natalie Moorhead, Conway Tearle, Marceline Day
Director: Richard Thorpe
A beautiful blonde makes a career out of seducing and then blackmailing wealthy married men. When she is found murdered, the investigating detective finds she was involved in a lot more than just blackmail!
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A wonderful cast of character actors . I love these old gems :)
This is a better investigation than you usually see in such detective films. It is deliberate and takes its time.
@Equaliser9955
5 ай бұрын
totallyagree yet only 66 minutes Pure class to do less is more acting dress style sooo good
I don't think I have ever seen the actor that played the detective, Conway Tearle, in any other movies. He did a great job playing his character, plus he was handsome!
Love these older movies.
Better than I expected. Yet, when I saw Natalie Moorhead’s name, I figured this would be a decent movie.
Pizza fix has lots of good old movies and every one of them is jewel👍👍
Natalie was a natural scene stealer…..besides this movie and The Thin Man, she was a screen force in The Benson Murder Case ( also with William Powell).
Why did everyone assume that the dead woman had been murdered? Even when the first guy went to her room to retrieve the letters and saw her, she appeared to be peacefully asleep. No sign of violence, or a struggle, as the doctor later noted.
Another great movie, thanks for uploading it.
Amazing...the 3 women all lived a long life...Natalie 91, Marceline 92, Dorothy 89 Yrs of age.
@suzieqwonder3089
4 жыл бұрын
I pray they had a joyful life until the end 💞💞💞
@gregorypalmer5403
2 жыл бұрын
@@suzieqwonder3089 I do not know about these three. However, great story about their contemporary, the enigmatic beauty Dorothy Mackaill. She was VERY big, mostly a major studio playerand getting rediscovered today, and Day was quite big in the silent era but I believe Mackaill was even more problem. Then she did a number talkies but left it all behind at a young age. 40's ? 50's? 30s? Well turns out she had made a fortune from Los Angeles real estate from her career earnings and so she could afford it to walk away and for. the last few decades of her life she lived at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu! Kings, Presidents , and other famous people have been staying there for decades. And Dot Mackaill. Some person wrote she loved dishing the dirt with the other posh ladies poolside at the Hotel, and enjoyed watching the pool boys ! Pretty good for a poor child from a shipbuilding town in England. Great story.
@scallopohare9431
2 жыл бұрын
@@gregorypalmer5403 Thank you for the interesting account.
@gregorypalmer5403
2 жыл бұрын
@@scallopohare9431 You're welcome! By the way Gboard keyboard from Google wants to spell for me after I hit" send" so it's out of my control but " problem" is their word not mine. My word was " popular".
@patrickmiano7901
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, Marceline and Dorothy were “gray-listed” and reduced to minor roles and “B” pictures because they refused to sleep around. Both finally quit films while still young. Natalie had powerful friends and was able to stay in until around 1940. In those days, even married women were not safe from lecherous directors and producers. Leila Hyams, a super-star of the early 1930s, quit films for that reason. Luckily, she was married to a very wealthy agent. I don’t think any of those women, even those married several times, ever had any children. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
THANK YOU I ENJOYED WATCHING THIS OLD MOVIE VERY GOOD STORY FEB. 23 2019
Wonderful movie thanks so much for the upload
Two evil endurances and an 8 ounce of Justice at the end.
I didn't expect that ending.
First time seeing this movie. Conway Tearle is a dream boat. Definitely will be reading up on the Dorothy King case. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for a great old movie !
"Listen, big boy. You're not talking to a gaga!"
Utterly excellent
Well-told story; She was quite the ‘Murderee’ as Scotland Yard would say. Thank-You!
Good viewing - thanks for posting.
Natalie Morehead was also in The 1st Thin Man movie with William Powell and Myrna Loy.
@Magnetron33
4 жыл бұрын
She was in the Philo Vance movies too
@avisjohnson6185
3 жыл бұрын
Really? Good eye , I'll look for her . Thanks. Did she play Julia Wolfe?
@kevino4846
5 ай бұрын
A good actor.
Again, excellent, PizzaFlix. I've seen this one before, but not the twisty ending. I thought someone quite different done the deed. I can't imagine where I saw it unless it was a TCM precode showing. Thank you.
@nildacrespo1683
3 жыл бұрын
Never heard of pre code before this
I am continually amazed that those who enter rooms for whatever nefarious or even innocent reason, hoping to not be caught, haven't heard of fingerprints! Still, a good film. Thanks for the upload.
Excellent movie. Better than expected. Gotcha ending. I really ❤ film noir (but all that cigarette smoking wreaks havoc with my breathing!!) 😅 Thanks for sharing Mr. Pizza Fix. 🤩
@PizzaFLIX
2 ай бұрын
Hi Brembelia🍕Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you🍕
This one had me guessing, thanks Pizza Fix, really enjoy great character actors at their best
@PizzaFLIX
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you.
I may never buy a movie at Barnes and Noble again? LOL I also like the overture to "The Flying Dutchman" as the opening them
@viennapalace
Жыл бұрын
The Flying Dutchman? Perhaps you mean Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner. 😉
Great film, * * * * *'s for the works; And thanks for sharing.
88 years since this was filmed that sounds impossible doesn't it?
@ritasjourney
2 жыл бұрын
Let's meet in a year and celebrate 90 years. 🤠
@larrycarmody8325
2 жыл бұрын
That's almost As old as me.
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
@@larrycarmody8325 You remind me of myself when I was still living.
@blacsouljah
Жыл бұрын
@@leelarson107 ha, ha
@kevino4846
5 ай бұрын
@@leelarson107 😂🤣You and Larry should do a Vegas act👍
good movie, i always enjoy Natalie Moorhead, a capable actor and quite glamorous in her own right. thank you for showing this oldie for us 🎥🎥🎥❤️🥂
It’s interesting that many pre-code actresses were married 3 or 4 times but never had any children.
@653j521
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, interesting....
@leelarson107
2 жыл бұрын
It's better that way. **And think of how many abortions there may have been.
@patrickmiano7901
2 жыл бұрын
@@leelarson107 You have a point about the abortions, which were often done badly back then. Whether it’s better that way is subjective.
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
@@patrickmiano7901 Abortion is the woman's choice and no one else's. *But the barbarity of surgery in times gone by was grotesque. Surgery, even today, is horrible; I've been through it more than once, and it's merely the lesser of two evils.........and the lesser of two evils is still evil.
@patrickmiano7901
Жыл бұрын
@@leelarson107 You won’t hear me disagreeing except I do not believe abortion should be legal in the third trimester except to save the mother’s life or physical health or the child will be seriously low functioning or terminally ill. Most of Europe has laws in line with my opinions. My wife’s views are actually more anti-abortion than mine. I also believe abortion is a necessary evil, and that is possibly why so many old time actresses were childless. This was long before sexual harassment laws and #MeToo. Even married women were expected to get on the casting couch unless the actress or her husband was very powerful professionally.
Starting at 8:55 we see people dancing to an invisible orchestra. But the orchestra is really the 1928 Victor Record of "El Choclo" (#21393) by the International Novelty Orchestra, conducted by Nat Shilkret!
@nameskhar1510
6 жыл бұрын
Spike Jones - he's the one I remember, those "Novelty" charts are very interesting.
Well, thanks to technology, that's one murder that could not happen today
@Ckom-Tunes
3 жыл бұрын
It couldn’t have happened then.
Based of the real murder of Dot King which went unsolved.
@sarahcousins2903
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't know it was based on a un-solved movie
@davidbrown552
5 жыл бұрын
@@sarahcousins2903 Unsolved movie?
@ph2492
4 жыл бұрын
@@davidbrown552 she meant unsolved murder lol
@carolleenkelmann3829
4 жыл бұрын
Ach, These comments are really what keeps these B&W 's alive.
@factsoverfiction7826
3 жыл бұрын
@@carolleenkelmann3829 Yours is the best one so far -- thanks for the hearty laugh!
Good movie...thanks for the upload
Two new unseen before......the old poison needle in the Victrola trick and a police/detective story that didn't have a blathering idiot as a sidekick.
@JokersNtheOddball
2 жыл бұрын
who is the leader?
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
@@JokersNtheOddball Who's on First?
@kevino4846
5 ай бұрын
So, a Watson hater?
Thanks for the upload !
Great movie! Thank you!
What a weird one! The actor who played the police inspector had been a romantic lover in MANY silents. here, he has such a TERRIFIC, dramatic speaking voice. He passed away only 6 years later. His voice actually reminds me of some actor (no idea who) who did a ton of voice-acting things in cartoons decades later. The actor who turned out to be the killer, I'd seen in several things, including THE VAMPIRE BAT and WHITE ZOMBIE.
@WaterShowsProd
6 ай бұрын
I think the voice actor you are reminded of is Paul Frees. I hadn't noticed it while watching, but reading your comment I can certainly see how someone could be reminded of him.
Well, that was an unusual one. Thanks.
thanks. I knew nothing about the plot. just saw the name Natalie Moorhead before watching it. a reasonable reason to watch ;) I expected the plot would be about European kingdom or something ... boy, was I wrong :) not only did Natalie Moorhead barely participated in the film :( , but also film's title is very misleading. it's so juicy, it's so provocative --> "The King Murder" (!!) WOW !!! who would have thought it's about a girl whose last name is... King !?!?! :-//
@80sbeginner
7 жыл бұрын
hi, thanks for your comment. sorry it took me more than a month to reply (yeah, I know there wasn't any question). all this period I just COGITATE what's the most creative reply I can think of :)) if you have seen the movie Hook Line And Sinker 1930 (video by the uploader The Video Cellar), you understand what I mean , if you haven't seen it, it's about time!
Excellent
Yes, but these old movies are the best!
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
Society as such was better back then, before we were forced to be 'diverse'.
"Listen Big Boy, you're not talking to a GaGa."
Love the pawn broker. "Oy vey is me. I want you should give my money back." Stereotype but funny. Wotta schlamiel.
@DavidSmith-sb2ix
4 жыл бұрын
Correction. My mistake. Wotta schlamozal.
Marceline Day, been a fan since the Camerman. Maybe one day London After Midnight will turn up …
And the angered interview with the ring necklace in tow shows higher intellect CBI quizzers than you can think. Whoa
Over the years women's fashions have changed decade by decade. Other than wearing hats, men's has changed very little.
@ph2492
4 жыл бұрын
except for some who wear dresses
@carolleenkelmann3829
4 жыл бұрын
@@ph2492 they wore dresses then too but not in public except for "special " clubs.
@robertwalker5521
3 жыл бұрын
@@carolleenkelmann3829 ...Milton Berle wore dresses on TV....and was hung like a donkey. No masculinity problems. (as soon as Norma Jean Baker began to have fame, she requested a very private date with Uncle Miltie )
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
@@robertwalker5521 Norma Jean Baker was a tramp. Seriously.
@kevino4846
5 ай бұрын
So you never wore a leisure suit?😅🤭
Great movie
I appreciate the snappy dialog.
That police inspector resembles Bud Abbott lol
3 minutes of that background noise gave me a migraine. These old gems need to be digitized. Too bad Hollywood is too busy making garbage to fix these movies for posterity.
thanks
Notice that this movie lacked mood music, music that would reinforce the action. Mood music wasn't added to movies until a few years later.
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
Movies without the background noise are far better and more believable. Movies today all seem to have 'rap' music in the soundtrack.
@c.l.j.jardell5811
Жыл бұрын
Lol. I dont hear. Music. When a. Crime. Is. Committed. Unless. The. Guilty have. A. Thing for. It. !!! I
@c.l.j.jardell5811
Жыл бұрын
Who really needs. Background. Music. Except. For. The. Spooky. Ones. ! Dracula. Etc. !
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AWESOME
Good movie; few interruptions.
39:11 "Oy Vey iz mir".... love that!!
7:52-7:56 "Now listen, You're in no position to be dicking around like this!" WAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It really was pre code, I guess. That was mighty odd talk for the thirties audiences.
@bobbythorman7421
4 жыл бұрын
mark fahey, you missed the comment in the opening conversation where she says "toy store nigger".
@factsoverfiction7826
3 жыл бұрын
@@bobbythorman7421 I had to listen again: she said, "notorious gold-digger." 💰
@bobbythorman7421
3 жыл бұрын
@@factsoverfiction7826 I'd better get my hearing checked,you're quite right.
Very good movie!!!!
Great movie.
Three of the hottest girls in Hollywood at that time. And all three had previous major studio experience so they knew what they were doing.
This is a discombobulated mess. Barton is sympathetic with his old sweetheart’s husband bcs husband’s trollop is dead. Husband should be a suspect, but Barton tells him go spend time with your wife, my old flame, it’ll “ease your conscience”. Then, Barton scolds Moreno for sneaking around to spend time with Moreno’s own wife to avoid them being blackmailed and sued for breach of promise. Did I get all that right? And Barton calls Miriam “Lillian”? Did we not have enough film for retakes? I actually love this. 😜
A bit of "Culcha", starting off with Wagner's " the flying Dutchman" and all approved by the Board of Review. Isn't that just so novel to see. Nothing like " knowing what it's all about." 1932. Things don't really change. Black &White or colour. To finish off, a Tango of repute.
Natural death at such a young age ?? Doc ??
The first time I saw Robert Frazer was in "White Zombie" starring Bela Lugosi.
Wonder, Seems like the Wife had amble time while in the Apartment to place those poisoned Victrola needles. Then go visit the D.A. when the girl dies, she tells her husband and he valiantly confesses to save her.....the end..
My best entertainment English channel.
Good movie
I didn't know Godfrey Tearle (Sir Godfrey) had a half brother or that their family parents, gparents etc were in the acting profession
Amazing poisonous phonograph needle kills three people n plays records in between wow lol
@robertwalker5521
3 жыл бұрын
And...that RCA Victor dog was in the room when each murder was committed. Coincidence?
Nothing like a Wagner overture to start things off!
@richardlake5116
4 жыл бұрын
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@paulsomers6048
4 жыл бұрын
Der fliegende Holländer, to be precise.
@kh23797
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulsomers6048 Ja wohl, mein Herr! Aber ich denke, die meisten Nationen übersetzen die Titel der großen Opern, oder nicht?
@paulsomers6048
3 жыл бұрын
@@kh23797 Both the original and the translation. If the performance is in the original language, then the title is also given in the original. I know the opera in both languages.
It sounds like something dropped at about 3:26. No retakes.
All those curtains. !! And. High ceilings.
Reminds me of the song "No Surprize" by Aerosmith where we hear "Vaccinate your Ass with a Phonograph Needle".
i know there's nothing that can be done about it but i do wish the sound quality was better bcz if you miss some of the dialogue you have no idea what's going on , at least not right away!
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
There are two sound controls on your screen. Set the first one, in the lower left corner of the viewing area, to Full. Use the other, in the bottom right of the monitor screen, to adjust it from there. *You can get it THAT LOUD if you so desire.
@supposedly1-2
Жыл бұрын
@@leelarson107 lol thanks but i have both of those at max and i have exterior speakers as well, I do appreciate you trying to help though.
Fine Art for my legal Reimbursement America
Maybe that’s Anges Moreheads mom??
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
Agnes Moorehead was born 1900. Natalie Moorhead was born 1901. *Not likely.
is there a significant difference between pre-code and post pre-code?
New Yorkers would. Swoon in just half. The. Space this has ! You could fit. A. Good number of. People. In. This. As. Living. Apt. ! Lots of the. Old mansion types aren't. In movies. Today.
I like the Oder movies the best better than the crap on to day
A writer or a director, which ever, with a sense of humor A maid in high heel shoes...stylish but hardly pracical.
@c.l.j.jardell5811
Жыл бұрын
Its. Like. Detectives. In. Stiletto. ! And. Dressed. To kill. Lol. Not funny. I saw such in a movie. But also. In live. Time ! I wouldn't be. Chasing. Anybody. !!!!
Just 8 minutes into this film and I can't decide whether the initial fast clip editing of The King Murder 1932 movie is genius or merely sloppy plot adjustment. Intriguing, yet also baffling. Perhaps I shall resume watching this early experiment in cinema, and then again perhaps not. There's really no grip upon the imagination so far, just some noticeable anomalies. We shall see, he said while contemplating his foot long ebony cigarette holder; yeah, that's what it is, a foot long cigarette holder approaching his pursed lips.
@maureencrawford8981
6 жыл бұрын
It's bizarre
@carolleenkelmann3829
4 жыл бұрын
@ Thomas Goldfinch. It took me four runs over 24hrs to complete watching this film.
@edwardgarea7650
3 жыл бұрын
It’s merely sloppy plot adjustment. Chesterfield wasn’t in the business of making art. They made films destined for the second half of the bill. Fast and cheap. They didn’t even have a studio. They rented space at Universal and RKO. You’re reading too much into this, pal.
@kevino4846
5 ай бұрын
@@carolleenkelmann3829 It's 66 minutes🤪
Oh it's so silly. People never heard of murder in 1932. Except for perhaps the activities of Albert Fish.
@wilsonstone935
3 жыл бұрын
-that damn albert fish -was a real jerk!
@jackwilson8764
2 жыл бұрын
Who's Albert Fish
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
@@jackwilson8764 Albert Fish (1870-1936) was a serial killer of children and a cannibal besides. He died in Sing Sing Prison.
This movie was ahead of its time. Martin Luther King wasn't murdered until 1968, and he was only 5 years old when this movie was made !
@robertwalker5521
3 жыл бұрын
The deceased was female.....maybe, Billie Jean King!
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
And your point is.............what? This is a murder mystery, not a 'racial incident' in a major city.
Heavy losses incurred. From 88 millk dairy booth Mr Mrs UNPandey family Dr Virna Pandey Misra
ugh, how could any man think Beth attractive?
Uh. Oh, a narcissistic, blackmailing sociopath is not discussed here? And who jams their finger on a phonograph needle?
@richardw3470
4 жыл бұрын
Anyone who grew up using record players can explain what they were doing--I pricked my finger a few times. Try your local Senior Center if you aren't close to an older relative.
@Bildgesmythe
4 жыл бұрын
Happened lots when you tried to get the lint off the needle.
@suzybruce7701
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. The needle pocks up lint and needs to be cleaned after each use.
Some men a nothing but slime of the worst kind!
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
*Glad we're in a world where all women are perfect.
Very misleading name of this movie. Quite enjoyable, couldn't guess "who done it"! Natalie Motorhead was perfect, that face and body was a classic statement of that great era.
@leelarson107
Жыл бұрын
I told Santa that I wanted Natalie Moorhead for Christmas, but he's let me down.
Love the clothes. Of that era. But more so. Their. Shoes. !! They lasted a. Century. If ya. Took care. Of them. Why can't they make. Em. Like that. Now !! I really haven't. Seen quality shoes. Since the early. 60s. 70s. A few. Beyond. And. Not. Expensive. But. Beautiful. !! Yep. I love the. Scenery. The furniture. And. Clothes ! I thrift. For. That. Quality. Without. Trying to be. In debt !! Some things. Are. Just. Sentimental. As reminders. Of.
Stagey but still a treat.
Bwho killed Gail Preston, the king murdered.
Good movie but if u have to make money off it put commercials at beginning before start of movie otherwise u hit a commercial hate it and turn off movie
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How did the women (& the men) ~ back then ~ stay soo skinny? Must have been from The Depression...
@user-wc7mo9uo9o
4 жыл бұрын
SuzieQ Was very fashionable in roaring 1920th - 30th for women to be skinny and flat chested, obviously we can see those gorgeous dresses draped those kind of figures perfectly. Women used tape around the chest to flatten their breasts .The hair, the body all resemble mythical angelic creatures. Also vegetarian diet was well known back then and there were vegetarian restaurants in big cities. So funny how things are changed and today men are paying for women's breasts augmentation and butt enhancement enabling vulgarity!
@Magnetron33
4 жыл бұрын
no hormones and other chems in the food
@user-wc7mo9uo9o
4 жыл бұрын
@@Magnetron33 I saw plenty of movies of that era and noticed popularity of beauty "parlors" and massages. It was interesting to see all kind of tricks and machines they used to have for losing weight.
@theresaholguin699
4 жыл бұрын
@@user-wc7mo9uo9o nothing has really changed in the way actresses are skinny back then or now
@wilsonstone935
3 жыл бұрын
No, Everybody's just a fatass now
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Great to watch with a snifter or two (or 7) of Napoleon brandy paired with 40 mg of oxycodone. Or so I've heard. 😮
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