Employees' Entrance (1933) :
Brief Review -
That's how a hardcore, brutal & choking corporate flick looked in the Depression era. Oh Warren William, what have you done. A cold-blooded, soulless, business-minded box like this was never in my imagination, but you brought it to life on the big screen. How? And you are telling me that Employees' Entrance was made in the pre-code era? The world was facing the heat of recession, and Hollywood just couldn't help but use the idea of the corporate world to be explored on the silver screen. And what an apt and hard-core presentation it was. Employees' Entrance is not about drama or any specific script that goes around and comes to the typical conflicts; rather, it's all about the brutal world of corporate and how care-for-nothing boss at the office building can be. No woman, that's his motto, because he believes that a married man cannot commit 24 hours of the day to his work. No friends, because they drag you away from the office. No sentiments or emotional attachments towards the workers, because all that matters in the corporate world is money. You can make money? Then you are through. You have been loyal to the company for years or decades but have no scope for new ideas? You are though. Just get out. How brutal and straightforward this film is about the business world and the internal affairs of a big corporate office. I wish they would have removed that love story crossover with an extramarital affair, as it was the only thing that was distracting me from the main context of the story. The blackmail stuff was funny, especially the way it ended. It was even funnier. Warren William was absolutely great here. Loretta Young looked gorgeous, and her chemistry with Wallace Ford was beautiful but too rushed. Roy Del Ruth's Eye for a Quickie in 75 minutes provides wholesome entertainment on a new topic, and it's purely subjected to its theme. A top-notch stuff for its time!
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
That's how a hardcore, brutal & choking corporate flick looked in the Depression era. Oh Warren William, what have you done. A cold-blooded, soulless, business-minded box like this was never in my imagination, but you brought it to life on the big screen. How? And you are telling me that Employees' Entrance was made in the pre-code era? The world was facing the heat of recession, and Hollywood just couldn't help but use the idea of the corporate world to be explored on the silver screen. And what an apt and hard-core presentation it was. Employees' Entrance is not about drama or any specific script that goes around and comes to the typical conflicts; rather, it's all about the brutal world of corporate and how care-for-nothing boss at the office building can be. No woman, that's his motto, because he believes that a married man cannot commit 24 hours of the day to his work. No friends, because they drag you away from the office. No sentiments or emotional attachments towards the workers, because all that matters in the corporate world is money. You can make money? Then you are through. You have been loyal to the company for years or decades but have no scope for new ideas? You are though. Just get out. How brutal and straightforward this film is about the business world and the internal affairs of a big corporate office. I wish they would have removed that love story crossover with an extramarital affair, as it was the only thing that was distracting me from the main context of the story. The blackmail stuff was funny, especially the way it ended. It was even funnier. Warren William was absolutely great here. Loretta Young looked gorgeous, and her chemistry with Wallace Ford was beautiful but too rushed. Roy Del Ruth's Eye for a Quickie in 75 minutes provides wholesome entertainment on a new topic, and it's purely subjected to its theme. A top-notch stuff for its time!
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.