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      Hot Saturday

      Released Oct 28, 1932 1h 12m Comedy Drama Romance List
      Reviews 50% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Townspeople gossip about an engaged woman (Nancy Carroll) and a playboy (Cary Grant) after they spend an innocent day together. Read More Read Less

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      steve d Early Grant that remains a lot of fun. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member not bad pre-code drama grant is at the peak of his handsomeness Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member 2.5: Cary Grant sure is young. He isn't as magnetic as he was later on, but all the elements are there. One of the things that make this rather risqué include the scenes in which a sister pulls her teenage sisters "bloomers" off, then strips down to her own "knickers." It is rather innocent, but never would be shown under the code. The picture also includes infidelity, attempted rape, chastity, prejudice, and boatloads of evidence of a double standard for men v. women. The ending is rather unexpected (Cary Grant gets the girl) and includes pre-marital sex to boot. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member glad I did not grow up in a small town, made me think of peyton place. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member I pursued this for its educational value, as it is remembered now mostly as a scandalous little oddity from the infamous days before the Hays Code, but I ended up totally entertained and even moved by the sense of freedom and fun that this picture by William A. Seiter has. It's a teen sex comedy, portraying the lives of some working class kids at the end of the week. The lead, Nancy Carroll, is wonderful as Ruth Brock. She is strong, cute, spontaneous and really very funny, and I think she has charisma enough to match Claudette Colbert in this movie. Her actions, things that were eventually deemed inappropriate under the Code, are actually admirable and complex life decisions, and instead of buckling under the weight of social pressure she always follows what feels right, and damn the prying eyes. Her adult life is burst wide open thanks to a sly playboy named Romer Sheffield, played by a young Cary Grant. He lives in a large mansion on the other side of town and acts as a kind of siren for the teens of this small community, and particularly for Ruth. He doesn't explicitly offer sex, despite what the gossipers of the town think; the movie is too smart for that. Instead he offers an alternate lifestyle, one that has nothing to do with his riches. He shows Ruth how to follow what feels good. Though it was a part of the "immoral" wave of pictures that brought the Hays Code to fruition, this film has a lot of good things to say about freedom and a lot of smart things to say about the harm that rumors can cause. I loved it, and I found myself both entertained by its wild party scenes and absorbed by its brave human drama. It's a real American treasure of the 1930s. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member superb early Grant piece, pre Hayes code and rich with adult humour. Sophisticated and great fun Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Raquel Stecher Out of the Past a vivacious jazz age drama that explores sexual politics Jun 23, 2022 Full Review Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network Do yourself a favor and screen "Hot Saturday" to see a once-genuine superstar, Nancy Carroll, at her peak, before her sad slip into oblivion. Rated: B Oct 26, 2021 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Agreeable dramedy about enduring life in small town America when gossips become malicious and an innocent girl loses her reputation. Rated: B+ Aug 19, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Townspeople gossip about an engaged woman (Nancy Carroll) and a playboy (Cary Grant) after they spend an innocent day together.
      Director
      William A. Seiter
      Screenwriter
      Seton I. Miller, Harvey Fergusson, Josephine Lovett, Joseph Moncure March
      Distributor
      Paramount Pictures
      Production Co
      Paramount Pictures
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama, Romance
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 28, 1932, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 31, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 12m
      Sound Mix
      Mono
      Aspect Ratio
      Academy (1.33:1)