This is a really crazy B movie
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- CLUB PARADISE (1945), is a really crazy, bleak tale of a girl whose life takes a dark turn after she meets and falls for a no good guy named Danny.
I recently discovered this one while staying up way too late instead of sleeping. It's a B-film produced by Monogram Pictures that has a hidden sleazy side which is not immediately obvious, but becomes apparent if you read between the lines. It's soon very clear that Club Paradise is NOT a paradise.
Starring Doris Merrick, Robert Lowery, Isabel Jewell and directed by Christy Cabanne, CLUB PARADISE is a VERY low budget offering but it is also very entertaining. It's got a lot of unlikable characters, some shocks an abrupt but perfect ending.
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I recognized the nice guy, played by Eddie Quillan, and the bad guy, played by Robert Lowery. Each later played roles on Hazel, starring Shirley Booth in the 1960's. Quillan played a good-natured gas jockey. Lowery played a Latin-lover who was a houseman for a wealthy diplomat. Hazel and her best friend, Rosie, each had a crush on him; but all he wanted was for each to cook for him and darn his socks! Hazel got wise to him and gave him to Rosie. Hazel went back to her faithful cab-driver, Mitch. Lowery was a smooth operator in this episode and still charming...By the way, I am really enjoying your channel! Please continue your work!
Hahaha. Hazel had better sense than Julie. 😂
I was doing so well with catching typos….but the streak has ended. I left out the H in choices (however, as many of you have pointed it out, it suits the poverty row aesthetic 😂). #TeamRay
It's kind of meta in context. Just say it was intentional.
I can get behind that idea 😂
Another excellent pick. That family was the WORST!!! Whenever you recommend a flick that I haven't seen already, I will watch it first and then check out your review. Usually it is difficult for me to make it through a b noir without nodding off. Love them but the zeitgeist of noir land reminds me of falling asleep to a late night jazz show on the radio when I was an adolescent. So far the selections you have reviewed and recommended are very cool. Although watching a iconic noir movie is great, it is the subversive and over the top little known gems that make me keep searching in the seemingly endless reservoir of noir films. Thanks again.
I'm glad that I'm on a winning streak with the recs. Thanks for taking to the time to watch and come back and chat. I hope I can continue to steer you towards some good stuff.
Thanks for including the link to the movie. I’m going to check it out.
after you watch it, please come on back here and let me know what you think
I love I found your channel! I literally have no one to discuss old BW film with! These movies are so underrated and honestly are better than half the shit in the theaters today. Definitely subbing 😂❤ my nana and I would stay up late watching these as a kid 😢
I'm so glad you found the channel and I'm glad you're enjoying the b movie series. I've got more coming!
@@CinemaCities1978 thanks! I think I recommended high school hellcats on another video. Great B movie if you haven’t seen it 💯
Hi from Massachusetts!! Awesome channel!! Keep it up to show how wonderful these movies are. Being 64 I can relate.
I love your descriptions and analysis. It's always a treat when one pops up.
that's so cool to hear! I hope I can keep making content that you enjoy.
So Danny is using the lover boy method.
Exactly!
I love stumbling across a decent B movie late at night. Keep up the good work!
On another note, I felt it important to mention one of the film's actors, Eddie Quillan (1907-1990), who had the most all-over-the-spectrum Hollywood careers I've ever seen; from vaudeville, silents to talkies, playing leads to secondary roles, from A movies like "Mutiny On The Bounty" (1935); to B's like this, a series of Jules White comedy shorts at Columbia; bit film roles in the 50's & 60's, including some uncredited, to finally many well known TV shows up to "Matlock", a true veteran!
I LOVE your videos
thank you!
I just discovered your channel. I love these videos!
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
You are my kindred movie spirit. You understand these flicks for exactly what they are. Really good reviews.
I love these movies. Glad to find others who appreciate them too!
I just found your channel and I'm loving all your info and recommendations. I still watch some 21st century movies, but they rarely fascinate me like the ones from the 1940s - 1970s.
Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the films featured on the channel. I love all them and it's pretty cool to be able to introduce new fans to these classics .
Thanks for the recommendation, it was quite good.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Love poverty row studios, especially monagram, east side kids, bowery boys, bomba, jungle jim, charlie chan.
I usually wrap up my evening picking a Poverty Row production. I really enjoy them.
Great movies and i love those times, a freedom that is gone !
Greetings, Tom, Belgium.
hi Tom! Thanks for watching.
You had me at "Really Crazy B Movie"!
OMG this was a fun crazy movie! Thanks!😲
I'm glad you enjoyed it!!!
Just discovered your channel. Great stuff. Bought a coffee. Can I suggest you do Touch of Evil?
Thank you for the coffee! If I can think of a new way to look at and/or approach TOE or if I discover a new story about it that should be told, I will definitely make a video.
Could only afford to see 2 new movies this year (John Wick 4 & MI 7), so you really made my summer, thanks for another recommendation!
Hmm... A film to look for. The plot sounds similar to the recent film "Last Night in Soho."
"Three cheers for B flix and Film Noir!"
"Yay. Yay. Yeah."
"Alright youse guys. I said three cheers for B flix and Film Noir, and I better hear three cheers! Capiche?"
"OK Boss. We get it! C'mon guys. get with the program! Quick!"
Stay safe.
Yay. Yay. Yeah!
Nice work CC. This one looks cheap, seedy and lots of fun! 😃👍
Did you see how I spelled "coices" 🤦🏽♀️🙃😂
This one is REALLY cheap but it makes for a fun, short (and a little bit shocking) watch. I actually found one single lonely copy of it on DVD on ebay after I made the video. So, there may be a cleaned up/restored version of it floating around out there somewhere.
@@CinemaCities1978 Easily done my friend and did not detract from the overall piece. Have a great weekend.
Good job with this flic, I haven't seen it...
I know Lowery from "The Mummy's Ghost" 1944
It's ALWAYS a brothel!
Never even heard of it before. Thanks for mentioning it, will check it out.
Have you ever seen MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW?
Yes, I have seen Make Way For Tomorrow, makes me cry every time 😭😭😭
@@CinemaCities1978 Thank you for bringing this up, it's awesome! Her dad is the most miserable person in cheap noir!
Have you seen SHE SHOULDA SAID NO? Holy cats, it's like REEFER MADNESS only silghtly more coherent.
Going all out with the graphics, great job! 👍👍 And another great review! Thanks! By the way, have you checked out the low budget Sinatra flick, Suddenly? I think you'd like it but there's not much of a romance angle to it.
And by the way, Suddenly also stars boyfriend of the channel Sterling Hayden. So yeah, I'm figuring you probably already saw it. LoL!
Yes, I've seen Suddenly! It's got Sterling Hayden in it. It's such a strange set up and totally silly but it works for me.
Thanks for really delving... I would love to hear what you think of The Monster of Piedres Blancos.
that's new to me. I'll put it on the late night watch list.
I have been binge watching your videos. The first one was "Kings Row" and I left a comment there, so this may be a bit redundant, but your writing. editing and narrative style are really excellent. Do you do any newspaper or magazine writing as well? Anyway, good luck growing your channel.
Thanks so much! I'm glad that you are enjoying that channel. As for my writing, I just write for youtube and my own newsletter.
I think it doubly seedy and grotesque to make such a movie upon the end of wartime with the guys coming home and all in 1945. The beaded willow trees in the night club look like the same trees in Broadway Melody 1929.
Looks to be a real joy ride 😸
Always fun to explore the seamy side @CinemaCities. Why do they always chose the dark damaged guys?
they choose them for the drama. . .at least in the movies they do 😂
Just another gift you've given me: an obscure Batman fact to impress my partner.
love it! 😂
I can't wait to watch this one. There's something about these movies about prostitution that can't mention sex. Another one added to my watch list - I'm falling behind!
Just discovered the channel and love it. Love the choices, the perspective, the effortless narrations. Since this is your latest, may I make some suggestions? Jean Brooks and Tom Conway need dedicated videos. Brooks came from an unusual background, was a linguist, also a drunk. Her work with Val Lewton reaches for the poetic. But she crashed and burned in Tinsel Town, wound up selling ads for a paper in SF and died relatively young. Did Lewton's vision overwhelm her? Tom Conway was also a drunk and was overshadowed by his more famous younger brother, George Sanders ("Dear world, I am leaving because I am bored.") Remarkably, they were Russians who passed as Brits in the movies. Tom's end in 1967 was particularly sad, but great material for a video.
Thanks for the suggestions. Both Conway and Brooks have such tragic stories. 2 more dark tales of the Hollywood dream gone awry. I read that after Tom and George fell out Zsa Zsa or Magda (I can't believe he married sisters!!!) would send Tom money.
@@CinemaCities1978 Or maybe a video about George and Tom together? "A Tale of Two Russkies in Cinema City". (So long as George doesn't overshadow Tom.)
Reminds me of some of my relatives.
Purple Hour? LOL
I loooove falling asleep to poverty row B movies too!
For me it's either B movies or Columbo. 😂
@@CinemaCities1978 I love all of Bela Lugosis Monogram pictures films. They make me feel so calm for some reason.
Fun movie but couldn't for the life of me understand why she went straight to Club Paradise after literally going there just once. She still as far as I could tell had the job at the factory (since she didn't do 30 days in the slammer) and a best "girlfriend", why wouldn't she just go and crash there or move in with her (the girlfriend mentioned that she had trouble keeping up with the rent and expenses)? So yeah, talk about "bad choices". lol
Yeah, she was pretty much the architect of her own demise.
I just watched it, its a dark B(or C or D)-film, the acting is a little rough but otherwise good. The ending is kind of abrupt, but overall its a solid watch. I think Julie could have still ended up with her trumpet player boyfriend in the end. I am glad I watched it.
It's so cool you watched it! I agree it's probably more of a C. Yeah, Ray was a nice guy. He probably would've gotten back together with her and let her put the Paradise Club behind her.
@@CinemaCities1978 I have an affinity for this "B" and lower films, some are actually pretty good considering the cost that went into making them.
Some Spoilers
I saw the review title and I checked out “Club Paradise”. I’ve found a few other dark 30s & 40s films like this about women having very rough times.
Imo Ray is not so nice when he illegally gambled away his savings which led to him and Julie getting arrested. Ray got 30 days in jail. Julie’s dad paid her fine but because of the arrest, she lost her job and got thrown out of her family’s home and ended up on the street. That’s why Julie had to work as a dancer in a night club. All this is before Julie got fully tied up in Danny’s schemes.
But Danny fully takes Julie down by prostituting her to pay off a debt. That’s the breaking point for her. It’s not as explicit as a great film like “Taxi Driver” but a similar situation is pretty clear.
And as a B movie this is not close in quality to a great film like “Casino” where Ginger meets a sad end. But with 40s B film style several women in “Club Paradise” have a similar desperation, especially Julie.
"Coices"?
Yep. “Coices”…typos happen…
the "phantom ship" with lugosi its awful
😂
She is making bad coises?
yep she certainly is...like not using the letter H
@@CinemaCities1978 😂😂😂😂😂
You spelled 'choices' incorrectly.
Nothing I can do about it now 🤦🏽♀️
@@CinemaCities1978 I love a typo - it's so Poverty Rho (there's an H for you) ...Discovered Cinema Cities tonite - your work is sensational - loving it, 'ave watched a "hole" bunch. Love 40s/50s noir, melodrama, crime and trillers. tanks 'eaps.
@@nutmeg121000 This is fantastic!
Heel, freeloaded, womanizer. I’m taking notes.