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Irene Thirer

Irene Thirer's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Napoleon (1927) 87% 2/4 EDIT “Smacks too much of battle scenes, badly photographed, and too little of personal activities of the little general to please us greatly.” – New York Daily News May 14, 2024 Full Review Law and Order (1932) 90% 2/4 EDIT “Men and the younger male generation go big for this sort of stuff -- the old, old-fashioned Western cinema with all the trimmings... But ladies aren't going to get much out of Law and Order.” – New York Daily News Apr 16, 2024 Full Review She Done Him Wrong (1933) 93% 2.5/4 EDIT “Lots of action, much colorful background, tough-mug acting and snappy direction by Lowell Sherman -- plus songs by Mae, warbled in her inimitable manner -- make She Done Him Wrong strong for the box-office.” – New York Daily News Apr 15, 2024 Full Review The Devil Dancer (1927) 71% EDIT “[Gilda Gray] has rare charm, which the camera catches amazingly in this film.” – New York Daily News Dec 5, 2023 Full Review State Fair (1933) 100% EDIT “[State Fair is] a fresh and delightful screen piece which will please customers of all acres. It is moulded to suit youth in its romantic episodes, and to be thoroughly appealing to the older generation in its abundant homey, domestic situations.” – New York Daily News Nov 10, 2023 Full Review The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) 86% 3/4 EDIT “Nils Asther gives a superb performance; one which will put him right back into the rank of front-line actors -- just where he was before talkie time.” – New York Daily News Apr 25, 2023 Full Review Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) 96% EDIT “Buster Keaton hits high with his newest comic offering, Steamboat Bill, Jr. There are at least four new gags which make for real laughs, and that's enough for any movie.” – New York Daily News Mar 21, 2023 Full Review Frankenstein (1931) 94% 3/4 EDIT “It's a study of a chemical experiment -- one which clutches at you icily and holds you until the romantic ending guarantees satisfaction after an hour's worth of gripping, intriguing horrors. ” – New York Daily News Jan 18, 2023 Full Review Daughter of the Dragon (1931) 71% 2.5/4 EDIT “Direction is better than fair, if extremely theatrical. And photography is expert.” – New York Daily News Oct 21, 2022 Full Review Shanghai Express (1932) 96% EDIT “Brook is charmingly English. Miss Wong has tremendous appeal. Pallette and Miss Hale provide the laughs -- many and good ones -- and Oland is the bad man of the piece.” – New York Daily News Oct 21, 2022 Full Review The Cat and the Canary (1927) 94% EDIT “While the players give splendid performances it is Leni's directorial handling of the spooky situations that brings the picture to glory. ” – New York Daily News Sep 28, 2022 Full Review The Rogue Song (1930) 79% EDIT “As to settings, The Rogue Song is as lovely as any production we can recall.” – New York Daily News Jun 29, 2022 Full Review Ten Modern Commandments (1927) 90% EDIT “Dorothy Arzner... seems to get along well with Esther Ralston. She has put the blonde actress through a really human performance.” – New York Daily News Jun 25, 2022 Full Review The Way of All Flesh (1927) 88% EDIT “The Way of All Flesh, poignant, powerful melodrama... proves only what we already know -- that Jannings is the greatest of all character actors among us.” – New York Daily News May 20, 2021 Full Review Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) 93% 3/4 EDIT “All in all, this makes merry talkie-singie-dancie fare and the beauty of its color again reaches pictorial splendor.” – New York Daily News May 20, 2021 Full Review 3/4 EDIT “Barrymore is practically the whole show. His voice is grand, and his inebriated manner charmingly satirical. But the rest of the players contribute to the amusement of the film. Loretta Young is sweet. Albert Gran is funny. So is Emily Fitzroy.” – New York Daily News Mar 9, 2021 Full Review Queen of the Nightclubs (1929) 56% 2/4 EDIT “Although [Texas Guinan's] name, and the reams of publicity she has promoted among the columns devoted to main stem happenings, may give the little box-office a hand, we simply can't say that [the film] is much of an addition to the artistry of the talkie.” – New York Daily News Mar 9, 2021 Full Review The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927) 81% EDIT “Half-way amusing, sometimes boring.” – New York Daily News Jan 5, 2021 Full Review Flaming Youth (1923) 91% EDIT “Flaming Youth is not quite up to the mark for highbrows, but it's a darn good picture for the rest of us -- wholly enjoyable, thoroughly un-draggy, admirably acted by an extraordinary cast.” – New York Daily News Dec 30, 2020 Full Review Harlem on the Prairie (1937) 88% EDIT “There's a singing cowboy hero, a charming heroine, a melodious quartet, two amusing comedians, but best of all I liked the villain. I guess because he reminded me of Akim Tamiroff. If you like Westerns, this one will be an innovation.” – New York Daily News Dec 9, 2020 Full Review Gentleman Jim (1942) 100% 3/4 EDIT “Gentleman Jim is both dramatic and amusing and will be particularly interesting to those who remember him and to those who would like to know about the first great boxer who relied upon brain and skill to overcome brawn.” – New York Daily News Dec 8, 2020 Full Review The Champ (1931) 96% 4/4 EDIT “Not in the history of talkies was weeping so profuse and so enjoyable as at this premiere of The Champ, a production which combines the amazing talents of little Jackie Cooper with the superb histrionics of big Wallace Beery.” – New York Daily News Dec 8, 2020 Full Review 4 Devils (1928) 82% 4/4 EDIT “You will love this new Murnau film. If it doesn't strike you as quite the arty photodrama Sunrise was, it will, nevertheless, thrill you more, and afford you the opportunity of seeing again the really unsurpassable Janet Gaynor.” – New York Daily News Dec 3, 2020 Full Review Maedchen in Uniform (1931) 100% 3/4 EDIT “The conclusion is highly satisfying. And indeed the whole picture is extremely interestingly done as to continuity, performances and direction.” – New York Daily News Nov 18, 2020 Full Review London After Midnight (1927) 75% EDIT “Tod Browning, whose movie scenarios are invariably weird and creepy, offers at the Capitol this week his latest effort London After Midnight, directed by the author in spooky, chilly, thoroughly absorbing fashion.” – New York Daily News Nov 16, 2020 Full Review
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