The Racing Strain

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A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl. That motivates him to clean up his act and resume his career, but it may be too late for... Read allA race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl. That motivates him to clean up his act and resume his career, but it may be too late for that.A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl. That motivates him to clean up his act and resume his career, but it may be too late for that.

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7gcube1942

This movie is better than the ratings indicate.

I rated this film much higher than the average for several reasons. And yes, it is bottom of the barrel poverty row dreck. Despite that, it is fun and a chance to get a good look at Miss Phyllis Barrington. She did fine, very lovely and charming, of course the hero fell in love with her! We also get to see what Los Angeles looked like in 1932, light years better that now - if you have a time machine I am ready to move back there right now. Racing cars, stunting biplanes, and plenty of almost new Lincolns, Packards, and Buicks on Hollywood streets, everything I was hoping for. By way of contrast, watch "Strange Interlude" from MGM that same year. Although I consider Norma Shearer to be in the top three actresses of all time, SI was a major misstep for all concerned and the film is almost unwatchable. Sometimes simple storytelling filmed 95% outdoors is the best.

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The opening sequence supposedly takes place at an Indianapolis 500 race in the early 1920's, but the cars are early-1930's production models that would never have been used in an Indianapolis 500.