Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Ross622 This movie when i first saw it i thought it was pretty funny but i thought that The Strawberry Blonde with James Cagney was better than this 1933 version. The movie stars Gary Cooper as Biff Grimes a man who ends up falling in love with a blonde girl named Virginia Rush (played by Fay Wray.). But also for the Grimes character i thought that between the two Biff Grimes movies i thought that Gary Cooper had a more suitable portrayal than James Cagney did but i thought that Cagney did an excellent job playing Biff Grimes as well. Also even though i enjoyed this movie it was not as funny as Raoul Walsh's 1941 version which had a lot more laughs than this 1933 version. But still it stayed true to Biff Grimes character but it didn't tell the story to his love affair with Virginia Rush all that correctly.

abcj-2 Funny, I happened to watch this on a Sunday afternoon the other day. It was one of those films I thought I'd give a try and delete if it didn't appeal to me. By the time Gary Cooper was styling his hair with pure vanilla, I was hooked. He is one of the most beautiful men that ever lived, and I love seeing him in his early thirties in a more boyish and comic role.I loved the peek at the attention to detail of how life was in probably the 1910's during the flashback scenes. Frances Fuller was a total surprise. She seemed mousy next to Fay Wray at first. However, once she opened her mouth, her beautiful speaking voice and captivating character made me root for her. She was quite refined and I found her more interesting than Wray. I have seen The Strawberry Blonde twice in the past few months. I didn't even realize I was watching the original of the first remake of this film. The actors all play their parts so differently. Cagney is great, too. I'd say that you can watch both of these films and feel as if you've seen two very different films. Each has its own distinctness. Ultimately, I'd recommend both films and have yet to see the other popular remake. If you are a Gary Cooper fan, then this is a must see. It's old and a little fuzzy and slow-paced, but it's perfect for a Sunday afternoon.)

Michael_Elliott One Sunday Afternoon (1933) *** (out of 4)When Hugo Barnstead (Neil Hamilton) comes to a dentist office to have a tooth pulled he never expected to run into Biff Grimes (Gary Cooper). Years earlier Biff fell in love with the vamp Virginia (Fay Wray) only to have his heart broken when she ran off with the other man. It seems this film has been forgotten over the years due to how popular the remake with James Cagney was when it was released. That's really too bad because even though THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE was a fine film, this early sound version features a terrific cast and is a pretty good time on its own. What I enjoyed most about this film were the performances from the cast. I really enjoyed Cooper here who was simply superb playing this man who goes through his entire life with rage and anger because the girl he loved got away. I thought Cooper did a terrific job at playing the more dramatic parts extremely straight but I also thought he was wonderful during some of the comic moments. The sequence when he first meets Virginia was a classic because of the comic timing he brought to it. Wray is also extremely good as the vamp, although she's not given too much to do here. I will say that her attempt at Mae West at the end of the film didn't work all that well but it was still entertaining seeing her do it. Frances Fuller is terrific as the woman Cooper marries on the rebound and Hamilton makes for a good villain. I think the biggest problem with the film is that Cooper's character is such a jerk and is at times so mean that you somewhat lose sympathy for him. I thought he was especially cruel to his future wife and I was a little surprised to how mean his character was. Still, ONE Sunday AFTERNOON is a pure gem that's certainly worth checking out and especially if you're a fan of the cast.

Richard Burin One Sunday Afternoon (Stephen Roberts, 1933) is a small masterpiece, vastly superior to its better-known remake, The Strawberry Blonde – which starred James Cagney. Gary Cooper plays a dentist besotted with the flirtatious, hateful Fay Wray. When she marries his rival, Cooper weds sweet-hearted admirer Frances Fuller, but he's unable to forget his great love. Then, years later, she walks back into his life. Cooper was a fine comic performer, adept at screwball fare like Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, but also able to inject humour into his straighter work. He's ideally suited to this wonderfully-scripted movie, an incisive marital drama laced with irony that offers considerable concessions to character comedy. Stage star and future acting teacher Frances Fuller is arguably even better in a rare screen role: loving, faithful and stoic, though she knows her husband's heart lies elsewhere. As the other woman, Wray is only fairly good, possibly overdoing it in the last scene, though Roscoe Karns offers his usual combination of laughs and laconic sentiment in support. The film has a singular feel, with the plot concisely, intelligently handled, allowing each scene to play out effectively, despite the short running time. It is book-ended by contemporary scenes showing the greying Cooper plagued by his nagging wife, shown only in silhouette, making us complicit in his bitterness – at least at first. One Sunday Afternoon is short but not slight: delightfully played, perfectly-formed and with a lovely message somewhat atypical of '30s Hollywood.