Kings Row Reviews
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
A wonderful guilty pleasure potboiler enchanced by a magnificent Korngold score and fine acting from Ronald Reagan in the performance of his career. Only lead Robert Cummings is weak as Paris Mitchell; just imagine James Cagney in the role!
| Original Score: 4/5
Movie Metropolis
...while episodic and sentimental and filled with all kinds of unlikely turns of events, there is no denying the characters are endearing and the ending uplifting.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The film that made the future President Reagan a movie star.
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| Original Score: B
Goatdog's Movies
The film is dark, incredibly so for a mainstream movie before World War II.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Kansas City Kansan
Classic soap opera, maybe all time best; certainly Reagan's best
| Original Score: 5/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Unpleasant soap opera, but well made.
| Original Score: 3/5
Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films
Kings Row (1942) combines a turn-of-the-century setting with a small-town melodrama uncovering evil and depravity.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Sam Wood's Oscar-nominated small-town tale is one of the darkest melodramas Hollywood made in the 1940s, full of neurotic personalities and perverse secrets.
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| Original Score: A-
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