IMDb plot summary: Some British citizens meet at the Venetian Lido where they go to play. Between them is naughty Mr. Corner, who under the false name of Mr. Pickles goes after Mimi so his friend's son can be free to marry his own daughter. Only, he does not know that the man is in fact already married to Mimi.
Starring Leslie Henson, Heather Thatcher, and Austin Melford.
A Warm Corner is a 1930 film about a man who is humiliated and blackmailed when he tries to cheat on his wife with a married woman, and then doubly humiliated when all the people involved in his affair show up at his home pretending to be other people. This was a slow start, but once it got going, it was a pretty enjoyable entry into what has become a bit of a slog in my 1930 project. It has the hallmarks of an enjoyable comedy of errors, with some bold characterization and some clever wordplay. It's not stellar, but compared to the dull films in this year I've been watching lately, it was refreshing. It's also one of the first films in awhile for this challenge that was not originally on Flickchart when I went to rank it, so I had to submit it and wait for it to be approved. It's clear one of the lesser-known films from this year, and it's at least as good as some of the others I've seen!
How it entered my Flickchart:
A Warm Corner:
beat Broken Blossoms (#1982 → #1991)
lost to The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (#989 → #913)
lost to Mickey Blue Eyes (#1484 → #1442)
lost to VeggieTales: God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! (held at #1731)
beat Tangled (#1855 → #1864)
beat Serenity (#1792 → #1793)
beat Imitation of Life (#1761 → #1785)
lost to Sin City (#1746 → #1747)
beat Serpico (#1753 → #1762)
lost to White Heat (#1749 → #1741)
beat The Help (#1751 → #1775)
beat Captain America: The First Avenger (#1750 → #1770)