Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Michael_Elliott Right of Way, The (1931) ** (out of 4) A hot shot, loud mouth and obnoxious attorney (Conrad Nagel) is beaten and left for death. A fisherman finds his body, takes him home and soon the attorney recovers but he can't remember who he is. With the help of a nurse (Loretta Young) he learns how to be nice but will the past catch up with him? This is one of those early talkies that talks way too much. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that this 65-minute movie had more dialogue than a three hour movie of its time. Another major problem is the casting of Nagel who delivers a very bad and embarrassing performance. Young isn't given much to do either. Previously made in 1915 and 1920.

jpb58 I am giving The Right of Way (1930 copyright date on the opening credits, not 1931) a perfect 10. Never have I laughed so hard and so prolonged through any motion picture. This movie is completely priceless and proves you don't have to see anyone slip on a banana peel in order to laugh until you are breathless and giddy from lack of oxygen.Conrad Nagel got his start in silent pictures and was a romantic lead in many B and A pictures over the years. Because of his politics Louis B. Mayer disliked him and often put him in silly vehicles which didn't show off his acting talents to their best advantage. Conrad is obviously hamming it up through this picture, maybe to get even with Louis B., maybe because he just wanted to have some fun with a deadly dull and stupid early talkie script.Conrad makes this picture. He's the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. Forget Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy and WC Fields. Conrad in The Right of Way is the right way to go for complete belly laughs until you drop.See this movie! But don't take it seriously or you'll miss the point!

Ron Oliver A beautiful young woman influences a callous lawyer into regaining THE RIGHT OF WAY to moral decency.Conrad Nagel dominates this little soap opera, based on Sir Gilbert Parker's novel, with his highly melodramatic performance as a hardhearted Quebecois lawyer who exhibits an enormous distaste for nearly every other human being. His behavior would repulse the viewer, were it not that his acting is so over the top that it becomes quite a bit of fun to watch.Beautiful Loretta Young appears rather late in the story and ushers in the best scenes of the film, when Nagel is suffering from amnesia. Their moments together, as she cares for him, are touchingly tender.A small group of character actors add much to their supporting roles: Olive Tell as Nagel's distraught wife; William Janney as her pathetic brother; Fred Kohler as the backwoodsman who saves Nagel's life; Halliwell Hobbes as a benevolent seigneur who loves Miss Young; little Snitz Edwards as a village tailor; and George C. Pearce as a kindly priest.

John Seal Conrad Nagel stars as a caddish lawyer in this very creaky early talkie from First National. The film starts off well, with an interesting courtroom scene establishing the cutthroat attitude of Barrister 'Beauty' Steele, whose competitive juices are flowing in a Crown case where his client is a working class Quebecois. Unfortunately, things immediately go downhill, as we meet Steele's pathetic brother-in-law (William Janney) and his equally annoying wife (Olive Tell), both of whom display nervous tics that might drive anyone to drink. After a tragic incident, Steele relocates to a remote frontier region, dons a ridiculous coonskin cap, and falls in love with a fresh faced maiden played by fresh faced Loretta Young. Nagel looks uncomfortable in his rugged working man's garb, and the film creeps along to an unsatisfying conclusion.