Did anyone actually understand a word anyone said?

i've seen quite a few movies from that era including noirs, so i am kinda used to it by now

as for the movie itself, not my favorite noir by a long shot, and Robinson has made many better noirs including Double Indemnity, The Woman in the Window and Scarlet Street

this movie: 5/10


so many movies, so little time

I understood every word, no problem. Dialogue in a lot of 21st century movies and tv shows is recorded poorly, then obscured by music and background noise that are too loud. I know there's nothing wrong with my hearing because I can watch a ninety-year-old movie and, if it's in good condition, understand everything being said. It's baffling that nearly a century ago they knew how to record people talking so the audience could understand them, but that today they have lost the technology, or they just don't give a damn.