OliviaAnn Harding NickLaurence Olivier Mrs. TruesdaleZasu Pitts Directed by Robert MiltonReleased by RKORuntime: 73 minutes Proof That It’s Pre-Code A hotelier very skeptical about a married couple appearing wanting to get a room, but doesn’t believe them until a certificate is furnished. Divorce, with the couple reuniting despite subsequent marriages. Read more…
Wow. So, uh, it’s September, huh? Really snuck up on me. I ended up getting way too into Summer Under the Stars this year and logging around 90 movies just from watching TCM. There was some really fun new-to-me discoveries– Revelee with Beverly, Gypsy, This Land is Mine, You and Read more…
Madame Du BarryDolores del Rio King Louis XVReginald Owen Armand d’AiguillonVictor Jory Directed by: William DieterleReleased by: Warner Bros.Run time: 79 minutes Proof That It’s (Almost) Pre-Code “Madam, what are you trying to do to France?”“Oh, just what it’s doing to me.” We’re introduced to Du Barry (del Rio) in Read more…
Mary MarloweMary Pickford John CarltonLeslie Howard SunshineNed Sparks Released by United ArtistsDirected by Frank BorzageRun time: 90 minutes Proof that It’s Pre-Code High infant mortality rate. Extramarital sex. Leslie Howard at one point gets doused in petticoats. Secrets: Love Through the Ages “I’m saving a man from drowning tonight.” With Read more…
How’s everyone’s 2020 going? I have decided to have amnesia and pretend that this is January 1st now. Everything is terrible, but at least I’m sure it can’t get any worse. Anyway, August on TCM is one of my favorite times of the year with Summer Under the Stars, entire Read more…
Wallace Beery is a dopey wrestler unwittingly ensnared in a love triangle in FLESH. #precode
Sherlock HolmesReginald Owen Mrs. PykeAnna May Wong Eileen ForresterJune Clyde Released by: Tiffany PicturesDirected by: Edwin L. MarinRunning time: 72 minutes A Study in Scarlet: No Shit? “Come, Watson. The game is afoot.” Earlier this week I decided to write an essay about Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Read more…
ManuelaHertha Thiel IlseEllen Schwanneke Frl. von BernburgDorothea Wieck Directed by: Leontine Sagan and Carl FroelichRunning time: 88 minutes Proof That It’s a German Film Set in an all-girls school, some of the kids have girlfriends or get playful with one another, including slaps on the rear. A woman kisses a Read more…
I went to visit my parents the other day, and my mother smiled and asked, “So, do you still like pre-Code movies?” It hadn’t occurred to me that my last ‘Like’ review was This is the Night 2 1/2 months ago. Of course I still like pre-Code films, though, uh, Read more…
