Lee Taylor … Lee Tracy Joanne Xavier … Fay Wray Dr. Xavier … Lionel Atwill Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of the film’s scientists is seen reading a book studiously, though one of the nearby cops points out that he’s really reading a magazine called “French Art” hidden inside the Read more…
Dr. Fu Manchu … Boris Karloff Fah Lo See … Myrna Loy Nayland Smith … Lewis Stone Sheila … Karen Morley Terrence … Charles Granville Von Berg … Jean Herscholt Proof That It’s Pre-Code The entrance to the villain’s lair is through an opium den. Upon preparing to torture a Read more…
Min … Marie Dressler Bill … Wallace Beery Nancy … Dorothy Jordan Bella … Marjorie Rambeau Alec … Russell Hopton Dick … Donald Dilloway Proof That It’s Pre-Code Bill smuggles in illicit vodka in from outside the legal boundaries of the states. Alec tells Nancy that she should marry him Read more…
Jim Fitzpatrick … Walter Huston Ed Fitzpatrick … Wallace Ford Daisy … Jean Harlow Sam Belmonte … Jean Hersholt Michaels … Tully Marshall Mac … Sandy Roth Proof That It’s Pre-Code The police have tough calls to take care of, like that nude woman running around. When not bothering with Read more…
Lulu … Barbara Stanwyck Bob … Adolphe Menjou Holland … Ralph Bellamy Proof That It’s Pre-Code Extramarital affairs, extramarital babies, and it’s the right thing to do! Forbidden: The 33 Error “The longer they no, the harder they yes!” Schadenfreude. It’s a German word that means taking pleasure in the Read more…
Mary Archer Barbara Stanwyck Hugo Wilbrandt Otto Kruger Jeff Archer Ralph Bellamy Proof That It’s Pre-Code Get this– Americans can be huge douches. We get to hear gossip about what the Germans did to a pair of nurses, and what they do to all of their prisoners– or, as one Read more…
Lora Hart … Barbara Stanwyck Maloney … Joan Blondell Nick … Clark Gable Mortie … Ben Lyon Eagan … Edward Nugent Dr. Bell … Charles Winninger Proof That It’s Pre-Code Hoo boy. How long have you got? One orderly snipes at a nurse, “Don’t forget to wash that bedpan, and Read more…
Alexander Stream … Warren William Hettie Stream … Mary Astor Lilly Linda … Ginger Rogers Oscar … Andy Devine Lou … J. Carrol Naish Moran … Sidney Toler Upperworld: Taking It From the Top I’ve watched a number of movies from 1934 now, but it still surprises me how completely Read more…
The Particulars of the Picture Flash the Wonder Dog… Flash Jim Robbins … John Horsley Molly James … Marceline Day Otto Von Krantz … Noah Beery Reverend James … Henry B. Walthall The Chief … Mischa Auer The Flaming Signal: Taking a Tropical Bite Out of Crime “You can take Read more…
The Particulars of the Picture Kent … Robert Montgomery Morgan … Chester Morris Butch … Wallace Beery The Big House: Breaking Out Human cruelty, as deep a field as it is, has almost never been better exemplified than in America’s prison system. Barbaric conditions are the norm, as men are Read more…