Andre Maurice Chevalier Colette Jeanette MacDonald Mitzi Genevieve Tobin Adolph Charlie Ruggles Prof. Oliver Roland Young Mlle. Martel Josephine Dunn Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By Ernest Lubitsch, assisted by George Cukor Proof That It’s Pre-Code Petting in the park is a Parisian pastime. A husband and wife love Read more…
Jerry Fredric March Joan Sylvia Sidney Claire Adrienne Allen Buck Skeets Gallagher Vi Esther Howard Mr. Prentice George Irving Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By Dorothy Arzner Proof That It’s Pre-Code The movie is based on a short story entitled, “I, Jerry, Take Thee, Joan.” This was changed to Read more…
Elsa Carlyle Tallulah Bankhead Jeffrey Carlyle Harvey Stephens Hardy Livingstone Irving Pichel Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By George Abbott Proof That It’s Pre-Code Once again, everyone is amazed by a marriage that involves love. Tallulah Bankhead tries to transform into Wonder Woman but forgot to put her outfit Read more…
Stephen Jones Bing Crosby Doris Worthington Carole Lombard Edith Ethel Merman Hubert Leon Errol George George Burns Gracie Gracie Allen Released by Paramount | Directed By Norman Taurog Proof That It’s Pre-Code No one in the film actually declares whether or not they’re dressing (I imagine whoever pitched the title Read more…
The Duchess Constance Bennett Benvenuto Cellini Frederic March Duke of Florence Frank Morgan Angela Fay Wray Ottaviano Louis Calhern Beatrice Jessie Ralph Released by 20th Century Pictures | Directed By Gregory La Cava Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish It’s a tale of adultery in the old world. The Duke of Florence’s Read more…
Guy Holden … Fred Astaire Mimi Glossop … Ginger Rogers Aunt Hortense … Alice Brady Egbert Fitzgerald … Edward Everett Horton Rodolfo Tonetti … Erik Rhodes The Waiter … Eric Blore Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish The title of the Broadway show this is based on was called The Gay Divorce, Read more…
Professor Post … Buster Keaton James … Jimmy Durante Eleanor … Thelma Todd Proof That It’s Pre-Code The usual backstage women getting dressed sort of shots. Thelma Todd takes off her clothes to win a part in a Broadway play, and she does so with relish. Professor Post comments on Read more…
Elmer … Buster Keaton McCracken … Jimmy Durante Patricia … Irene Purcell Tony … Gilbert Roland Nina … Mona Maris Albine … Polly Moran Proof That It’s Pre-Code Well, this happens: The villain describes his seduction methods: “The kind of woman one finds, fondles, and forgets.” In trying to save Read more…
Reginald Irving … Buster Keaton Jeffrey … Reginald Deny Polly … Charlotte Greenwood Proof That It’s Pre-Code “You can’t judge a husband in a bathing suit!” “No, but you can get a rough idea!” Plenty of liquor to go around. Wine, mostly, since no one can spell champagne. Lots of Read more…
David Dwight … Warren William Lynn … Maureen O’Sullivan Sarah… Verree Teasdale Tom … Norman Foster Jenny … Anita Page Ella Dwight … Hedda Hopper Skyscraper Souls: A Monument to Mankind’s Hubris They laughed at me when I said I wanted a hundred-story building. They said it wouldn’t hold together. Read more…