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1931

Trader Horn (1931) Review, with Harry Carey and Edwina Booth

Trader Horn Harry Carey Peru Duncan Renaldo Nina – The White Goddess Edwina Booth Released by MGM | Directed by W.S. Van Dyke Run time: 122 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film It’s racist as hell. Another film that posits that black women’s breasts aren’t as sinful to see Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsFebruary 6, 2017 ago
1932

Bird of Paradise (1932) Review, with Joel McCrea and Dolores del Rio

Johnny Joel McCrea Luana Dolores del Rio Mac John Halliday Released by RKO | Directed by King Vidor Run time: 82 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “What is this place?” “Probably one of the Virgin Islands.” “I hope not!” There are a couple of South Seas orgies. Ya Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsJanuary 16, 2017 ago
1932

Emma (1932) Review, with Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt and Myrna Loy

Emma Marie Dressler Mr. Smith Jean Hersholt Isabelle Myrna Loy Released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer | Directed by Clarence Brown Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Don’t be silly, Bill. Storks don’t bring babies.” “You don’t know anything about it.” “Don’t I?!” “She’s fast, too!” Emma Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsJune 24, 2016 ago
Easy to Love 1934 Genevieve Tobin Edward Everett Horton Adolphe Menjou Mary Astor
1934

Easy to Love (1934) Review, with Genevieve Tobin and Adolphe Menjou

Carol Genevieve Tobin John Adolphe Menjou Charlotte Mary Astor Eric Edward Everett Horton Janet Patricia Ellis McTavish Hugh Herbert Released by Warner Brothers | Directed by William Keighley Proof That It’s Pre-Code Married man John spends his afternoons “playing polo” over at friend Charlotte’s house. Realizing she has to win Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsOctober 23, 2015 ago
Roman Scandals 1933
1933

Roman Scandals (1933) Review, with Eddie Cantor

Eddie / Oedipus Eddie Cantor Josephus David Manners Princess Sylvia Gloria Stewart Emperor Valerius Edward Arnold Olga Ruth Etting Empress Agrippa Verree Teasdale Released by United Artists | Directed By Frank Tuttle Proof That It’s Pre-Code “The empress Agrippa, the one I was sleeping with, was his wife.” The chief Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsSeptember 21, 2015 ago
Gold Diggers of 1933 Joan Blondell pre-Code musical Warren William Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Ailene MacMahon Guy Kibbee Ned Sparks Ginger Rogers
1933

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Review, with Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, and Aline MacMahon

Carol Joan Blondell Lawrence Warren William Trixie Aline MacMahon Polly Ruby Keeler Brad Dick Powell Peabody Guy Kibbee Barney Ned Sparks Fay Ginger Rogers Singer Etta Moten Released by Warner Brothers | Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of the musical numbers is called “Pettin’ in the Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsSeptember 18, 2015 ago
The Barbarian Ramon Novarro Myrna Loy 1933 pre-code
1933

The Barbarian (1933) Review, with Ramon Novarro and Myrna Loy

Jamil El Shehab Ramon Novarro Diana ‘Di’ Standing Myrna Loy Gerald Hume Reginald Denny Cecil Harwood C. Aubrey Smith Achmed Pasha Edward Arnold Powers Louise Closser Hale Released by MGM | Directed By Sam Wood Proof That It’s Pre-Code Myrna Loy takes a dip in the film’s most infamous scene: Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsJune 5, 2015 ago
Half Naked Truth 1932
1932

The Half-Naked Truth (1932) Review, with Lupe Velez and Lee Tracy

Teresita Lupe Velez Bates Lee Tracy Achilles Eugene Pallette Released by RKO | Directed By Gregory La Cava Proof That It’s Pre-Code An enticement to see an exotic dancer that doesn’t work as well nowadays: “She makes the old grow young and the young grow gay.” “But he ain’t the Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsMay 18, 2015 ago
Invisible Man 1933 pre-code universal horror
1933

The Invisible Man (1933) Review, with Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart

Dr. Jack Griffin Claude Rains Flora Gloria Stuart Dr. Arthur Kemp William Harrigan Released by Universal | Directed By James Whale Proof That It’s Pre-Code A naked man instigates a reign of terror throughout Great Britain. He also pushes a baby carriage over. Basically, the invisible man murders a ton Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsApril 15, 2015 ago
The Lady Refuses
1931

The Lady Refuses (1931) Review, with Betty Compson

June Betty Compson Russell Courtney John Darrow Sir Gerald Courtney Gilbert Emery Released by RKO | Directed By George Archainbaud Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our heroine is a poor street walker. “Don’t be so Victorian, Dobbs. Cocktails, Dobbs. We must have cocktails!” A bartender from Chicago is called, “one of Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsJanuary 16, 2015 ago

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