Wilbur Bert Wheeler Mary Marsh Dorothy Lee Ganzy Robert Woolsey Released by RKO | Directed by Edward F. Cline Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Conjigating.” “He wants a room with exposure!” “Are we going to allow that here?” Ganzy’s name keeps becoming ‘Pansy’. “This stuff Read more…
Peewee Bert Wheeler Dixiana Bebe Daniels Ginger Robert Woolsey Released by RKO | Directed by Luther Reed Run time: 97 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Damn, damn, damn!” Dixiana: Gone with the Broken Wind “Wait until I polish this on your snoot!” Do you ever sit and wonder Read more…
Sparrow Bert Wheeler Professor Cunningham Robert Woolsey Anita Dorothy Lee Released by RKO | Directed by Paul Sloane Run time: 97 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “What does a girl generally want a little fella for?” “In my country, we marry women first. Then we teach them how Read more…
Abby Carole Lombard Rod Gene Raymond Franklin Donald Cook Released by Columbia | Directed by David Burton Run time: 69 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A rich young man is marrying a showgirl. His brother darkly hints, “Do you have to marry her to adore her?” “I think Read more…
George Brent Margaret Lindsay Eugene Pallette Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by William Dietrle Run time: 63 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “No, we can’t send a policeman around for that. Try the lonely hearts bureau.” A woman gets the offer of marriage rescinded for one of Read more…
Vergie Winters Ann Harding John Shadwell John Boles Laura Shadwell Helen Vinson Released by RKO | Directed by Alfred Santell Run time: 85 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A woman conceives her lover’s child out of wedlock. Her lover and his wife adopt the child and raise it Read more…
Doris Roberts Winnie Lightner Herbert P. Herbert Charles Butterworth Lou & Jake Smith & Dale Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Lloyd Bacon Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Set in the world of costume design, it’s a good excuse to showcase good figures. “Henry Read more…
Thomas Knowlton Robert Montgomery T.J. Toler Walter Huston Joan Madge Evans Ship’s Cook Jimmy Durante Mac Dougal Eugene Pallette Brick Walters Robert Young Released by MGM | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 101 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Your first duty is to establish a base of Read more…
Diana Joan Crawford Bogard Gary Cooper Claude Robert Young Ronnie Franchot Tone McGinnis Roscoe Karns Applegate Louise Closser Hale Released by MGM | Directed by Howard Hawks Run time: 113 minutes Today We Live: Yesterday We Chat “You take a lot of killing, doncha? C’mon.” There’s a lot to like Read more…
Mrs. Livingston Baldwin-Crane Edna May Oliver Ms. Yvette Gordon Jill Esmond Andrew MacKaig Roscoe Ates Released by RKO | Directed by Lowell Sherman Run time: 63 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Plenty of double entendres: “But you must be examined. Before you can serve as a juror, you Read more…