Helen Helen Twelvetrees Goldie Gorio Ricardo Cortez Steve John Garrick Released by RKO Pathe | Directed by Tay Garnett Proof That It’s Pre-Code Plenty of drinking and gambling. To tell a person to get lost, they’re simply ordered to “Screw.” A butler has had multiple wives A nasty gangster lures Read more…
Bud Eric Linden Vida Joan Blondell Cousin Gibby Walter Catlett Hummell Guy Kibbee The Station Agent Grant Mitchell Ms. Cartlich Jobyna Howland Released by Warner Brothers | Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Proof That It’s Pre-Code A bootlegger, before informing a client about yet another ‘change of address’, pleasantly tells his Read more…
Flo Helen Twelvetrees Babe Robert Armstrong McTeague Charles Bickford Released by Fox Pathe | Directed by Ryan Murphy Proof That It’s Pre-Code Drinking and speakeasies. Everyone is after Flo’s virtue. Or if they haven’t got it, they don’t believe she still has it. Not the nicest portrayal of South American Read more…
Bill Poster Ricardo Cortez Peggy Helen Twelvetrees Mildred Jill Esmond Tony Sidney Toler Maloney Robert Armstrong The Operator Zasu Pitts Released by RKO | Directed by William A. Seiter Proof That It’s Pre-Code An old man is running around with a showgirl who calls him ‘popsie wopsie’. Our protagonist smacks Read more…
Nora Moran Zita Johann Dick Crawford Paul Cavanagh John Grant Alan Dinehart Edith Crawford Claire Du Brey Father Ryan Henry B. Walthall Paulino John Miljan Released by Majestic Pictures | Directed By Phil Goldstone Proof That It’s Pre-Code Nora is called, “a common cheap hooker,” which is surprisingly blunt for Read more…
Marcia Cameron Mae Clarke Bob Henderson James Hall Trixie Barnes Marie Prevost Released by Columbia | Directed By Roy William Neill Proof That It’s Pre-Code “You cheap, common…” Women living with criminals outside of wedlock. Rich people are assholes. The Good Bad Girl: And The Ugly “That’s what I was. Read more…
Joe Gimlet Lee Tracy Mary Gimlet / Mary Wright Mae Clarke Ted Wright Otto Kruger Released by MGM | Directed by Edgar Selwyn Proof That It’s Pre-Code “As the lady said to the sailor, nothing’s stopping you.” Drunk Tracy is clearly checking out Clarke’s rear when she insists that he Read more…
Gunner John Gilbert Bucker Robert Armstrong Mary Mae Clarke Released by MGM | Directed By Todd Browning Proof That It’s Pre-Code Construction workers hanging out on the peaks of skyscrapers are really mostly concerned with peeping. Gunner (Gilbert) recognizes Mary (Clarke) by her rear end. Mary’s a conwoman who shakes Read more…
Jackson Durant Warner Baxter Gertie Waxted Myrna Loy Tony Gazotti Nat Pendleton Jim Crelliman C. Henry Gordon Sue Leonard Martha Sleeper Mimi Mae Clarke Released by MGM | Directed By W.S. Van Dyke Proof That It’s Pre-Code “Mouthpiece” Jackson Durant is more than happy to defend bootleggers and chorus girls– Read more…
Angel Grant Withers Mrs. Delano Lucille La Verne Mitch Warren Hymer Jennie Evalyn Knapp Harry James Cagney Myrtle Joan Blondell Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By John G. Adolfi Proof That It’s Pre-Code The dancing ladies are happy to show their stuff. Mitch runs a speakeasy and gambling joint. Read more…