Flicker Hayes James Cagney Rose Lawrence Joan Blondell Nick Gardella Victor Jory Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By Lloyd Bacon Proof That It’s Pre-Code Early on, Flicker Hayes (Cagney) agrees to rob a safe filled with junk and “nose candy.” Rose Lawerence (Blondell) plays a prostitute who decides to Read more…
Joe James Cagney Lee Ann Dvorak Anne Joan Blondell Eddie Eric Linden Spud Frank McHugh Pops Guy Kibbee Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By Howard Hawks Proof That It’s Pre-Code Joe (Cagney) and Lee (Dvorak) are clearly sleeping together before they’re married. But this also means that Joe doesn’t 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…
Maurice Maurice Chevalier Princess Jeanette Jeanette MacDonald Viscount Gilbert de Varèze Charles Ruggles Count de Savignac Charles Butterworth Countess Valentine Myrna Loy Duke d’Artelines C. Aubrey Smith Released by Paramount | Directed By Rouben Mamoulian Proof That It’s Pre-Code Oh, jeez. There’re so many double entendres in the movie that Read more…
Molly Louvain Ann Dvorak Scotty Cornell Lee Tracy Nicky Grant Leslie Fenton Jimmy Hook Richard Cromwell Captain Slade Charles Middleton Pops Guy Kibbee Released by Warner Brothers/First National | Directed By Michael Curtiz Proof That It’s Pre-Code Molly Louvain gets pregnant out of wedlock and has a child. Molly Louvain Read more…
Edward Weldon O.P. Heggie Stella Weldon Sidney Fox Nolan Henry Hull D.A. Plunkett Moffat Johnston Gar Boni Humphrey Bogart Joe Biggers Lynne Overman Released by Universal | Directed By Chester Erskine Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of my favorite quotes about the Production Code comes from Wikipedia (I know, I Read more…
Annie Snodgrass Zasu Pitts T. Fenny Sylvester Nat Pendleton Adam Frink Edward Everett Horton Toots McGuire Ned Sparks Ruby Pert Kelton Oswald John Qualen Released by RKO | Directed By William A. Seiter Proof That It’s Pre-Code Former actress-turned-kept woman Ruby (Kelton) insists, “I belong to the world!” Sylvester (Pendleton) Read more…
Helen/Raquel Constance Bennett Doug Franchot Tone Vicky Tullio Carminati Released by 20th Century Pictures | Directed By Sidney Lanfield Proof That It’s Pre-Code Doug needs to compose his newest musical number in the lady’s room since everywhere else is taken. One of the film’s musical numbers revolves around a woman’s Read more…
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…
Queen Christina Greta Garbo Antonio John Gilbert Magnus Ian Keith Oxenstierna Lewis Stone Ebba Elizabeth Owen Aage C. Aubrey Smith Released by MGM | Directed By Rouben Mamoulian Proof That It’s Pre-Code The titular queen is quite obviously a bisexual and also crossdresses. Christina compares nights of passionate lovemaking to Read more…