Selina Peake … Barbara Stanwyck Roelfe Pool … George Brent Dirk De Jong … Hardie Albright Dallas O’Mara … Bette Davis Klass Pool … Alan Hale Pervus De Jong … Earle Fox Proof That It’s Pre-Code This one’s actually fairly blase to be totally honest, though many of its themes Read more…
Lora Hart … Barbara Stanwyck Maloney … Joan Blondell Nick … Clark Gable Mortie … Ben Lyon Eagan … Edward Nugent Dr. Bell … Charles Winninger Proof That It’s Pre-Code Hoo boy. How long have you got? One orderly snipes at a nurse, “Don’t forget to wash that bedpan, and Read more…
J-21 … John Garrick Single O … El Brendel LN-18 … Maureen O’Sullivan D-6 … Marjorie White Loko / Boko … Ivan Linow Loo Loo / Boo Boo … Joyzelle Joyner Just Imagine: Hard to Believe “Give me the good old days!” What will the world be like in the Read more…
The Particulars of the Picture Simon Johanssen … Ole Olsen Peter Swanson … Chic Johnson Jack Forbes … William Gaxton Lulu Carroll … Claudia Dell Michael Cummins … John Halliday Violet … Helen Broderick 50 Million Frenchmen: Sometimes Quite Wrong Bad comedies. I hate bad comedies. 50 Million Frenchmen, unfortunately, Read more…
Ann Vincent Barbara Stanwyck Dick Ives James Rennie Price Baines Ricardo Cortez Georgie Evans Clive Butterworth Ives, Sr Claude Gillingwater Margie True Natalie Moorhead Illicit: Can Sex Survive Marriage? “We’re both a riot in our underwear!” There are probably few movies that can serve as such definitive proof in how Read more…
The Particulars of the Picture Angela … Kay Johnson Bob … Reginald Denny Jimmy Wade … Roland Young Trixie … Lilian Roth Madam Satan … ??? Directed by Cecil B. DeMille Madam Satan: Hell in a Handbasket Who wants to go to hell with Madam Satan? Cecil B. DeMille’s Madam Read more…
The Particulars of the Picture Cynthia Darrington … Katharine Hepburn Christopher Strong … Colin Clive Elaine Strong … Billie Burke Monica Strong … Helen Chandler Henry Rawlinson … Ralph Forbes Directed by Dorothy Arzner Christopher Strong: Making You Weak in the Knees The very first time the viewer sees the Read more…
Proof That It’s Pre-Code I’m going to have to stretch it a little this week, since there’s inherently very little about this picture that was risque for the time that it arrived in. There’s a cute Indian girl who runs around with a cute little white boy and forty years Read more…
Proof That It’s Pre-Code It’s about a lady gangster who takes over a mob through her wits rather than with her body– which is pretty rare for a Pre-Code. She’s vicious, cunning, and makes suckers out of her enemies. Blondie goes into the hospital to visit her gangster cohort who Read more…
Lily Barbara Stanwyck Courtland Trenholm George Brent Mr. Stevens Donald Cook Chico Theresa Harris Mr. Carter Henry Kolker Mr. Sipple Arthur Hohl Proof That It’s Pre-Code The film’s main conceit is that all life is exploitation, and you must simply be the one doing the exploiting. One book thumping scholar Read more…