King Henry VIII Charles Laughton Anne Boleyn Merle Oberon Jane Seymour Wendy Barrie Anne of Cleves Elsa Lanchester Katherine Howard Binnie Barnes Thomas Culpeper Robert Donat Released by United Artists | Directed by Alexander Korda Run time: 97 minutes Private Life of Henry VIII: A Royal Rumpus “You smile, do Read more…
Polly Alice White Dominic Edward G. Robinson Swifty Neil Hamilton Released by Warner Bros./First National | Directed by Edward F. Cline Run time: 64 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I don’t talk business in my bedroom?” “Yeah?” “You’re a cute little trick, aren’t you?” “A dumb cluck like Read more…
Elsa Helen Twelvetrees Karl William Bakewell Otto Lew Cody Katie Zasu Pitts Muller C. Henry Gordon Hans Frank Pangborn Released by RKO Pathe | Directed by Harry Joe Brown Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The title implies exactly what you think she’s had experience with. Read more…
Sarah Irene Dunne Gordon Clive Brook Tono Nils Asther Released by RKO | Directed by Elliott Nugent Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A grumpy Gordon buys a ton of naughty postcards and rips them up. Because he’s grumpy. The two main characters are in loveless Read more…
Jeffrey Farraday Lawrence Tibbett Tony Farraday Esther Ralston Mrs. Farraday Emma Dunn Doc Roland Young Snipe Cliff Edwards Rodman Farraday Purnell Pratt Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Directed by Harry A. Pollard Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “The last place I’d worry about being caught by Read more…
Pearl Constance Bennett Duchess Violet Kimble-Cooper Pepi Gilbert Roland Thornton Grant Mitchell Arthur Minor Watson Bessie Anita Louise Released by RKO | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 85 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Are you making love to me?” “That’s nothing new, is it?” “I didn’t believe Read more…
Stan Stan Laurel Ollie Oliver Hardy Charley Charley Chase Released by MGM | Directed by William A. Seiter Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I’ll put you in jail first with the rest of the sons of a– Sons of the Desert!” The guys get to Read more…
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…
The Raja George Arliss Dr. Traherne Ralph Forbes Lucilla Alice Joyce Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Alfred E. Green Run time: 73 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Look, there’s an evil Indian king and he really wants to nail this (married) white lady. There are no Read more…
Judy Constance Bennett Jacob Joel McCrea Sola Paul Lukas Released by RKO-Pathe | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You have a baby, do you not, Miss Carroll? You don’t mind me calling you ‘miss’ in a question like that, do you?” Read more…