Larry Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Diane Loretta Young Areal Henry Kolker Released by First National / Warner Bros. | Directed by William C. McGann Run time: 63 (out of 70) minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “What’ve you got there?” “Prune juice, sir.” “No, don’t think so. Don’t need it Read more…
Barrington Hunt Ronald Colman Camille Fay Wray Eliza Estelle Taylor Released by Samuel Goldwyn | Directed by George Fitzmaurice Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The main action takes place in a desert oasis full of scumbuckets. There’s also a girl who goes between beds as Read more…
Ann Carver Fay Wray Bill Graham Gene Raymond Carole Rodgers Claire Dodd Released by Columbia | Directed by Edward Buzzell Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A woman… with a college degree! And… and she doesn’t want to sit around the house! It’s madness I tell Read more…
Ann Vickers Irene Dunne Barney Dolphin Walter Huston Lindsey Atwell Conrad Nagel Released by RKO | Directed by John Cromwell Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One suspicious trip to Havana that ends in an out-of-wedlock child’s life ending. One prisoner is told, “We’ll have to Read more…
Joe Holt Joe E. Brown Alice Ginger Rogers Sam Allen ‘Farina’ Hoskins Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Lloyd Bacon Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film There’s a bird poop gag, but that’s the most I can muster. You Said a Mouthful: Toothy “Suppose you Read more…
Tony Adolphe Menjou Connie Leila Hyams Jack Norman Foster Released by MGM | Directed by Edgar Selwyn Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “He has another hobby. Jumping out of bedroom windows!” “We’re not the sorts to wear our hearts on our sleeves. In fact, we’re Read more…
Reeves Mr. George Arliss Jenny Bette Davis Tommy Theodore Newton Benjamin Hardie Albright Pettison Gordon Westcott Hank J. Farrell Macdonald Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By John G. Adolfi Proof That It’s Pre-Code Tommy and Betty prize their ability to buy booze from bootleggers above all else. At first, Read more…
Oliver Lane Herbert Marshall Wallace Lionel Atwill Bascom Ralph Forbes Mrs. Vail May Robson Mrs. Hopkins Mary Boland Helen Elizabeth Allen Released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 67 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film [poking head out of bathroom] “I thought you were Read more…
Larry / Ted Richard Dix Doris Powell Mary Lawlor Ace Martin Matthew Betz Released by RKO | Directed by George Archainbaud Run time: 72 minutes Shooting Straight: A Direct Shot “He doesn’t like to be referred to as a racketeer.” Shooting Straight is a fairly inoffensive, cute little movie. It’s Read more…
John Bishop John Wayne Monte Black J.P. McGowan Duke Duke Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Mack V. Wright Run time: 59 minutes Somewhere in Sonora: Guilt and Innocence “Don’t worry about me, I’ve always been a lucky sort of a cuss.” Of all the Warner Bros. B-Westerns that Read more…