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1933

Gambling Ship (1933) Review, with Cary Grant

Ace Corbin Cary Grant Eleanor Benita Hume Manning Jack La Rue Released by Paramount Directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Max Marcin Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Benita Hume pops out of the shower at one point and (it’s difficult to capture in a screenshot) Read more…

By Danny, 6 years ago
1933

King Kong (1933) Review, with Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong

Ann Darrow Fay Wray Carl Denham Robert Armstrong John Driscoll Bruce Cabot Released by RKO Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack Run time: 104 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film This film touches lightly on a ton of material from white slavery to bestiality, that would be Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsFebruary 7, 2020 ago
1933

Peg o’ My Heart (1933) Review, with Marion Davies

Peg Marion Davies Jerry Onslow Stevens Alaric Tyrell Davis Released by MGM Directed by Robert Z. Leonard Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You little Irish–!!” Our hero, Peg (Davies), pretends to have an illicit extramarital affair in order to help another woman out. Peg O’ Read more…

By Danny, 6 years ago
1933

The World Changes (1933) Review, with Paul Muni, Aline MacMahon and Mary Astor

Orin Nordholm Jr. Paul Muni Anna Nordholm Aline MacMahon Ginny Claffin Mary Astor Released by Warner Bros./First National Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Run time: 91 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A broad historical overview that features suicide, multiple marriages and even the Great Depression. The World Changes: Never Read more…

By Danny, 6 years ago
1933

Beauty for Sale (1933) Review, with Madge Evans and Alice Brady

Letty Madge Evans Mrs. Sherwood Alice Brady Sherwood Otto Kruger Carol Una Merkel Mrs. Merrick May Robson Burt Barton Phillips Holmes Released by MGM Directed by Richard Boleslavsky Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You know how divorces are.” “I’ve never been married.” “Not even once?!” Read more…

By Danny, 7 years ago
1933

Twin Husbands (1933) Review, with John Miljan and Shirley Gray

Jerry John Miljan Chloe Shirley Gray Colton Monroe Owsley Released by Invincible Pictures Directed by Frank R. Strayer Run time: 68 minutes Twin Husbands: Twisted Misters “I can’t pretend to be the victim of amnesia for more than a few hours at a time. My ego won’t permit it!” On Read more…

By Danny, 7 years ago
1933

Pick-Up (1933) Review, with Sylvia Sidney and George Raft

Mary Richards Sylvia Sidney Harry Glynn George Raft Muriel Stevens Lilian Bond Released by MGM Directed by W.S. Van Dyke Run time: 92 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film All about the kind of woman who survived the Depression any way possible, and the men who picked them up. Read more…

By Danny, 7 years ago
1933

Jungle Bride (1933) Review, with Anita Page

Doris Evans Anita Page Gordon Wayne Charles Starrett John Franklin Kenneth Thomspon Released by Monogram Studios Directed by Harry O. Hoyt and Albert H. Kelley Run time: 62 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Anita Page undresses with her back to the camera and you do manage to see Read more…

By Danny, 7 years ago
1933

Grand Slam (1933) Review, with Paul Lukas and Loretta Young

Peter Stanislavsky Paul Lukas Marcia Loretta Young Philip Frank McHugh Blondie Glenda Farrell Lola Helen Vinson The Announcer Roscoe Karns Released by Warner Bros. Directed by William Dieterle Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Frank McHugh asks a gruff man, “Could you love a waiter?” “One Read more…

By Danny, 7 years ago
1933

Men Must Fight (1933) Review, with Diana Wynyard, Lewis Stone, and Phillips Holmes

Laura Diana Wynyard Edward Seward Lewis Stone Bob Seward Phillips Holmes Released by MGM Directed by Edgar Selwyn Run time: 61 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The film opens with a nurse and flyer getting dressed in a secluded room. As a result, an unmarried woman gets pregnant. Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsFebruary 8, 2019 ago

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