Pre-Code.Com Site News for March 2016 Happy March, everyone! Things are certainly interesting here at Casa de Reid as we juggle our newborn baby and very quickly learn that their oblong shape does not lend well to juggling. Luckily, thanks to very kind family and friends, I remain too well […]
Carol Joan Blondell Lawrence Warren William Trixie Aline MacMahon Polly Ruby Keeler Brad Dick Powell Peabody Guy Kibbee Barney Ned Sparks Fay Ginger Rogers Singer Etta Moten Released by Warner Brothers | Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of the musical numbers is called “Pettin’ in the […]
(If you’re looking for more of a general information page on what Pre-Code cinema is, please click here.) History is a straight line, with the events of the past connecting up with the present in thousands of delicate threads. Understanding the history of pre-Code movies involves not just knowing what […]
Dubbed the ‘King of Pre-Code’, no other actor embodied the classy mix of charm and sleaze that epitomized pre-Code Hollywood than Warren William. Warren Krech was born December 2, 1894 in Minnesota. He became interested in acting at the young age of 9 when an opera house was erected in […]
Helen Bette Davis Don Gene Raymond Nick Monroe Owsley Hugo Frank McHugh Iris Claire Dodd Peggy Kay Strozzi Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By Robert Florey Proof That It’s Pre-Code A woman decides to flout modern morality and sleep with a man she loves before marriage. However, he begs […]
Few actresses, save maybe Miriam Hopkins or Kay Francis, are more closely associated with the era of pre-Code Hollywood than playful but tough-as-nails Joan Blondell. She was born Rose Joan Blondell in New York City in 1906. Joan was part of a vaudeville family and spent most of her young […]
I am not a list person. This is one of the reasons that you don’t see a whole lot on this site. But I also understand that it’s nice to get a list of movies to serve as a good jumping off point for people who have just discovered pre-Code […]
There are lots of different definitions of what a Pre-Code film is and what constitutes it. While this site will explore practically every movie produced between 1930 and July 1934, that doesn’t mean that all of those films are Pre-Code movies. This list of Pre-Code films was culled from several […]
Here are some of the more notable actors of the Pre-Code era. So far this mostly consists of those whose movies I’ve covered in significant numbers, but I’ll add more when I can. And for those of you who don’t appreciate the graphical interface, here’s the list of pages: George […]
Pre-Code Follies: It’s Kay Francis again, and this time she’s up to her doctorate in trouble. From Danny