1932
Lady With a Past (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett and Ben Lyon
Constance Bennett gets pygmalion’d into a sex bomb in Lady With a Past (32). Will David Manners muck everything up like usual?
1932
As You Desire Me (1932) Review, with Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, and Erich von Stroheim
Zara / Maria Greta Garbo Bruno Melvyn Douglas Salter Erich von Stroheim Released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer | Directed by George Fitzmaurice Proof That It’s Pre-Code Zara lives out of wedlock with a man, despite the fact that she may be married to another. (Though, to be fair, she has… Read more…
1933
Topaze (1933) Review, with John Barrymore and Myrna Loy
Professor Topaze John Barrymore Coco Myrna Loy Philippe de La Tour-La Tour Reginald Mason Released by RKO | Directed by Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast Proof That It’s Pre-Code Honesty, integrity, truth… it’s all bunk. Coco is the kept woman of a rich man. There’s no bones made about her role as Read more…
1932
Shopworn (1932), with Barbara Stanwyck
Kitty Lane … Barbara Stanwyck Aunt Dot … Zasu Pitts Fred … Lucien Littlefield David Livingston … Regis Toomey Helen Livingston … Clara Blandick Judge Forbes … Oscar Apfel Proof That It’s Pre-Code Upfront, it’s important to know that the surviving copies of this film are from a 1938 re-edit, Read more…
1934
The Black Cat (1934) Review
The Particulars of the Picture Hjalmar Poelzig … Boris Karloff Dr. Vitus Werdegast … Bela Lugosi Peter Alison … David Manners Joan Alison … Julie Bishop Karen … Lucille Lund Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer The Black Cat: Reveling in Horror It’s been a couple of days since I watched Read more…