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1934

Good Dame (1934) Review, with Sylvia Sydney and Fredric March

Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March are in love again. This time it ain’t the booze that is strangling their relationship– it’s fast-talking slang! So much slang! Slang for days!

By Danny, 1 yearFebruary 4, 2022 ago
1932

Attorney for the Defense (1932) Review, with Edmund Lowe, Evelyn Brent, and Constance Cummings

Burton Edmund Lowe Val Lorraine Evelyn Brent Ruth Barry Constance Cummings Released by Columbia | Directed by Irving Cummings Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The woman Burton sleeps with is cheating on him. Frustrated, he tells the other man, “It may relieve you to know Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsOctober 24, 2016 ago
Night After Night 1932 George Raft Mae West
1932

Night After Night (1932) Review, with George Raft, Roscoe Karns, and Mae West

Joe Anton George Raft Jerry Healy Constance Cummings Iris Wynne Gibson Leo Roscoe Karns Mabel Alison Skipworth Maude Mae West Released by Paramount | Directed by Archie Mayo Proof That It’s Pre-Code “Why that dumb cluck!” George Raft awakens and undresses to bathe. We see a lot of him. Llllladies. Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsJanuary 25, 2016 ago
He Was Her Man James Cagney Joan Blondell 1934 pre-Code
1934

He Was Her Man (1934) Review, with James Cagney and Joan Blondell

Flicker Hayes James Cagney Rose Lawrence Joan Blondell Nick Gardella Victor Jory Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By Lloyd Bacon Proof That It’s Pre-Code Early on, Flicker Hayes (Cagney) agrees to rob a safe filled with junk and “nose candy.” Rose Lawerence (Blondell) plays a prostitute who decides to Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsJuly 24, 2015 ago
1934

Search for Beauty (1934) Review

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WEEK’S ENTRY IS NOT WORK SAFE. AT ALL. Proof That It’s Pre-Code Jesus. Well, there’s a lot of things. This film is the result of an intercontinental search for the most beautiful (white) people in the world. As such, they really want to show their wares off. Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsFebruary 15, 2013 ago
Svengali (1930)

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