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?
1933
Our Betters (1933) Review, with Constance Bennett and Gilbert Roland
Pearl Constance Bennett Duchess Violet Kimble-Cooper Pepi Gilbert Roland Thornton Grant Mitchell Arthur Minor Watson Bessie Anita Louise Released by RKO | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 85 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Are you making love to me?” “That’s nothing new, is it?” “I didn’t believe Read more…
1932
Rockabye (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea
Judy Constance Bennett Jacob Joel McCrea Sola Paul Lukas Released by RKO-Pathe | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You have a baby, do you not, Miss Carroll? You don’t mind me calling you ‘miss’ in a question like that, do you?” Read more…
1932
What Price Hollywood? (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, and Neil Hamilton
Mary Evans Constance Bennett Max Carey Lowell Sherman Lonny Borden Neil Hamilton Released by RKO/Pathe | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 88 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You want me to call Nick over?” “Sure. Tell him about that 17-year-old girl you put in pictures.” The tipsy Read more…
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Pre-Code Retro – Two Faced Woman (1942) Review, with Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas
Karin Greta Garbo Larry Melvyn Douglas Griselda Constance Bennett Released by MGM | Directed by George Cukor Two-Faced Woman: The Two Farces of Eve “You’ve made me lose my poise; for that I shall never forgive you.” Two Faced Woman is kind of a disaster. Wresting mediocrity from the jaws Read more…
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Bed of Roses (1933) Review, with Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea
Pre-Code Follies: Pre-Code prostitute prerogatives! From Danny