Somewhere in Sonora (1933) Review, with John Wayne and Duke

John Bishop John Wayne Monte Black J.P. McGowan Duke Duke Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Mack V. Wright Run time: 59 minutes Somewhere in Sonora: Guilt and Innocence "Don't worry about me, I've always been a lucky sort of a cuss." Of all the Warner … Continue reading →

Ride Him, Cowboy (1932) Review, with John Wayne, Ruth Hall, and Duke

John Drury John Wayne Ruth Gaunt Ruth Hall Duke Duke Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Fred Allen Run time: 55 minutes Ride Him, Cowboy: High Ridin' Hokum "There ain't no reason I can see why a horse don't have the same right to a trial as a man." Set … Continue reading →

Chandu the Magician (1932) Review, with Bela Lugosi, Irene Ware and Edmund Lowe

Chandu Edmund Lowe Princess Nadji Irene Ware Roxor Bela Lugosi Released by Fox Film | Directed by William Cameron Menzies & Marcel Varnel Proof That It's Pre-Code Death rays! ... wait, that's not exclusive to the early 1930s? Lots of mysticism and … Continue reading →

Alias Mary Smith (1932) Review

Joan AKA Mary Smith Blanche Mehaffey Buddy John Darrow Scoop Raymond Hatton Released by Mayfair Pictures Corporation | Directed by E. Mason Hopper Proof That It's Pre-Code The A.D.A. is visited by a woman named Mary Smith. His butler was absent because he … Continue reading →

Cabin in the Cotton (1932) Review, with Richard Barthelmess and Bette Davis

Marvin Blake Richard Barthelmess Betty Wright Dorothy Jordan Madge Bette Davis Released by Warner Brothers | Directed by Michael Curtiz Proof That It's Pre-Code "That girl ain't got a bit of a soul, she ain't. But she sure got a body. Some body." A … Continue reading →