1934
Coming Out Party (1934) Review, with Frances Dee and Gene Raymond
A big social soiree and a pregnancy lead a young girl to make some poor life decisions.
1932
Street of Women (1932) Review, with Kay Francis and Roland Young
This week, a man loves a woman whose brother loves his daughter while his wife is chatting with their architect who is also in love with a woman and… why is everyone drooling over that skyscraper?
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) Review, with Bette Davis and Pat O’Brien
Norma Bette Davis Butch Pat O’Brien The Captain Lewis Stone Joe Allen Jenkins Belle Glenda Farrell Pete Ruth Donnelly Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Roy Del Ruth Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Since this is a film dealing with the destitute, it’s fairly Read more…
1933
Melody Cruise (1933) Review, with Charlie Ruggles and Phil Harris
Alan Chandler Phil Harris Pete Wells Charlie Ruggles Elsa von Rader Greta Nissen Laurie Marlowe Helen Mack Ms. Potts Flora Roberts Zoe & Vera June Brewster & Shirley Chambers Released by RKO | Directed by Mark Sandrich Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film WELL. Two women Read more…
1934
Hi, Nellie! (1934) Review, with Paul Muni and Glenda Farrell
Bradshaw Paul Muni Gerry Glenda Farrell Shammy Ned Sparks Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By Mervyn LeRoy Proof That It’s Pre-Code “You can take that contract AND–“ Uh, there are gangsters? Hi, Nellie!: Heartache at the Fourth Estate “You’re the editor.” “You’re telling me?” I love Paul Muni. When Read more…
1933
Employees’ Entrance (1933) Review
Kurt Anderson … Warren William Madeline … Loretta Young Martin West … Wallace Ford Polly … Alice White Miss Hall … Ruth Donnelly Sweeney … Allen Jenkins Employee’s Entrance: Sorting the Successful From the Failures I think our antiheroes nowadays have gotten a little too clean under their collars. When Read more…