1932
The Menace (1932) Review, with H.B. Warner and Bette Davis
A wrongly convicted man seeks to clear his name through the use of plastic surgery and pure convoluted logic.
1930
Captain Thunder (1930) Review, with Victor Varconi and Fay Wray
El Capitan Thunder Victor Varconi Ynez Fay Wray Juan Don Alvarado Released by Warner Bros./First National | Directed by Alan Crosland Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Thunder is a lady’s man, and all the senoritas are totally into that. “Big boy!” “Little girl! Aren’t you Read more…
1930
The Runaway Bride (1930) Review, with Mary Astor
Mary / Sally Mary Astor George Lloyd Hughes Clara Natalie Moorhead Released by RKO | Directed by Donald Crisp Proof That It’s Pre-Code A woman runs away with a man to elope, but then realizes that he’s kind of a dick. But they signed a hotel register together, so if Read more…
1931
Illicit (1931) Review, with Barbara Stanwyck
Ann Vincent Barbara Stanwyck Dick Ives James Rennie Price Baines Ricardo Cortez Georgie Evans Clive Butterworth Ives, Sr Claude Gillingwater Margie True Natalie Moorhead Illicit: Can Sex Survive Marriage? “We’re both a riot in our underwear!” There are probably few movies that can serve as such definitive proof in how Read more…
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The Mind Reader (1933) Review
Warren William takes you to some dark places as a conman with a soul!
1933
Private Detective 62 (1933) Review, with William Powell
Pre-Code Follies: It’s another round with William Powell being so-damned-charming-it-hurts in a movie that’s so-damn-boring-that-writing-a-description-of-it-is-also-boring. From-Danny.