Bill William Gargan Jane Frances Dee Hal Ralph Bellamy Mike Wallace Ford Hermie Gregory Ratoff Ricci Jack La Rue Released by RKO | Directed by Run time: 61 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Opens with a shot of a man’s hat on a bedpost and a woman telling Read more…
Sylvia Day Mae Clarke Joseph B. Smith Ralph Bellamy Jeanie Vance Marie Prevost Released by Columbia Pictures | Directed By Edward F. Cline Proof That It’s Pre-Code Sylvia (Clarke) and Tony (Hale Hamilton) run a con that involves a fake pick pocketing and extortion from dopey department stores. Tony becomes Read more…
Lulu … Barbara Stanwyck Bob … Adolphe Menjou Holland … Ralph Bellamy Proof That It’s Pre-Code Extramarital affairs, extramarital babies, and it’s the right thing to do! Forbidden: The 33 Error “The longer they no, the harder they yes!” Schadenfreude. It’s a German word that means taking pleasure in the Read more…
Mary Archer Barbara Stanwyck Hugo Wilbrandt Otto Kruger Jeff Archer Ralph Bellamy Proof That It’s Pre-Code Get this– Americans can be huge douches. We get to hear gossip about what the Germans did to a pair of nurses, and what they do to all of their prisoners– or, as one Read more…
Scorpio … Wallace Beery Newton … Lewis Stone Carl … Clark Gable Anne … Jean Harlow Johnny … Ralph Bellamy Peaches … Marjorie Rambeau Proof That It’s Pre-Code It’s a gangster pic with plenty of guns, booze, and broads. Murder is the name of the game, as well as paid Read more…
It’s Fay Wray versus… a giant octopus this week, it seems. Uh, roar?
Pre-Code Follies: He’s a fast talking newspaper guy. She’s the daughter of the chief of police. Can they get along? From Danny