Vincent Day Warren William Celia Farraday Sidney Fox Miss Hickey Aline MacMahon Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by James Flood & Elliott Nugent Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Attorney Vince Day’s career involves saving murderers and thieves after he accidentally sends a man to Read more…
Duke Ellis Richard Dix Johnny Ellis Tom Brown C. Henry Gordon Skinner Released by RKO | Directed by Rowland Brown Proof That It’s Pre-Code One convict had been married– to three wives at the same time. The cook is a homosexual. One guard’s wife is having an affair– and pays Read more…
Frankie Helen Twelvetrees Johnnie Ricardo Cortez Dan Phillips Holmes Annie Marjorie Rambeau Sport Frank Pangborn Nelly Thelma Todd Released by Pathe (RKO) | Directed by Tay Garnett Proof That It’s Pre-Code Look, you can’t say it, but this movie is filled to the brim with prostitutes. Oh, and murder. And Read more…
The Particulars of the Picture Zander Parkhurst … Robert Woolsey Wendell Graham … Bert Wheeler Betty Harington … Dorothy Lee Boris … Boris Karloff Minnie Van Varden … Edna Mae Oliver Leni Stengel … Queen Carlotta Cracked Nuts: Exactly As Advertised “If you only had money, you’d be beautiful.” You’re Read more…
The Particulars of the Picture Jimmie … Tommy Conlon Walt … Conrad Nagel Lou … Leila Hyams The Constant Woman: Hard to Peg Constantly lying is a bad idea. I know, controversial opinion, but the way The Constant Woman sees it, those lies always end in a fiery cavalcade of pain and Read more…
Proof That It’s Pre-Code I’m going to have to stretch it a little this week, since there’s inherently very little about this picture that was risque for the time that it arrived in. There’s a cute Indian girl who runs around with a cute little white boy and forty years Read more…