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Zasu Pitts

1931

A Woman of Experience (1931) Review, with Helen Twelvetrees

Elsa Helen Twelvetrees Karl William Bakewell Otto Lew Cody Katie Zasu Pitts Muller C. Henry Gordon Hans Frank Pangborn Released by RKO Pathe | Directed by Harry Joe Brown Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The title implies exactly what you think she’s had experience with. Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsFebruary 27, 2017 ago
1931

Beyond Victory (1931) Review, with William Boyd

Bill William Boyd Jim James Gleason Bud Russell Gleason Lew Lew Cody Katherina Lissy Arna Fritzi Zasu Pitts Released by Pathe | Directed by John S. Robertson Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Oh, go to… go to bed.” One girl certainly sees fit to celebrate Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsSeptember 19, 2016 ago
1931

The Bad Sister (1931) Review, with Conrad Nagel and Sidney Fox

Dr. Dick Lundley Conrad Nagel Marianne Madison Sidney Fox Laura Madison Bette Davis Mr. Madison Charles Winninger Valentine Corliss Humphrey Bogart Hedrick Madison David Durand Released by Universal Pictures | Directed by Hobart Henley Proof That It’s Pre-Code The family’s youngest brother pesters his sister about her undergarments: “Why don’t Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsMay 9, 2016 ago
1932

Roar of the Dragon (1932) Review, with Richard Dix, Gwili Andre, and Edward Everett Horton

Captain Carson Richard Dix Natascha Gwili Andre Busby Edward Everett Horton Arline Judge Hortense O’Dare Gabby Zasu Pitts Voronsky C. Henry Gordon Released by RKO | Directed by Wesley Ruggles Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film We’re introduced to the film’s villain as he seers closed Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsApril 4, 2016 ago
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Is My Face Red? (1932) Review, with Helen Twelvetrees and Ricardo Cortez

Bill Poster Ricardo Cortez Peggy Helen Twelvetrees Mildred Jill Esmond Tony Sidney Toler Maloney Robert Armstrong The Operator Zasu Pitts Released by RKO | Directed by William A. Seiter Proof That It’s Pre-Code An old man is running around with a showgirl who calls him ‘popsie wopsie’. Our protagonist smacks Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsDecember 4, 2015 ago
Shopworn (1932)
1932

Shopworn (1932), with Barbara Stanwyck

Kitty Lane … Barbara Stanwyck Aunt Dot … Zasu Pitts Fred … Lucien Littlefield David Livingston … Regis Toomey Helen Livingston … Clara Blandick Judge Forbes … Oscar Apfel Proof That It’s Pre-Code Upfront, it’s important to know that the surviving copies of this film are from a 1938 re-edit, Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsJuly 9, 2013 ago
1932

Once in a Lifetime (1932) Review

The Particulars of the Picture George Lewis … Jack Oakie May Daniels … Aline MacMahon Jerry Hyland … Russell Hopton Lawrence Vail … Onslow Stevens Herman Glogauer … Gregory Ratoff Susan Walker … Sidney Fox Once in a Lifetime: Making It Big “You don’t know anything about anything, George, and Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsMay 21, 2013 ago
1930

War Nurse (1930) Review

Pre-Code Follies: A heart wrenching view from the front. Danny.

By Danny, 12 yearsApril 28, 2011 ago
Svengali (1930)

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