1933
Secrets (1933) Review, with Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard
Mary MarloweMary Pickford John CarltonLeslie Howard SunshineNed Sparks Released by United ArtistsDirected by Frank BorzageRun time: 90 minutes Proof that It’s Pre-Code High infant mortality rate. Extramarital sex. Leslie Howard at one point gets doused in petticoats. Secrets: Love Through the Ages “I’m saving a man from drowning tonight.” With Read more…
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Pre-Code Movies on Turner Classic Movies in August 2020
How’s everyone’s 2020 going? I have decided to have amnesia and pretend that this is January 1st now. Everything is terrible, but at least I’m sure it can’t get any worse. Anyway, August on TCM is one of my favorite times of the year with Summer Under the Stars, entire Read more…
1932
Flesh (1932) Review, with Wallace Beery and Karen Morley
Wallace Beery is a dopey wrestler unwittingly ensnared in a love triangle in FLESH. #precode
1933
A Study in Scarlet (1933) Review
Sherlock HolmesReginald Owen Mrs. PykeAnna May Wong Eileen ForresterJune Clyde Released by: Tiffany PicturesDirected by: Edwin L. MarinRunning time: 72 minutes A Study in Scarlet: No Shit? “Come, Watson. The game is afoot.” Earlier this week I decided to write an essay about Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Read more…
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Girls in Uniform [Mädchen in Uniform] (1931) Review, with Emilia Unda and Dorothea Wieck
ManuelaHertha Thiel IlseEllen Schwanneke Frl. von BernburgDorothea Wieck Directed by: Leontine Sagan and Carl FroelichRunning time: 88 minutes Proof That It’s a German Film Set in an all-girls school, some of the kids have girlfriends or get playful with one another, including slaps on the rear. A woman kisses a Read more…
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in July 2020
I went to visit my parents the other day, and my mother smiled and asked, “So, do you still like pre-Code movies?” It hadn’t occurred to me that my last ‘Like’ review was This is the Night 2 1/2 months ago. Of course I still like pre-Code films, though, uh, Read more…
1931
Kept Husbands (1931) Review, with Dorothy Mackaill and Joel McCrea
Dot Dorothy Mackaill Dick Joel McCrea The Ned Sparks part Ned Sparks Released by RKO Directed by Lloyd Bacon Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The best I’ve got is that there’s a dog named ‘Pansy’. Kept Husbands: All Lost “Easy things aren’t much good.” Have Read more…
1931
Stepping Out (1931) Review, with Reginald Denny and Charlotte Greenwood
Sally Leila Hyams Tom Reginald Denny role Lilian Bond Released by MGM Directed by Charles Reisner Run time: 73 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You were a blushing bride– and what blushes!” “Awright, I’ll go around without a stitch of clothes! Without a stitch of clothes! Like Lady Read more…
1931
Expensive Women (1931) Review, with Dolores Costello and Warren William
Connie Newton Dolores Costello Neil Hartley Warren William Melville Raymond H.B. Warner Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Hobart Henley Run time: 60 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our first shot of our heroine is of her in the bathtub, scrubbing up. Connie gets a call from her Read more…