Patricia Hanley Billie Dove Paul Gherardi Basil Rathbone Olga Balakireff Kay Francis Released by First National/Warner Bros. Directed by Lloyd Bacon Run time: 67 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film There is an affair. It is a notorious one. Or so we’re told– unfortunately, there’s not much sizzle here Read more…
Berk Jarvis John Mack Brown Diony Hall Eleanor Boardman Evan Muir Gavin Gordon Released by MGM Directed by Charles Brabin Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Berk Jarvis’ mother gets killed and scalped by a Shawnee. The villain then spends the movie rubbing it in Jarvis’ Read more…
Capt. Fred Allison Leslie Howard Lt. Jack ‘Dig’ Digby Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Col. Carl Ehlrich Paul Lukas Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Roy Del Ruth Run time: 69 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Early in the film, a cadre of captured soldiers are stripped naked and forced Read more…
Champ Wallace Beery Dink Jackie Cooper Linda Irene Rich Released by MGM Directed by King Vidor Run time: 83 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Champ has a helluva drinking problem. “Oh, this is Jonah my pal. […] He’s colored.” “So he is. Kind of a pretty color.” The Read more…
And it’s July! Wow, 2018 sometimes goes fast, sometimes it goes slow, and sometimes I often wish I were dead. But I have movies in the meantime, and that’s good enough for me. The most important, special news is that it’s Barnes & Noble sale time for all your Criterion Read more…
Tom Leslie Howard Daisy Ann Harding Cecilia Myrna Loy Released by RKO Directed by Edward H. Griffith and George Cukor Run time: 85 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Tom, our lead, has been intimate in the past with Daisy and really desperately wants to be intimate with Cecilia, Read more…
Dan Pritchard Leslie Howard Tamea Conchita Montenegro Maisie Karen Morley Released by MGM Directed by W.S. Van Dyke Run time: 79 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You make one big mistake in not watching me dress!” “She’s a very delightful little savage.” “You like wine?” “Oh yes. It Read more…
Marian Joan Crawford Mark Whitney Clark Gable Al Manning Wallace Ford Released by MGM Directed by Clarence Brown Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Joan Crawford plays a fallen, kept woman who loves her life no matter how many times she gets trampled on or slapped. Read more…
Hey everyone! So I’m sorry for the slow pace around here. I had another vacation in May (am I complaining about that? I hope not), it’s summer reading kick-off time which means I’m doing fifty things at once, and I think I’m suffering from some light depression. If that’s a Read more…
Tarzan Johnny Weissmuller Jane Maureen O’Sullivan Harry Neil Hamilton Released by MGM Directed by W.S. Van Dyke Run time: 108 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Jane razzes on her father (while she undresses in front of him): “Darling, don’t be silly and embarrassed by me! Why, you bathed Read more…