Diana Joan Crawford Bogard Gary Cooper Claude Robert Young Ronnie Franchot Tone McGinnis Roscoe Karns Applegate Louise Closser Hale Released by MGM | Directed by Howard Hawks Run time: 113 minutes Today We Live: Yesterday We Chat “You take a lot of killing, doncha? C’mon.” There’s a lot to like Read more…
Mrs. Livingston Baldwin-Crane Edna May Oliver Ms. Yvette Gordon Jill Esmond Andrew MacKaig Roscoe Ates Released by RKO | Directed by Lowell Sherman Run time: 63 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Plenty of double entendres: “But you must be examined. Before you can serve as a juror, you Read more…
Doris Kendall Constance Bennett Barry Craig Joel McCrea Sir Wilfred Drake Paul Cavanaugh Released by RKO | Directed by Paul L. Stein Run time: 81 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Two lovers sleep together out of wedlock. “I know you’re married. What difference does that make?!” The ending Read more…
Scott Charlie Ruggles Georgia Una Merkel Ruth Mary Carlisle Released by MGM | Directed by Harry Beaumont Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Released barely two days before the enforcement of the Production Code began in 1934, the filmmakers do manage to get the lead actresses Read more…
Cherry Evelyn Brent Boyd Joel McCrea Mildred Jean Arthur Released by RKO | Directed by George Archainbaud Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our suffering heroine, Cherry, is a former prostitute who is known up and down the coast. “You’re nothing but a–“ “Don’t call me Read more…
Olga Aline MacMahon Myra Ann Dvorak George Preston Foster Mrs. Tifton Glenda Farrell Frank Frank McHugh Mrs. Ashton-Ashley Ruth Donnelly Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Mervy LeRoy Run time: 61 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Two women exit a car and beg the attendant: “Can you Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for August 2017 Welcome to August, folks. It’s time for TCM’s annual Summer Under the Stars, with 30 days dedicated to 30 different stars. You can check out the SUTS site here, though I’ll be honest with you guys: not the best month for pre-Code films. There Read more…
Valerie West Constance Bennett John Neville Joel McCrea Dick Carmedon Lew Cody Released by RKO Pathe | Directed by Paul L. Stein Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A woman has a past. On seeing his model nude for the first time, John declares: “You’re perfect! Read more…
Jim Ronald Colman Clemency Kay Francis Doris Phyllis Barry Released by Sam Goldwyn | Directed by King Vidor Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Everyone rides Jim for not having an affair until he does. Clemency’s younger sister has a habit of falling for Lotharios; she’s Read more…
Raffles Ronald Colman Gwen Kay Francis Detective McKenzie David Torrence Released by Samuel Goldwyn| Directed by George Fitzmaurice Run time: 71 minutes Raffles: Just a Bit of Cricket “Heh. One way or another, we’re all thieves at times.” Boy, Raffles sure is a movie. Ronald Colman, debonair and adorable, plays Read more…