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
Junior Junior Durkin Josie Charlotte Henry Abraham Carl Gross Released by RKO | Directed by Irving Cummings Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Racially, there’s some pretty awful stuff here. Junior’s housekeeper’s son, Abraham, is every bad cliche of African-Americans you can picture. Besides constantly being Read more
Merton Stuart Erwin Flip Joan Blondell Ben Ben Turpin Released by Paramount | Directed by William Beaudine Run time: 86 minutes Make Me a Star: Please God No “Just another good grocery clerk gone wrong.” At the end of Make Me a Star, my dog stood up on her hind Read more
Foster Richard Dix Peggy Elizabeth Allan Adrian Deane Doris Kenyon Released by RKO | Directed by J. Walter Ruben Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One bad advertising slogan is listed as, “White teeth for white men”. The other man thoughtfully counters, “You cut out 90% Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for July 2017 It’s sweltering summer! Well, I mean it was when I lived in Japan. Now I’m on the elbow of California and it’s foggy from about 6:00 PM to 10:00 AM every single day. It does get up to sunny and 65 in the afternoons Read more
Jack Thomas John Gilbert Frank Louis Wolheim Marjorie Leila Hyams Ruth Anita Page Mabel Marie Prevost Florio John Miljan Released by MGM | Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Run time: 90 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A bootlegger tells his skeptical brother, who’s sniffing a bottle, “That stuff ain’t Read more
Pancho Villa Wallace Beery Rodolfo Leo Carrillo Teresa Fay Wray Jonny Sykes Stuart Erwin General Pascal Joseph Schildkraut Francisco Madero Henry B. Walthall Released by MGM | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 115 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film People are murdered pretty indiscriminately– this is a revolution, Read more
Josie Sally O’Neil Whiskey Johnny Reginald Sharland McEwan Mitchell Lewis Released by RKO | Directed by Bert Glennon Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “That one was old when ‘Fanny’ was a girl’s name!” Josie is a former burlesque dancer and girl of all ports. She Read more