Site News for January ’17 & Holiday Wishes Another year down the tubes, everyone. I know things were a bit rough this year, especially on this end. But I finished up my Masters (yay!), now have a beautiful daughter (yay! x2!), and am getting ready to move back stateside in Read more…
Joe Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Agnes Genevieve Tobin Sarah Colleen Moore Mr. Fisher Edward Everett Horton Mr. Merritt Frank Morgan Mr. Hatfield Henry Kolker Released by RKO | Directed by J. Walter Ruben Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code-ish Film All that a college degree gets you is, Read more…
Carmita Myrna Loy El Malo Jose Bohr Pedro Raymond Hatton Released by Atlantic Pictures | Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennett Run time: 51 minutes Rogue of the Rio Grande: Robin Thud “I tell you, El Malo, women are the downfall of every great outlaw.” This is one of those movies Read more…
Tom Baxter Tom Keene Judy Blake Dorothy Wilson Jeff Todd Lon Chaney Jr. Ulysses Roscoe Ates Sam Gilroy Edgar Kennedy Babe Jewel Betty Furness Released by RKO | Directed by Otto Brower Run time: 54 minutes Scarlet River: Movie Stars Save the Day “Isn’t there any place we can go Read more…
Phyllis Ericson Loretta Young Richard ‘Imp’ Dane David Manners Kara Myrna Loy Released by Warner Bros./First National | Directed by William Seiter Run time: 67 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Manners helpfully peeps in on Loy as she changes her outfits. “Oh, you’ve seen her on those posters Read more…
Ralph Robert Young Phyl Margaret Perry Mr. Thomas Lewis Stone Mrs. Thomas Laura Hope Crews Duff David Newell Myra Myrna Loy Released by MGM | Directed by Charles Brabin Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Not dressed yet?” “Well, just barely!” “As the artist explained it Read more…
Mary Irene Dunne Steve Pat O’Brien Jeff John Halliday Elaine Myrna Loy Aubrey Lester Vail The Colonel Matt Moore Released by RKO | Directed by Paul Sloane Run time: 81 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Pat O’Brien’s Steve is sad and gets drunk. A lot. Both of the Read more…
Willie Hale Ronald Colman Lord Leland Frederic Kerr Dorothy Loretta Young Susan Hale Florence Britton Mary Myrna Loy George Released by Sam Goldwyn Studios | Directed by George Fitzmaurice Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Does [the bed for sale] come with the owner or without?” Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for December 2016 IT’S MYRNA LOY O’CLOCK, PEOPLE. Yes, with Myrna Loy as TCM’s star of the month, they went all out, from many (many) of her obscure early works to an entire day of her collaborations with William Powell (the 23rd). It’s a bonanza for pre-Code Read more…
Dixie Dugan Alice White Jimmie Doyle Jack Mulhall Donny Harris Blanche Sweet Released by First National/Warner Brothers | Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Run time: 80 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “The moment he meets a girl, he starts feeling her ribs!” “You know what great pictures he’s always Read more…