Sarah Irene Dunne Gordon Clive Brook Tono Nils Asther Released by RKO | Directed by Elliott Nugent Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A grumpy Gordon buys a ton of naughty postcards and rips them up. Because he’s grumpy. The two main characters are in loveless Read more
Jeffrey Farraday Lawrence Tibbett Tony Farraday Esther Ralston Mrs. Farraday Emma Dunn Doc Roland Young Snipe Cliff Edwards Rodman Farraday Purnell Pratt Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Directed by Harry A. Pollard Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “The last place I’d worry about being caught by Read more
Pearl Constance Bennett Duchess Violet Kimble-Cooper Pepi Gilbert Roland Thornton Grant Mitchell Arthur Minor Watson Bessie Anita Louise Released by RKO | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 85 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Are you making love to me?” “That’s nothing new, is it?” “I didn’t believe Read more
Good news, everyone! If you are in or around Toronto, Canada, (as assume most of us should be), the Toronto Film Society has announced a startling line-up of pre-Code rarities to be screened May 12th – 14th! You can see the full line-up here. This weekend is focused on the Read more
Stan Stan Laurel Ollie Oliver Hardy Charley Charley Chase Released by MGM | Directed by William A. Seiter Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I’ll put you in jail first with the rest of the sons of a– Sons of the Desert!” The guys get to Read more
Trader Horn Harry Carey Peru Duncan Renaldo Nina – The White Goddess Edwina Booth Released by MGM | Directed by W.S. Van Dyke Run time: 122 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film It’s racist as hell. Another film that posits that black women’s breasts aren’t as sinful to see Read more
The Raja George Arliss Dr. Traherne Ralph Forbes Lucilla Alice Joyce Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Alfred E. Green Run time: 73 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Look, there’s an evil Indian king and he really wants to nail this (married) white lady. There are no Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for February 2017 Alright, first thing’s first. I mentioned offhand that some images were missing from the site. There’s a long story behind this, and it’s not worth going into, but somewhere around 90 reviews on the site from 2012 and earlier have lacked their images for Read more
Judy Constance Bennett Jacob Joel McCrea Sola Paul Lukas Released by RKO-Pathe | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You have a baby, do you not, Miss Carroll? You don’t mind me calling you ‘miss’ in a question like that, do you?” Read more
Alan Chandler Phil Harris Pete Wells Charlie Ruggles Elsa von Rader Greta Nissen Laurie Marlowe Helen Mack Ms. Potts Flora Roberts Zoe & Vera June Brewster & Shirley Chambers Released by RKO | Directed by Mark Sandrich Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film WELL. Two women Read more