Cleopatra Claudette Colbert Julius Caesar Warren William Marc Antony Henry Wilcoxon Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By Cecil B. DeMille Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish The film’s title card is placed on a strategically lit nude woman. Much of Claudette Colbert’s wardrobe is focused on showing as much of her Read more
Just a few quick items I wanted to mention. First, I did an interview I did with Brad Avery went up over on Smug Film. It’s mostly me enthusing about pre-Code movies (gasp, shock), but I talk about a few other things in there as well. Second, thanks to a Read more
Robert Mitchell Ricardo Cortez Dorothea Barbara Robbins Jimmy John Beal Released by RKO | Directed By Worthington Miner Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish A husband and wife have separated and she is clearly having an affair with a very young artist on the side. A young woman (who gads about in Read more
Sally/Mimi/Jenny Claudette Colbert Tony Ricardo Cortez Mike David Manners Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By Alexander Hall and George Somnes Proof That It’s Pre-Code That infamous ‘h-e-double-hockey sticks’ word gets dropped. “I get a lot of proposals, too… marriage isn’t one of them.” Our main character has a child Read more
Mata Hari Greta Garbo Alexis Rosanoff Ramon Novarro General Shubin Lionel Barrymore Andriani Lewis Stone DuBois C. Henry Gordon Carlotta Karen Morley Released by MGM | Directed By George Fitzmaurice Proof That It’s Pre-Code The titular Mata Hari is an exotic dancer who doubles as a spy in Paris during Read more
Carol Morgan Tallulah Bankhead Bill Wade Robert Montgomery Peter Blainey Hugh Herbert Released by MGM | Directed By Harry Beaumont Proof That It’s Pre-Code The film opens with a montage of newspaper headlines over the years promising that the end of the Depression is at hand. The papers are greeted Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for June 2014 Life in Japan is still going well as I start my last semester of Grad school. I’m thankful that it’s almost done– my interest in the subject matter has tanked considerably after my last two classes threw a few curveballs and I grew increasingly Read more
Andre Maurice Chevalier Colette Jeanette MacDonald Mitzi Genevieve Tobin Adolph Charlie Ruggles Prof. Oliver Roland Young Mlle. Martel Josephine Dunn Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By Ernest Lubitsch, assisted by George Cukor Proof That It’s Pre-Code Petting in the park is a Parisian pastime. A husband and wife love Read more
Sweetheart Jack Oakie Pres W.C. Fields Angela Susan Fleming Secretary of the Treasury Hugh Herbert Mata Machree Lyda Roberti Mysterious Man Ben Turpin Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By Edward F. Cline Proof That It’s Pre-Code The President: Hello sweetheart. Migg Tweeny: Listen, my name’s Tweeny. The President: You’ll Read more
Terry Pat O’Brien Marie Joan Blondell Johnny Allen Jenkins Bonnie Glenda Farrell Joe Eugene Pallette Nicky Gordon Westcott Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By Ray Enright Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of the wonders of the telephone is that you can phone your boss and warn her that her Read more