Aigo Francis Lederer Basil Pemberton Henri Stephenson Joan Pemberton Elissa Landi Released by RKO | Directed By J. Walter Ruben Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our lead ditches his Eskimo wife to go to Europe and chase a white woman. But don’t worry, kids, the white woman preserves her virtue! Man Read more
J. Pinkham Whinney Charles Ruggles Flora Whinney Mary Boland Sheriff Hoxley W.C. Fields George Edward George Burns Gracie Devore Gracie Allen Mrs. K. Rumford Alison Skipworth Released by Paramount | Directed By Leo McCarey Proof That It’s Pre-Code Not a whole lot, except that one of the subplots is about Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for February 2014 I’m alive! I have made it to Japan with my wife and two dogs, and everything is going okay, Well, I mean, Classicflix refuses to send me discs any more and both Warner Archive Instant and TCM Watch don’t work in this country, but Read more
Stephen Lane Jack Holt Juanita Perez Lane Dorothy Burgess Gail Hamilton Fay Wray Nancy Lane Cora Sue Collins Dr. Raymond Perez Arnold Korff ‘Lunch’ McClaren Clarence Muse Released by Columbia | Directed By Roy William Neill Proof That It’s Pre-Code Terribly, horribly politically incorrect. “What’s wrong with all of the Read more
The Duchess Constance Bennett Benvenuto Cellini Frederic March Duke of Florence Frank Morgan Angela Fay Wray Ottaviano Louis Calhern Beatrice Jessie Ralph Released by 20th Century Pictures | Directed By Gregory La Cava Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish It’s a tale of adultery in the old world. The Duke of Florence’s Read more
Virginia Frances Dee Pony Ginger Rogers Mac Bruce Cabot Helen Billie Burke Ms. Van Alstyne Beulah Bondi Frank John Halliday Released by RKO | Directed By Wanda Tuchock and George Nichols Jr. Proof That It’s Pre-Code Schoolgirls in trouble! Drinking! Partying! Staying up late with boys in hotel rooms and Read more
Jimmy Russell Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Stanley Fiske Lee Tracy Sally Condon Ann Dvorak Bernie Olds Warren Hymer Eddie Shaw Lyle Talbot Mary Wodehouse Frances Dee Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By William A. Wellman Proof That It’s Pre-Code Unpunished murder, my friends. The good old fashioned Read more
Victor Ramon Novarro Shirley Jeanette MacDonald Charles Charles Butterworth Released by MGM | Directed By William K. Howard Proof That It’s Pre-Code A man and a woman living together, unmarried. This may not seem that crazy nowadays, but for simply showing this act, the film was refused reissue when the Read more
Glory Eden … Ginger Rogers Jim Davey … Norman Foster Speed Dennis … Frank McHugh Sam Ipswich … Gregory Ratoff Elmerada De Leon … Zasu Pitts Vera … Theresa Harris O’Connor … Allen Jenkins Herbert Childress … Franklin Pangborn Stu … Sterling Holloway Released by RKO | Directed By William Read more
Jimmy Durante Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Lupe Velez Mickey Mouse Walt Disney Harvey Clamp Charles Butterworth Laurel & Hardy Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel Bob Benson Eddie Quillan Henrietta Clamp Polly Moran Baron Munchausen Jack Pearl The Three Stooges Moe, Larry, and Curly Released by MGM | Directed By Richard Read more