Jim Blaine … Richard Barthelmess Jill Collins … Sally Eilers Neil Blaine … Tom Brown Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our hero and heroine get adjoining hotel rooms, and then use the door that connects them for romantic trysts. On love: “Just because you’re hungry, you don’t have to buy a Read more
Anne Schuyler … Jean Harlow Stew Smith … Robert Williams Gallagher … Loretta Young Proof That It’s Pre-Code A former fiance is asked to settle for some revealing letters, but we’re told “She made very uncouth noises with her mouth.” As you can figure, this a pre-Code that involves one Read more
Bert … James Cagney Ann … Joan Blondell Dan … Louis Calhern Rupert … Guy Kibbee Helen … Noel Francis Reynolds … Ray Milland Proof That It’s Pre-Code This may take a while to load, but I think you’ll understand: Also, more robbery, cheating, lying, ogling and eyebrow waggles Read more
Michael Clancy … Charles Murray Andy MacIntosh … Lucien Littlefield Mrs. Clancy … Aggie Herring Proof That It’s Pre-Code “You’ve had enough.” “They don’t make that much!” Our protagonist takes it upon himself to lift up a Scotsman’s kilt and then giggles about it. Clancy in Wall Street: What Dreams Read more
Carlotta Vance … Marie Dressler Larry Renault … John Barrymore Oliver Jordan … Lionel Barrymore Kitty Packard … Jean Harlow Dan Packard … Wallace Beery Max Kane … Lee Tracy Millicent Jordan … Billie Burke Dr. Talbot … Edmund Lowe Polly Jordan … Madge Evans Proof That It’s Pre-Code “The Read more
Min … Marie Dressler Bill … Wallace Beery Nancy … Dorothy Jordan Bella … Marjorie Rambeau Alec … Russell Hopton Dick … Donald Dilloway Proof That It’s Pre-Code Bill smuggles in illicit vodka in from outside the legal boundaries of the states. Alec tells Nancy that she should marry him Read more
Jim Fitzpatrick … Walter Huston Ed Fitzpatrick … Wallace Ford Daisy … Jean Harlow Sam Belmonte … Jean Hersholt Michaels … Tully Marshall Mac … Sandy Roth Proof That It’s Pre-Code The police have tough calls to take care of, like that nude woman running around. When not bothering with Read more
Elmer J. Butts … Buster Keaton Jimmy Potts … Jimmy Durante Schultz … Roscoe Ates Proof That It’s Pre-Code “Oh, my dress is soaking! Now I have to take it off.” followed by a woman taking off her dress. Naturally. Elmer J. Butts hides his money in the animals he Read more
I sometimes get worried that my site is too stuffy, what with it being 99% reviews of movies that were made several decades before my readership was born. I wanted to try my hand at being a little more cordial, so I’m going to try a post with this month’s Read more
Professor Post … Buster Keaton James … Jimmy Durante Eleanor … Thelma Todd Proof That It’s Pre-Code The usual backstage women getting dressed sort of shots. Thelma Todd takes off her clothes to win a part in a Broadway play, and she does so with relish. Professor Post comments on Read more