Doris Evans Anita Page Gordon Wayne Charles Starrett John Franklin Kenneth Thomspon Released by Monogram Studios Directed by Harry O. Hoyt and Albert H. Kelley Run time: 62 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Anita Page undresses with her back to the camera and you do manage to see Read more
Peter Stanislavsky Paul Lukas Marcia Loretta Young Philip Frank McHugh Blondie Glenda Farrell Lola Helen Vinson The Announcer Roscoe Karns Released by Warner Bros. Directed by William Dieterle Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Frank McHugh asks a gruff man, “Could you love a waiter?” “One Read more
Marie / X-27 Marlene Dietrich Colonel Kranau Victor McLaglen Chief Gustav von Seyffertitz Released by Paramount Directed by Josef von Sternberg Run time: 91 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The opening shot is of Marlene Dietrich adjusting her stockings. It’s called an attention-getter. The opening also involves a Read more
‘Hap’ Harrington Ben Lyon Juliette Ona Munson Clay Walter Pidgeon Released by Warner Bros./First National Directed by Clarence G. Badger Run time: 79 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our heroine chats casually from her bathtub. One gentleman performs a very aggressive sunscreen application. Hot Heiress: Cold Turkey “Nobody loves Read more
Captain Ahab John Barrymore Faith Joan Bennett Queequeeg Noble Johnson Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Lloyd Bacon Run time: 77 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I’ll be 18 next Tuesday!” “Then I’ll see you Wednesday!” [checking out Ahab’s tattoos] “Where’s my name, dearie?” “On the seat of Read more
Lee Peggy Shannon Tom Charles “Buddy” Rogers Jackie Lilyan Tashman Released by Paramount Directed by Richard Wallace Run time: 73 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film It’s set in Reno, the 1930s libidinal capital of the United States! There are divorces, marriages, remarriages, and not-so-discreet affairs. We even have Read more
Carol Owen Dorothy Mackaill Jim Leonard Humphrey Bogart Bruce Hardy Hale Hamilton Released by Columbia Directed by Thornton Freeland Run time: 67 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The film opens with Mackaill in a negligee. Late in the film, Bogart and Mackaill clearly spend the night together, with Read more
Uncle Dudley Jack Holt Bob Dudley Richard Cromwell Dorothy Joan Marsh Released by Columbia Directed by Edward Sedgwick Run time: 68 minutes Maker of Men: Fumbles “When you’re talking against football, you’re talking against me!” “Wow,” I muttered about 20 minutes into Maker of Men. “My desk is filthy!” Fifty Read more
Laura Diana Wynyard Edward Seward Lewis Stone Bob Seward Phillips Holmes Released by MGM Directed by Edgar Selwyn Run time: 61 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The film opens with a nurse and flyer getting dressed in a secluded room. As a result, an unmarried woman gets pregnant. Read more
Helen Parr Belle Bennett Brentwood Parr John Halliday Peggy Price Dorothy Burgess Released by Warner Bros. Directed by John G. Adolfi Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Marriage, affairs, and remarriage. “Don’t you love erratic books?” “You mean erotic, dear.” Recaptured Love: Toss it in the Read more