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1931

Trader Horn (1931) Review, with Harry Carey and Edwina Booth

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…

By Danny, 9 yearsFebruary 6, 2017 ago
1930

The Green Goddess (1930) Review, with George Arliss and Ralph Forbes

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…

By Danny, 9 yearsFebruary 3, 2017 ago
1932

Rockabye (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea

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…

By Danny, 9 yearsJanuary 27, 2017 ago
1933

Melody Cruise (1933) Review, with Charlie Ruggles and Phil Harris

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…

By Danny, 9 yearsJanuary 23, 2017 ago
1931

Pardon Us (1931) Review, with Laurel and Hardy

Oliver Oliver Hardy Stan Stanley Laurel The Tiger Walter Long Released by Hal Roach Studios  | Directed by James Parrott Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film There’s a long sequence in the middle of the film where Laurel & Hardy have escaped prison and disguise themselves Read more…

By Danny, 9 years ago
1932

Bird of Paradise (1932) Review, with Joel McCrea and Dolores del Rio

Johnny Joel McCrea Luana Dolores del Rio Mac John Halliday Released by RKO | Directed by King Vidor Run time: 82 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “What is this place?” “Probably one of the Virgin Islands.” “I hope not!” There are a couple of South Seas orgies. Ya Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsJanuary 16, 2017 ago
1932

Short – “The Music Box” (1932) Review, with Laurel and Hardy

Released by MGM | Directed by James Parrott Run time: 29 minutes The Music Box: Up the Down Staircase “Yes, officer, he kicked me! Right in the middle of my daily duties!” “The Music Box” is often held up as one of the best gateways into the comedy of Stan Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsJanuary 13, 2017 ago
1934

Success at Any Price (1934) Review, with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Genevieve Tobin

Joe Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Agnes Genevieve Tobin Sarah Colleen Moore Mr. Fisher Edward Everett Horton Mr. Merritt Frank Morgan Mr. Hatfield Henry Kolker Released by RKO | Directed by J. Walter Ruben Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code-ish Film All that a college degree gets you is, Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsDecember 19, 2016 ago
1930

Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930) Review, with Myrna Loy

Carmita Myrna Loy El Malo Jose Bohr Pedro Raymond Hatton Released by Atlantic Pictures | Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennett Run time: 51 minutes Rogue of the Rio Grande: Robin Thud “I tell you, El Malo, women are the downfall of every great outlaw.” This is one of those movies Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsDecember 16, 2016 ago
1933

Scarlet River (1933) Review, with Tom Keene

Tom Baxter Tom Keene Judy Blake Dorothy Wilson Jeff Todd Lon Chaney Jr. Ulysses Roscoe Ates Sam Gilroy Edgar Kennedy Babe Jewel Betty Furness Released by RKO | Directed by Otto Brower Run time: 54 minutes Scarlet River: Movie Stars Save the Day “Isn’t there any place we can go Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsDecember 14, 2016 ago

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