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Manhattan Parade (1931) Review, with Winnie Lightner and Charles Butterworth

Doris Roberts Winnie Lightner Herbert P. Herbert Charles Butterworth Lou & Jake Smith & Dale Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Lloyd Bacon Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Set in the world of costume design, it’s a good excuse to showcase good figures. “Henry Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsSeptember 1, 2017 ago
1933

If I Were Free (1933) Review, with Irene Dunne and Clive Brook

Sarah Irene Dunne Gordon Clive Brook Tono Nils Asther Released by RKO | Directed by Elliott Nugent Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A grumpy Gordon buys a ton of naughty postcards and rips them up. Because he’s grumpy. The two main characters are in loveless Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsFebruary 24, 2017 ago
1931

The Prodigal (1931) Review, with Lawrence Tibbett and Esther Ralston

Jeffrey Farraday Lawrence Tibbett Tony Farraday Esther Ralston Mrs. Farraday Emma Dunn Doc Roland Young Snipe Cliff Edwards Rodman Farraday Purnell Pratt Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Directed by Harry A. Pollard Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “The last place I’d worry about being caught by Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsFebruary 20, 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
1930

The Truth About Youth (1930) Review, with David Manners, Myrna Loy and Loretta Young

Phyllis Ericson Loretta Young Richard ‘Imp’ Dane David Manners Kara Myrna Loy Released by Warner Bros./First National | Directed by William Seiter Run time: 67 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Manners helpfully peeps in on Loy as she changes her outfits. “Oh, you’ve seen her on those posters Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsDecember 12, 2016 ago
1932

What Price Hollywood? (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, and Neil Hamilton

Mary Evans Constance Bennett Max Carey Lowell Sherman Lonny Borden Neil Hamilton Released by RKO/Pathe | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 88 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You want me to call Nick over?” “Sure. Tell him about that 17-year-old girl you put in pictures.” The tipsy Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsOctober 21, 2016 ago
1933

Ann Vickers (1933) Review, with Irene Dunne, Walter Huston and Conrad Nagel

Ann Vickers Irene Dunne Barney Dolphin Walter Huston Lindsey Atwell Conrad Nagel Released by RKO | Directed by John Cromwell Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One suspicious trip to Havana that ends in an out-of-wedlock child’s life ending. One prisoner is told, “We’ll have to Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsAugust 26, 2016 ago
1931

Men Call It Love (1931) Review, with Adolphe Menjou, Leila Hyams and Norman Foster

Tony Adolphe Menjou Connie Leila Hyams Jack Norman Foster Released by MGM | Directed by Edgar Selwyn Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “He has another hobby. Jumping out of bedroom windows!” “We’re not the sorts to wear our hearts on our sleeves. In fact, we’re Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsAugust 19, 2016 ago
Easy to Love 1934 Genevieve Tobin Edward Everett Horton Adolphe Menjou Mary Astor
1934

Easy to Love (1934) Review, with Genevieve Tobin and Adolphe Menjou

Carol Genevieve Tobin John Adolphe Menjou Charlotte Mary Astor Eric Edward Everett Horton Janet Patricia Ellis McTavish Hugh Herbert Released by Warner Brothers | Directed by William Keighley Proof That It’s Pre-Code Married man John spends his afternoons “playing polo” over at friend Charlotte’s house. Realizing she has to win Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsOctober 23, 2015 ago
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The Sin of Nora Moran (1933) Review, with Zita Johann

Nora Moran Zita Johann Dick Crawford Paul Cavanagh John Grant Alan Dinehart Edith Crawford Claire Du Brey Father Ryan Henry B. Walthall Paulino John Miljan Released by Majestic Pictures | Directed By Phil Goldstone Proof That It’s Pre-Code Nora is called, “a common cheap hooker,” which is surprisingly blunt for Read more…

By Danny, 11 yearsSeptember 4, 2015 ago

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