Myron Brown, M.D. Lew Ayres Ruth Robbins Mae Clarke Betty Merrick Una Merkel Released by Universal | Directed By James Whale Proof That It’s Pre-Code “No man can be expected to live his entire life with one woman!” Both Clarke and Merkel get undressed at different points. Attempted suicide. A Read more…
George Simon John Barrymore Rexy Gordon Bebe Daniels Doris Kenyon Cora Simon Roy Darwin Melvyn Douglas Harry Becker Vincent Sherman Lillian La Rue Thelma Todd Released by Universal | Directed by William Wyler Proof That It’s Pre-Code Ya’ll like class warfare? Our hero previously rigged a court case with a Read more…
Hildy Johnson Pat O’Brien Walter Burns Adolphe Menjou Peggy Grant Mary Brian Bensinger Edward Everett Horton Earl Williams George E. Stone Molly Mae Clarke Released by United Artists | Directed By Lewis Milestone Proof That It’s Pre-Code Digging through his desk, Bensinger finds a discarded woman’s slip. Plenty of dark Read more…
Sylvia Day Mae Clarke Joseph B. Smith Ralph Bellamy Jeanie Vance Marie Prevost Released by Columbia Pictures | Directed By Edward F. Cline Proof That It’s Pre-Code Sylvia (Clarke) and Tony (Hale Hamilton) run a con that involves a fake pick pocketing and extortion from dopey department stores. Tony becomes Read more…
Gunner John Gilbert Bucker Robert Armstrong Mary Mae Clarke Released by MGM | Directed By Todd Browning Proof That It’s Pre-Code Construction workers hanging out on the peaks of skyscrapers are really mostly concerned with peeping. Gunner (Gilbert) recognizes Mary (Clarke) by her rear end. Mary’s a conwoman who shakes Read more…
Clare Ann Harding Mary Myrna Loy Jimmie Robert Montgomery Bridget Alice Brady Rogers Frank Morgan Walt Martin Burton Released by MGM | Directed By Harry Beaumont Proof That It’s Pre-Code It’s very much about dealing with adultery, which is explored and discussed at some length. This also includes talk about Read more…
Hildegarde Withers Edna May Oliver Inspector Piper James Gleason Gwen Mae Clarke Philip Donald Cook Hemingway Clarence Wilson Barry Robert Armstrong Released by RKO | Directed By George Archainbaud The Penguin Pool Murder: Whirlpool of Intrigue We’re going to do something a little differently this week. Instead of my usual Read more…
Mary Josephine Dunn Jim Edward Earle Pat Ernest Hilliard Released by Continental Talking Pictures | Directed By Phil Rosen Proof That It’s Pre-Code The plot is about a woman running away from her husband. Second Honeymoon: Do Over “She wanted a change in the worst way. And that’s how she’s Read more…
Mary Rexford Norma Shearer Lord Phillip Rexford Herbert Marshall Tommy Trent Robert Montgomery Released by MGM | Directed By Edmund Goulding Proof That It’s Pre-Code A man agrees to marry a woman even though he knows that she was a party girl who got around. She even gets around with Read more…
Kitty Brown Norma Shearer Bob Brown Rod LaRocque Mrs. Bouccicault Marie Dressler Madge Hedda Hopper Wallace Tyrell Davis Townley Gilbert Emery Diane Sally Eilers Bruce Raymond Hackett Whitman Wilfred Noy Released by MGM | Directed By Robert Z. Leonard Proof That It’s Pre-Code Crumbum Kitty Brown goes from housewife to Read more…