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
Toto Dureyea Frank Fay Diane Churchill Laura La Plante Fifi Joan Blondell Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Michael Curtiz Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The film follows a Lothario who is diagnosed with an illness that could kill him if he were to ever Read more
Anne Murdock Dorothy Mackaill Lawrence Fellowes Lewis Stone Katherine Joan Blondell Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Lloyd Bacon & Michael Curtiz Run time: 59 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Katherine is an author who dresses in suits and chomps on strong cigars. She’s clearly coded as a Read more
Kitty Alice Faye Happy Jimmy Durante Jimmy Rudy Vallee Released by Fox Film Directed by George White Run time: 79 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You Nasty Man!” features gams galore and oodles of men focusing in on various lady appendages with delight. Jimmy Durante has lost his Read more
Ms. Dory Macy Bebe Daniels John Thorley Lewis Stone Bob Ben Lyon Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Roy Del Ruth Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I can’t swim with a suit on!” “What would your wife say if she knew I was here?” “But Read more
Tom Guy Kibbee Bunny Glenda Farrell Frank Donald Woods Madge Margaret Lindsay Colonel Fitch Hugh Herbert Lois Ruth Donnelly Released by Warner Bros. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film It’s a long gag on divorce. Even though two of the couples Read more
Lilly Turner Ruth Chatterton Bob George Brent Dave Frank McHugh Released by Warner Bros. Directed by William Wellman Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Lilly goes through a number of tragedies that would make censors blush soon enough. For one, it turns out her husband has Read more
Patricia Hanley Billie Dove Paul Gherardi Basil Rathbone Olga Balakireff Kay Francis Released by First National/Warner Bros. Directed by Lloyd Bacon Run time: 67 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film There is an affair. It is a notorious one. Or so we’re told– unfortunately, there’s not much sizzle here Read more
Capt. Fred Allison Leslie Howard Lt. Jack ‘Dig’ Digby Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Col. Carl Ehlrich Paul Lukas Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Roy Del Ruth Run time: 69 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Early in the film, a cadre of captured soldiers are stripped naked and forced Read more
Alexander Hamilton George Arliss Betsy Hamilton Doris Kenyon Senator Roberts Dudley Diggs Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by John G. Adolfi Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Hamilton has an extramarital affair that nearly tears apart the country. Alexander Hamilton: An Upstanding Citizen “Alexander, you’re Read more