Joe James Cagney Lee Ann Dvorak Anne Joan Blondell Eddie Eric Linden Spud Frank McHugh Pops Guy Kibbee Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By Howard Hawks Proof That It’s Pre-Code Joe (Cagney) and Lee (Dvorak) are clearly sleeping together before they’re married. But this also means that Joe doesn’t Read more…
Edward Weldon O.P. Heggie Stella Weldon Sidney Fox Nolan Henry Hull D.A. Plunkett Moffat Johnston Gar Boni Humphrey Bogart Joe Biggers Lynne Overman Released by Universal | Directed By Chester Erskine Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of my favorite quotes about the Production Code comes from Wikipedia (I know, I Read more…
Jim Towner Clive Brook Fanny Towner Kay Francis Rosie Duggan Miriam Hopkins Tony Bruzzi Regis Toomey Hector Champion George Barbier David Melbourne Minor Watson Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By Marion Gering Proof That It’s Pre-Code Drugs. Sex. Murder. 24 Hours: Counting Down the Minutes “It’s like having a Read more…
Jamil El Shehab Ramon Novarro Diana ‘Di’ Standing Myrna Loy Gerald Hume Reginald Denny Cecil Harwood C. Aubrey Smith Achmed Pasha Edward Arnold Powers Louise Closser Hale Released by MGM | Directed By Sam Wood Proof That It’s Pre-Code Myrna Loy takes a dip in the film’s most infamous scene: Read more…
Released by Majestic Pictures | Directed By Frank R. Stayer The Vampire Bat: Horror on Repeat Goodnight, gentlemen. Don’t let the vampires get you. The Vampire Bat is a greatest hits version of early 30s horror. Have you ever wanted to get a taste of the cumulative trends of the Read more…
Kathleen / Moonyeen Norma Shearer Sir John Carteret Leslie Howard Kenneth / Jeremy Frederic March Released by MGM | Directed By Sidney Franklin Proof That It’s Pre-Code “Don’t you want me? I want you. And I’m not ashamed to say it.” An injury to one of the characters later in Read more…
Arlene Bette Davis Val Margaret Lindsay Tony Donald Woods Spencer Lyle Talbot Izzy Hugh Herbert Chief O’Malley Alan Hale Bradford Arthur Byron Jake Bello Irving Pichel Maynard Douglas Dumbrille Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By William Dieterle Proof That It’s Pre-Code Notably, the night club at the beginning of Read more…
Wong Low Get Edward G. Robinson Sun Toya San Loretta Young Harry En Hai Leslie Fenton Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By William A. Wellman Proof That It’s Pre-Code It’s a movie about Chinese-Americans which means, yes, the main cast is caked in yellow face. It also deals with Read more…
Tom Cardigan John Barrymore June Perry Helen Twelvetrees Vanny Powers William Boyd Released by RKO | Directed By George Archainbaud Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our lead character has a fridge full of alcohol. And a table full. Several table fulls. The dude likes to drink. He may Read more…
Judy Jones Claudette Colbert Stewart Corder William Gargan Arnold Ainger Herbert Marshall Mrs. Mardick Mary Boland Montague Leo Carillo The Chief Tetsu Komai Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By Cecil B. DeMille Proof That It’s Pre-Code Since the film is about commonly accepted morality shrinking away in a survival Read more…