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1931

24 Hours (1931) Review, with Clive Brook, Kay Francis, and Miriam Hopkins

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…

By Danny, 8 yearsJune 12, 2015 ago
1932

Short – “Alum and Eve” (1932) Review, with Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts

Released by MGM | Directed By George Marshall Alum and Eve: Tripping the Light Fantastic “And I suppose when the doctor comes in he’ll take out my other appendix!” “Alum and Eve” is one of the most surreal of the non-Betty Boop shorts I’ve sat through, a short where a Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsFebruary 9, 2015 ago
Kongo 1932 review
1932

Kongo (1932) Review, with Walter Huston

Flint Walter Huston Kingsland Conrad Nagel Ann Whitehall Virginia Bruce       Tula Lupe Velez Hogan Mitchell Lewis Gregg C. Henry Gordon Released by MGM  | Directed By William J. Cowen Proof That It’s Pre-Code Lupe Velez enters the movie in thin strips of cloth. Flint likes calling the Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsJanuary 12, 2015 ago
The Girl From Missouri (1934)
1934

The Girl From Missouri (1934) Review, with Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore and Franchot Tone

Eadie Jean Harlow Tom Paige Jr. Franchot Tone Tom Paige Sr. Lionel Barrymore Released by MGM | Directed By Jack Conway Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish Eadie on her home life: “Since you came here, there’s only one way for a girl to end up in this place and you know Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsNovember 21, 2014 ago
Bedside (1934)
1934

Bedside (1934) Review, with Warren William and Allen Jenkins

Bob Brown Warren William Caroline Jean Muir John Smith David Landau Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By Robert Florey Proof That It’s Pre-Code The film’s opening shot, before it’s revealed to be an innocent examination (but still with plenty of pointed jokes about it): “You said you were bringing Read more…

By Danny, 8 yearsOctober 17, 2014 ago
Hatchet Man (1932)
1932

The Hatchet Man (1932), with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young

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…

By Danny, 8 yearsAugust 25, 2014 ago
1931

The Cheat (1931) Review, with Tallulah Bankhead

Elsa Carlyle Tallulah Bankhead Jeffrey Carlyle Harvey Stephens Hardy Livingstone Irving Pichel Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By George Abbott Proof That It’s Pre-Code Once again, everyone is amazed by a marriage that involves love. Tallulah Bankhead tries to transform into Wonder Woman but forgot to put her outfit Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsMay 5, 2014 ago
1934

The House of Rothschild (1934) Review, with George Arliss, Boris Karloff and Loretta Young

Nathan Rothschild George Arliss Count Ledrantz Boris Karloff Julie Rothschild Loretta Young Captain Fitzroy Robert Taylor Duke of Wellington C. Aubrey Smith Hannah Rothschild Florence Arliss Released by 20th Century Fox | Directed By Alfred L. Werker Proof That It’s Pre-Code The Duke of Wellington doesn’t swear, but injects the Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsApril 14, 2014 ago
1931

Sporting Blood (1931) Review, with Clark Gable and Madge Evans

Rid Riddell Clark Gable Jim Rellence Ernest Torrence Ruby Madge Evans Angela Marie Prevost Tip Scanlon Lew Cody Tommy Boy Released by MGM | Directed By Charles Brabin Proof That It’s Pre-Code Heavy narcotics use. Well, by horses, but still. Sporting Blood: A Legacy of Tragedy “Since the beginning of Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsFebruary 24, 2014 ago
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
1933

The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) Review, with Glenda Farrell, Fay Wray, and Lionel Atwill

Florence Dempsey … Glenda Farrell Charlotte Duncan … Fay Wray Ivan Igor … Lionel Atwill Joe Worth … Edwin Maxwell Ralph Burton … Allen Vincent Jim … Frank McHugh Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our plucky reporter lead, Florence Dempsey, gives a wave and cheerful shouts, “You can go to some Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsOctober 11, 2013 ago

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