Philo Vance William Powell Hilda Lake Mary Astor Det Heath Eugene Pallette DA Markham Robert McWade Raymond Wrede Ralph Morgan Arthur Coe Robert Barrat Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Michael Curtiz Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A dog is beaten to death (off Read more…
Irina Kay Francis Geza Nils Asther Dushan Walter Huston Csaholyi Phillips Holmes Militza Louise Closser Hale Panto C. Henry Gordon Released by MGM | Directed by Richard Boleslawski Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A salacious crack about an old woman who worries about her safety Read more…
Robert Brummel William Haines Roxana Hartley Irene Purcell George Hampton C. Aubrey Smith Released by MGM | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “My husband!” Roxana talks about a sex book that she’s read. Her aunt moans, “I didn’t mean her to Read more…
Rocky Richard Dix Nancy Elizabeth Allan Blake Ralph Bellamy Released by RKO | Directed by J. Walter Rubin Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One impressive moment has a pilot give another the middle finger while also pointing it at the drawing of a pig’s asshole. Read more…
Bill Holbrook William Boyd Mary Ellen Helen Twelvetrees Rance Brett Clark Gable Released by Pathe | Directed by Howard Higgins Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Baby butts. The Painted Desert: Tepid, Tepid West “You and Jeff spent half your lives building a wall that separated Read more…
Clyde Phillips Holmes Sondra Frances Dee Roberta Sylvia Sidney Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed by Josef von Sternberg Run time: 96 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our protagonist is a coward and murderer and the movie may be trying to make him sympathetic. Not sure on that Read more…
Mary Ginger Rogers Jack Norman Foster Eckbaum George Sidney Released by RKO | Directed by William Seiter Run time: 73 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film We’re introduced to Ginger Rogers via her slowly putting on a pair of stockings. Foster gets in on the act as he’s forced Read more…
Bonnie Jordan Joan Crawford Rodney Jordan William Bakewell Jake Luva Clark Gable Released by MGM | Directed by Harry Beaumont Run time: 80 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film How to tell this one comes from the flapper era– a dull party is made lively again by someone suggesting: Read more…
Angela Chiaromonte Helen Hayes Giovanni Severi Clark Gable Mina Louise Closser Hale Released by MGM | Directed by Victor Fleming Run time: 104 minutes White Sister: New Habits Die Hard “A broken officer and a renegade nun– is that your love?!” I spent some time tonight talking to my mom Read more…
Captain McVey Louis Wolheim Charlie Hugh Herbert Frisco Kitty Mary Astor Released by RKO | Directed by Louis Wolheim Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Hugh Herbert’s goofy sidekick character goes through wives with regularity. “I’d like to wrap that up and take it home myself.” Read more…