Roger Standish Richard Dix Caroline Ogden Ann Harding Matilda Blake Edna May Oliver Released by RKO Directed by William Wellman Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film There are a couple of particularly brutal episodes in this one, including a child begging for its life before dying Read more…
Dulce Morado Kay Francis Cassy Pringle Wallace Kay Johnson Dan Wallace Charles Bickford Tony Lewis Stone Tommy Dickie Moore Mrs. Harney Zasu Pitts Released by MGM Directed by William C. DeMille Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Worried that she almost fell off a cliff, Dulce Read more…
Jimmy Mason Junior Durkin Matt Kelly Pat O’Brien Peggy Gardner Bette Davis Released by Allied Artists (?) Directed by Howard Higgin Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One early scene has Jimmy Mason (Durkin) trying to pick the right door to knock on, and he plays Read more…
Millie Helen Twelvetrees Helen Lilyan Tashman Angie Joan Blondell Released by RKO Directed by John Francis Dillon Run time: 85 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film We’re introduced to Blondell and Tashman’s characters shacked up in bed together. Frank McHugh has a musical number (yes) about being a beautiful Read more…
Letty Madge Evans Mrs. Sherwood Alice Brady Sherwood Otto Kruger Carol Una Merkel Mrs. Merrick May Robson Burt Barton Phillips Holmes Released by MGM Directed by Richard Boleslavsky Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You know how divorces are.” “I’ve never been married.” “Not even once?!” Read more…
Allie Riggs Helen Twelvetrees Charlie Eric Linden Maisie Arlene Judge Released by RKO Pathe Directed by William A. Seiter Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film At the library: “Where can I get an illustrated copy of Aphrodite?” “If you go out with that guy, you’ve got Read more…
Steve Alden Lawrence Gray Terry Clayton Alexander Gray Betty Braley Bernice Claire Released by First National Directed by John Francis Dillion Run time: 69 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Dad: “Am I your father?” Daughter: “I hope so.” Dad: “So do I!” A man’s grown daughters contend that Read more…
Chick Brian Eric Linden Mary Agnew Dorothy Jordan Jeff Dale Roscoe Karns Released by RKO Directed by J. Walter Ruben Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Opens with a man inflating his hemorrhoid pillow. This shot is quickly followed by a drunk, disgruntled reporter typing this Read more…
Whitlock Walter Huston Ma Leeds Frances Starr ‘Pa’ Charles ‘Chic’ Sale Released by Warner Bros. Directed by William A. Wellman Run time: 67 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Gangsters and murders and that particular snarl we all know and love. A kid gets kicked across the room at Read more…
Henry Barton Conway Tearle Elizabeth Hawtorn Natalie Moorhead Pearl Hope Marceline Day Released by Chesterfield Pictures Directed by Richard Thorpe Run time: 67 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One of those films with breach of promise suits galore and mistresses on the side. The King Murder: Checkmate “What Read more…