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Hookers with Hearts of Gold

1933

Ladies They Talk About (1933) Review

Proof That It’s Pre-Code So, uh, you ever seen a woman in prison movie? Catfights and other assorted nastiness, though nothing as extreme and as crazy sexist as you’d get about thirty years later. There’s a nice long scene where our protagonist is introduced to her fellow inmates who have Read more

By Danny, 14 yearsNovember 16, 2012 ago
1931

Safe in Hell (1931) Review

Safe in Hell is an essential Pre-Code experience.

By Danny, 14 yearsSeptember 18, 2012 ago
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Mandalay (1934) Review, with Kay Francis

Kay Francis stars in this lurid piece of titillating melodrama.

By Danny, 14 yearsAugust 21, 2012 ago
1933

The Song of Songs (1933) Review

Innocence robbed and the twin beauty of Rouben Mamoulian and Marlene Dietrich.

By Danny, 14 yearsJune 17, 2012 ago
1934

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Pre-Code Follies: Bette Davis has those eyes, and bends men to her will!

By Danny, 14 yearsApril 15, 2012 ago
1932

Rain (1932)

Joan Crawford is a grotesque in this Pre-Code melodrama.

By Danny, 14 yearsMarch 19, 2012 ago
1932

Night World (1932)

Sin and sex, with a likeable black chap mixed in.

By Danny, 14 yearsFebruary 12, 2012 ago
1932

Red Dust (1932) Review, with Jean Harlow, Clark Gable and Mary Astor

Exotic lust and a blooming love triangle set the passions of Harlow and Gable on fire!

By Danny, 15 yearsJanuary 1, 2012 ago
1933

She Done Him Wrong (1933) Review, with Mae West and Cary Grant

Mae West waggles her hips and rolls her eyes in this crazy comedy with Cary Grant.

By Danny, 15 yearsOctober 9, 2011 ago
1932

Scarface: Shame of a Nation (1932) Review

The Pre-Code Follies: No, it’s not the one that’s on all of the t-shirts and dorm room walls. It’s the original Scarface. You know, the really fucking good one. From Danny.

By Danny, 15 yearsSeptember 20, 2011 ago

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