The Particulars of the Picture Cynthia Darrington … Katharine Hepburn Christopher Strong … Colin Clive Elaine Strong … Billie Burke Monica Strong … Helen Chandler Henry Rawlinson … Ralph Forbes Directed by Dorothy Arzner Christopher Strong: Making You Weak in the Knees The very first time the viewer sees the Read more…
Ruth Nancy Carroll Bill Randolph Scott Romer Sheffield Cary Grant Hot Saturday: Getting Out Alive I’ve wanted to say this for a while, because I think it needs to be said: thank god Cary Grant is dead. Look, I’m not glad he died, nor would I trade anything in the Read more…
Proof That It’s Pre-Code Blood, guts, naked butts and gore, all in hefty doses considering the period it was made in. Our soldiers get a brief reprieve to make love, which includes some unmistakeable gasps and coos. Considering its anti-nationalistic bent, it would never have been made five years later. Read more…
Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of our white bread heroes goes into a starlet’s changing room to wait for her, and then accidentally watches her strip down. Accidentally. Yeah. There’s a few shots near the end of the movies portraying the 20’s where we get a couple of quick moments Read more…
Proof That It’s Pre-Code All the usual hotel nighttime activities. There’s an extended subplot about an industrialist negotiating with a stenographer about what she will give him in exchange for an all-expense paid trip through Europe. It includes this wonderful line: “I don’t suppose you’d take some… dictation from me Read more…
Lily Barbara Stanwyck Courtland Trenholm George Brent Mr. Stevens Donald Cook Chico Theresa Harris Mr. Carter Henry Kolker Mr. Sipple Arthur Hohl Proof That It’s Pre-Code The film’s main conceit is that all life is exploitation, and you must simply be the one doing the exploiting. One book thumping scholar Read more…
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…
Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of those gold digging pictures that we’re all so fond of: “Who said anything about love? I’m talking about money.” Ruth Donnelly, playing a mom, makes a suggestion to her daughter: “Don’t wear this. Wear your blue dress. Shows more of your… girlish laughter.” 😉 Read more…
President Jud Hammond … Walter Huston Pendy Moloy … Karen Morley Beek … Franchot Tone Nick Diamond … C. Henry Gordon Bronson … David Landau Directed by Gregory La Cava Proof That It’s Pre-Code A movie about the President of the United States. The man elected is a complete coward, Read more…
Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our rather sleazy main character Jimmie, who spends most of the film two timing his wife, attends a church service where most people are deciding on how much they’re taking out of the collection. Loretta Young pokes through her dress a few times. What? I notice Read more…