Alexander Stream … Warren William Hettie Stream … Mary Astor Lilly Linda … Ginger Rogers Oscar … Andy Devine Lou … J. Carrol Naish Moran … Sidney Toler Upperworld: Taking It From the Top I’ve watched a number of movies from 1934 now, but it still surprises me how completely Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Hjalmar Poelzig … Boris Karloff Dr. Vitus Werdegast … Bela Lugosi Peter Alison … David Manners Joan Alison … Julie Bishop Karen … Lucille Lund Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer The Black Cat: Reveling in Horror It’s been a couple of days since I watched Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Flash the Wonder Dog… Flash Jim Robbins … John Horsley Molly James … Marceline Day Otto Von Krantz … Noah Beery Reverend James … Henry B. Walthall The Chief … Mischa Auer The Flaming Signal: Taking a Tropical Bite Out of Crime “You can take Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Angela … Kay Johnson Bob … Reginald Denny Jimmy Wade … Roland Young Trixie … Lilian Roth Madam Satan … ??? Directed by Cecil B. DeMille Madam Satan: Hell in a Handbasket Who wants to go to hell with Madam Satan? Cecil B. DeMille’s Madam Read more
WARNING: MODERATELY NOT WORK SAFE THIS WEEK. Proof That It’s Pre-Code Lots of topless women and naked rear ends. You’re not missing that much, really, even for boob and butts aficionados. Have you ever wanted to see animals maimed, killed, and dissected? I mean, there are cute koalas too, so Read more
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WEEK’S ENTRY IS NOT WORK SAFE. AT ALL. Proof That It’s Pre-Code Jesus. Well, there’s a lot of things. This film is the result of an intercontinental search for the most beautiful (white) people in the world. As such, they really want to show their wares off. Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Peter Werne … Clark Gable Ellie Andrews … Claudette Colbert Shapeley … Roscoe Karns Gordon … Charles C. Wilson Andrews … Walter Connolly Directed by Frank Capra It Happened One Night: Bringing Down the Walls and Everything Else In Between “I want to see what 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
The Particulars of the Picture Myra Mae Clarke Roy Douglass Montgomery Directed by James Whale Proof That It’s Pre-Code Prostitutes! Plenty of them, all morally conflicted about their place in the world. Oh, and some scantily clad backstage antics for good measure. As per the ever perceptive IMDB keywords, “Nipples Read more
Proof That It’s Pre-Code Getting a little ahead of myself, but the movie is about two couples on their honeymoon, so there’s that. And it leads to some naughty moments, including Norma Shearer showing off: The next twist of the plot is that one member of each couple were married Read more