Wilber Bert Wheeler Tarzana Raquel Torres Alexander Robert Woolsey Released by Columbia | Directed by Edward F. Cline Run time: 61 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Hey! Come back here, you jackass!” “Oh see those Afri-cans.” “Virgin trees? Huh! They look pretty wild to me.” A swarm of Read more
Bert Bert Wheeler Lady Genevieve Thelma Todd Bob Robert Woolsey Released by RKO | Directed by Mark Sandrich Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I like ’em young!” “Behead us? Can she do that?” “Sure, she can be-head.” (It sounds like ‘be had’. Look, it’s funny Read more
Sparrow Bert Wheeler Professor Cunningham Robert Woolsey Anita Dorothy Lee Released by RKO | Directed by Paul Sloane Run time: 97 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “What does a girl generally want a little fella for?” “In my country, we marry women first. Then we teach them how Read more
Doris Roberts Winnie Lightner Herbert P. Herbert Charles Butterworth Lou & Jake Smith & Dale Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Lloyd Bacon Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Set in the world of costume design, it’s a good excuse to showcase good figures. “Henry Read more
Diana Joan Crawford Bogard Gary Cooper Claude Robert Young Ronnie Franchot Tone McGinnis Roscoe Karns Applegate Louise Closser Hale Released by MGM | Directed by Howard Hawks Run time: 113 minutes Today We Live: Yesterday We Chat “You take a lot of killing, doncha? C’mon.” There’s a lot to like Read more
Scott Charlie Ruggles Georgia Una Merkel Ruth Mary Carlisle Released by MGM | Directed by Harry Beaumont Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Released barely two days before the enforcement of the Production Code began in 1934, the filmmakers do manage to get the lead actresses Read more
Cherry Evelyn Brent Boyd Joel McCrea Mildred Jean Arthur Released by RKO | Directed by George Archainbaud Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our suffering heroine, Cherry, is a former prostitute who is known up and down the coast. “You’re nothing but a–“ “Don’t call me Read more
Olga Aline MacMahon Myra Ann Dvorak George Preston Foster Mrs. Tifton Glenda Farrell Frank Frank McHugh Mrs. Ashton-Ashley Ruth Donnelly Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Mervy LeRoy Run time: 61 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Two women exit a car and beg the attendant: “Can you Read more
Valerie West Constance Bennett John Neville Joel McCrea Dick Carmedon Lew Cody Released by RKO Pathe | Directed by Paul L. Stein Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A woman has a past. On seeing his model nude for the first time, John declares: “You’re perfect! Read more
Jim Ronald Colman Clemency Kay Francis Doris Phyllis Barry Released by Sam Goldwyn | Directed by King Vidor Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Everyone rides Jim for not having an affair until he does. Clemency’s younger sister has a habit of falling for Lotharios; she’s Read more