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
Foster Richard Dix Peggy Elizabeth Allan Adrian Deane Doris Kenyon Released by RKO | Directed by J. Walter Ruben Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One bad advertising slogan is listed as, “White teeth for white men”. The other man thoughtfully counters, “You cut out 90% Read more
Pancho Villa Wallace Beery Rodolfo Leo Carrillo Teresa Fay Wray Jonny Sykes Stuart Erwin General Pascal Joseph Schildkraut Francisco Madero Henry B. Walthall Released by MGM | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 115 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film People are murdered pretty indiscriminately– this is a revolution, Read more
Robert Brummel William Haines Roxana Hartley Irene Purcell George Hampton C. Aubrey Smith Released by MGM | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “My husband!” Roxana talks about a sex book that she’s read. Her aunt moans, “I didn’t mean her to Read more
Rocky Richard Dix Nancy Elizabeth Allan Blake Ralph Bellamy Released by RKO | Directed by J. Walter Rubin Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One impressive moment has a pilot give another the middle finger while also pointing it at the drawing of a pig’s asshole. Read more
Clyde Phillips Holmes Sondra Frances Dee Roberta Sylvia Sidney Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed by Josef von Sternberg Run time: 96 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our protagonist is a coward and murderer and the movie may be trying to make him sympathetic. Not sure on that Read more
Mary Ginger Rogers Jack Norman Foster Eckbaum George Sidney Released by RKO | Directed by William Seiter Run time: 73 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film We’re introduced to Ginger Rogers via her slowly putting on a pair of stockings. Foster gets in on the act as he’s forced Read more
Polly Marion Davies Rev. John Harley Clark Gable Rev. James Northcott C. Aubrey Smith Released by MGM | Directed by Alfred Santell Run time: 69 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Say Polly– did you know they recognized you when they saw the elephant’s south end?!” “Your hips is Read more
Spike Warren Hymer Bill Spencer Tracy Goldie Jean Harlow Released by Fox Films | Directed by Benjamin Stoloff Run time: 68 minutes (Viewed print: 60) Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Two sailors go to a fashion show where Tracy insists, “The more you clap, the more they take off!” Read more