Paul Ossipoff Gene Raymond Anya Sorina Sari Maritza Prof. Marinoff Irving Pichel Released by Paramount Directed by Louis Gasnier and William Schorr Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film This is a film set in godless Communist Russia, so it’s kind of iffy what you could have Read more
Kylenko George Bancroft Maria Miriam Hopkins Dmitri Alan Mowbray Released by Paramount Directed by John Cromwell Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The plot hinges on a single night of lovemaking where Maria must seduce and distract Kylenko from his duties as a sailor. When he Read more
Dr. Silas BrentonLowell Sherman Dr. John ParkerBenton Churchill Georgia RandLila Lee Directed by Lowell ShermanReleased by World Wide PicturesRuntime: 73 minutes Proof That It’s Pre-Code Dr. Brenton (Sherman) assails himself with a bevy of women. We see one arrive in his apartment and we cut to a short while later Read more
Madame Du BarryDolores del Rio King Louis XVReginald Owen Armand d’AiguillonVictor Jory Directed by: William DieterleReleased by: Warner Bros.Run time: 79 minutes Proof That It’s (Almost) Pre-Code “Madam, what are you trying to do to France?”“Oh, just what it’s doing to me.” We’re introduced to Du Barry (del Rio) in Read more
Wallace Beery is a dopey wrestler unwittingly ensnared in a love triangle in FLESH. #precode
Sally Leila Hyams Tom Reginald Denny role Lilian Bond Released by MGM Directed by Charles Reisner Run time: 73 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You were a blushing bride– and what blushes!” “Awright, I’ll go around without a stitch of clothes! Without a stitch of clothes! Like Lady Read more
Connie Newton Dolores Costello Neil Hartley Warren William Melville Raymond H.B. Warner Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Hobart Henley Run time: 60 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our first shot of our heroine is of her in the bathtub, scrubbing up. Connie gets a call from her Read more
Felix Ricardo Cortez Jessica Irene Dunne Magnus Noel Madison Released by RKO Directed by Gregory La Cava Run time: 94 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One lady waves Felix over and whispers a dirty story in his ear. As it concerns the medical profession, several people don’t make Read more
Gerald Roland Young Germaine/”Chou Chou” Lily Damita Claire Thelma Todd Bunny Charles Ruggles Stephen Cary Grant Sparks Irving Bacon Released by Paramount Directed by Frank Tuttle Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Most of the film centers on two couples where everyone is chasing one or Read more
Calvin Joe E. Brown Ruth Ginger Rogers Oscar Spencer Charters Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Ray Enright Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Joe E. Brown ends up in a Jewish deli and gets yelled at in Yiddish. In one interesting (read: odd) moment, Brown’s Read more