Marie / X-27 Marlene Dietrich Colonel Kranau Victor McLaglen Chief Gustav von Seyffertitz Released by Paramount Directed by Josef von Sternberg Run time: 91 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The opening shot is of Marlene Dietrich adjusting her stockings. It’s called an attention-getter. The opening also involves a Read more…
Ms. Dory Macy Bebe Daniels John Thorley Lewis Stone Bob Ben Lyon Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Roy Del Ruth Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I can’t swim with a suit on!” “What would your wife say if she knew I was here?” “But Read more…
Capt. Fred Allison Leslie Howard Lt. Jack ‘Dig’ Digby Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Col. Carl Ehlrich Paul Lukas Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Roy Del Ruth Run time: 69 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Early in the film, a cadre of captured soldiers are stripped naked and forced Read more…
Jerry Young Fredric March Henry Crocker Cary Grant Mike Richards Jack Oakie Released by Paramount | Directed by Stuart Walker Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film There are plenty of awful moments of combat, including a hand covered in blood and plenty of other bullet- riddled Read more…
Gary Curtis Ricardo Cortez Jenny Wren Karen Morley Herbert Walcott Robert McWade Released by RKO | Directed by J. Walter Ruben Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Karen Morley plays a high class woman who has plenty of blackmail material and isn’t afraid to use it. Read more…
Cary Lockwood Richard Barthelmess Shep Lambert David Manners Nikki Helen Chandler Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by William Dieterle Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Nikki is, “just an old hussy we found scattered around.” A friend named Frink is “a member of the wandering Read more…
Thomas Knowlton Robert Montgomery T.J. Toler Walter Huston Joan Madge Evans Ship’s Cook Jimmy Durante Mac Dougal Eugene Pallette Brick Walters Robert Young Released by MGM | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 101 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Your first duty is to establish a base of 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…
Raffles Ronald Colman Gwen Kay Francis Detective McKenzie David Torrence Released by Samuel Goldwyn| Directed by George Fitzmaurice Run time: 71 minutes Raffles: Just a Bit of Cricket “Heh. One way or another, we’re all thieves at times.” Boy, Raffles sure is a movie. Ronald Colman, debonair and adorable, plays 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…