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1933

Beauty for Sale (1933) Review, with Madge Evans and Alice Brady

Letty Madge Evans Mrs. Sherwood Alice Brady Sherwood Otto Kruger Carol Una Merkel Mrs. Merrick May Robson Burt Barton Phillips Holmes Released by MGM Directed by Richard Boleslavsky Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You know how divorces are.” “I’ve never been married.” “Not even once?!” Read more

By Danny, 7 years ago
1930

Spring Is Here (1930) Review, with Lawrence and Alexander Gray

Steve Alden Lawrence Gray Terry Clayton Alexander Gray Betty Braley Bernice Claire Released by First National Directed by John Francis Dillion Run time: 69 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Dad: “Am I your father?” Daughter: “I hope so.” Dad: “So do I!” A man’s grown daughters contend that Read more

By Danny, 7 years ago
1933

Grand Slam (1933) Review, with Paul Lukas and Loretta Young

Peter Stanislavsky Paul Lukas Marcia Loretta Young Philip Frank McHugh Blondie Glenda Farrell Lola Helen Vinson The Announcer Roscoe Karns Released by Warner Bros. Directed by William Dieterle Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Frank McHugh asks a gruff man, “Could you love a waiter?” “One Read more

By Danny, 7 years ago
1931

The Hot Heiress (1931) Review, with Ben Lyon and Ona Munson

‘Hap’ Harrington Ben Lyon Juliette Ona Munson Clay Walter Pidgeon Released by Warner Bros./First National Directed by Clarence G. Badger Run time: 79 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our heroine chats casually from her bathtub. One gentleman performs a very aggressive sunscreen application. Hot Heiress: Cold Turkey “Nobody loves Read more

By Danny, 8 yearsMarch 29, 2019 ago
1931

God’s Gift to Women (1931) Review, with Frank Fay and Laura LaPlante

Toto Dureyea Frank Fay Diane Churchill Laura La Plante Fifi Joan Blondell Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Michael Curtiz Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The film follows a Lothario who is diagnosed with an illness that could kill him if he were to ever Read more

By Danny, 8 yearsJanuary 4, 2019 ago
1930

The Office Wife (1930) Review, with Dorothy Mackaill and Lewis Stone

Anne Murdock Dorothy Mackaill Lawrence Fellowes Lewis Stone Katherine Joan Blondell Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Lloyd Bacon & Michael Curtiz Run time: 59 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Katherine is an author who dresses in suits and chomps on strong cigars. She’s clearly coded as a Read more

By Danny, 8 yearsDecember 21, 2018 ago
1934

George White’s Scandals (1934) Review, with Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Durante, and Alice Faye

Kitty Alice Faye Happy Jimmy Durante Jimmy Rudy Vallee Released by Fox Film Directed by George White Run time: 79 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You Nasty Man!” features gams galore and oodles of men focusing in on various lady appendages with delight. Jimmy Durante has lost his Read more

By Danny, 8 yearsDecember 7, 2018 ago
1934

The Merry Wives of Reno (1934) Review, with Guy Kibbee and Glenda Farrell

Tom Guy Kibbee Bunny Glenda Farrell Frank Donald Woods Madge Margaret Lindsay Colonel Fitch Hugh Herbert Lois Ruth Donnelly Released by Warner Bros. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film It’s a long gag on divorce. Even though two of the couples Read more

By Danny, 8 yearsNovember 9, 2018 ago
1930

The Naughty Flirt (1930) Review, with Alice White and Myrna Loy

Kay Elliott Alice White Alan Ward Paul Page Linda Gregory Myrna Loy Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Edward F. Cline Run time: 56 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One inflamed paramour shots, “It takes a blonde mama to get me that way!” I say this to my Read more

By Danny, 8 yearsAugust 10, 2018 ago
1933

Stage Mother (1933) Review, with Alice Brady and Maureen O’Sullivan

Kitty Lorraine Alice Brady Shirley Lorraine Maureen O’Sullivan Warren Foster Franchot Tone Released by MGM  | Directed by Charles Brabin Run time: 84 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film In one of the most unique scenes of the entire pre-Code era, the titular ‘stage mother’ offers to hook her Read more

By Danny, 9 yearsMarch 2, 2018 ago

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