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1931

Everything’s Rosie (1931) Review, with Robert Woolsey and Anita Louise

Dr. Dockweiler Droop Robert Woolsey Rosie Anita Louise Billy John Darrow Released by RKO | Directed by Clyde Bruckman Run time: 67 minutes Everything’s Rosie: Pink Cheeked Cheese “I love you, Doc!” “Well, I don’t exactly hate you.” Don’t laugh at your own jokes. Maybe everyone in the world already Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsSeptember 8, 2017 ago
1933

Hell Below (1933) Review, with Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston and Madge Evans

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…

By Danny, 9 yearsAugust 25, 2017 ago
1932

Ladies of the Jury (1932) Review, with Edna May Oliver

Mrs. Livingston Baldwin-Crane Edna May Oliver Ms. Yvette Gordon Jill Esmond Andrew MacKaig Roscoe Ates Released by RKO | Directed by Lowell Sherman Run time: 63 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Plenty of double entendres: “But you must be examined. Before you can serve as a juror, you Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsAugust 18, 2017 ago
1934

Murder in the Private Car (1934) Review, with Charlie Ruggles and Una Merkel

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…

By Danny, 9 yearsAugust 11, 2017 ago
1934

Heat Lightning (1934) Review, with Aline MacMahon and Ann Dvorak

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…

By Danny, 9 yearsAugust 4, 2017 ago
1931

Just a Gigolo (1931) Review, with William Haines

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…

By Danny, 9 yearsJune 9, 2017 ago
1933

Rafter Romance (1933) Review, with Ginger Rogers and Norman Foster

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…

By Danny, 9 yearsMay 19, 2017 ago
1931

Goldie (1931) Review, with Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy

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…

By Danny, 9 yearsMay 1, 2017 ago
1933

Whistling in the Dark (1933) Review, with Ernest Truex and Una Merkel

Wallace Porter Ernest Truex Toby Van Buren Una Merkel Dillon Edward Arnold Released by MGM | Directed by Elliot Nugent Run time: 79 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One gangster named Slim (Johnny Hines) enters to find Lombardo (C. Henry Gordon) with his leg propped up, tying his Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsApril 24, 2017 ago
1934

Back Page (1934) Review, with Peggy Shannon

Jerry Peggy Shannon Brice Russell Hopton Bill Sterling Holloway Released by Pyramid   | Directed by Anton Lorenze Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I’ve got something red hot– all about that evangelist having a baby!” Her big scoop is a ‘love nest suicide’. Our heroine Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsMarch 27, 2017 ago

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