John Allen Edward G. Robinson Shirley Day Vivienne Osborne Bud Clark Preston Foster Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film There’s a surprisingly detailed discussion of electrocution death. “I ain’t gonna live with no lily!” When Bud gets Read more
Peewee Bert Wheeler Dixiana Bebe Daniels Ginger Robert Woolsey Released by RKO | Directed by Luther Reed Run time: 97 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Damn, damn, damn!” Dixiana: Gone with the Broken Wind “Wait until I polish this on your snoot!” Do you ever sit and wonder Read more
Abby Carole Lombard Rod Gene Raymond Franklin Donald Cook Released by Columbia | Directed by David Burton Run time: 69 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A rich young man is marrying a showgirl. His brother darkly hints, “Do you have to marry her to adore her?” “I think Read more
George Brent Margaret Lindsay Eugene Pallette Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by William Dietrle Run time: 63 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “No, we can’t send a policeman around for that. Try the lonely hearts bureau.” A woman gets the offer of marriage rescinded for one of Read more
Vergie Winters Ann Harding John Shadwell John Boles Laura Shadwell Helen Vinson Released by RKO | Directed by Alfred Santell Run time: 85 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A woman conceives her lover’s child out of wedlock. Her lover and his wife adopt the child and raise it 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
Doris Kendall Constance Bennett Barry Craig Joel McCrea Sir Wilfred Drake Paul Cavanaugh Released by RKO | Directed by Paul L. Stein Run time: 81 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Two lovers sleep together out of wedlock. “I know you’re married. What difference does that make?!” The ending Read more
Cherry Evelyn Brent Boyd Joel McCrea Mildred Jean Arthur Released by RKO | Directed by George Archainbaud Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our suffering heroine, Cherry, is a former prostitute who is known up and down the coast. “You’re nothing but a–“ “Don’t call me Read more
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