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1932

Okay America! (1932) Review, with Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres is a tough-talking gossip columnist out to save the nation in Okay America! (32).

By Danny, 2 yearsApril 12, 2021 ago
1932

70,000 Witnesses (1932) Review, with Phillips Holmes

“Buck” Buchan Phillips Holmes Dan McKenna David Landau Johnny Moran Charlie Ruggles Released by Paramount Directed by Ralph Murphy Run time: 71 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Bootlegging plays a big part of the film, from the college kid who peddles booze to the constantly-sauced reporter Johnny Moran Read more…

By Danny, 2 yearsApril 9, 2021 ago
1931

Up for Murder (1931) Review, with Lew Ayres and Genevieve Tobin

Robert Marshall Lew Ayres Myra Deane Genevieve Tobin Collins Frank McHugh Released by Universal Directed by Monta Bell Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You dumb cluck!” One reporter keeps his bottle of liquor concealed in the newspaper’s basement, which he takes frequent swigs from. I Read more…

By Danny, 2 yearsApril 5, 2021 ago
1932

The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) Review, with Joan Bennett and Donald Cook

Vivienne Ware Joan Bennett John Sutherland Donald Cook Dolores Divine Lilian Bond Released by Fox Directed by William K. Howard Run time: 56 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “What I sucker I was. I thought that sugar daddy meant he was going to take me abroad for a Read more…

By Danny, 2 yearsMarch 22, 2021 ago
1932

The Sign of the Cross (1932) Review, with Fredric March and Claudette Colbert

One of the wildest orgies of all time hits the screen in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Sign of the Cross.

By Danny, 2 yearsMarch 19, 2021 ago
1933

The Keyhole (1933) Review, with Kay Francis and George Brent

Kay Francis and George Brent do their best to lift this One Way Passage ripoff.

By Danny, 2 yearsMarch 12, 2021 ago
1932

Forgotten Commandments (1932) Review, with Sari Maritza and Gene Raymond

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…

By Danny, 2 yearsMarch 5, 2021 ago
1930

The Woman Racket (1930) Review, with Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet

Tom Tom Moore Julia Blanche Sweet Chris John Miljan Released by MGM Directed by Albert H. Kelley, Robert Ober, and Paul Bern Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Julia is a sweet gal who leaves her husband and has a few love affairs without ever ending Read more…

By Danny, 2 yearsFebruary 26, 2021 ago
1933

East of Fifth Avenue (1933) Review, with Wallace Ford and Mary Carlisle

Vic Howard Wallace Ford Edna Howard Mary Carlisle Kitty Green Dorothy Tree Released by Columbia Directed by Albert S. Rogell Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film There are two plot lines here that would be on the bad side of the censors. The first is Dorothy’s Read more…

By Danny, 2 yearsFebruary 22, 2021 ago
1932

The World and The Flesh (1932) Review, with Miriam Hopkins and George Bancroft

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…

By Danny, 2 years ago

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