Agnes ‘Aggie’ Appleby Wynne Gibson Adonriam Schlump Charles Farrell Red Branahan William Gargan Evangeline Betty Furness Sybby Zasu Pitts Aunt Katherine Blanche Friderici Released by RKO | Directed By Mark Sandrich Proof That It’s Pre-Code Sybby (Zasu Pitts) is getting blotto in a speakeasy and exclaims, “At this rate, Mae Read more
Sherwood Nash William Powell Lynn Bette Davis Snap Frank McHugh The Duchess Verree Teasdale Joe Hugh Herbert Baroque Reginald Owen Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By William Dieterle Proof That It’s Pre-Code Walking down the Seine, Snap is offered some dirty pictures, which he looks at with much relish. Read more
Victor Ramon Novarro Shirley Jeanette MacDonald Charles Charles Butterworth Released by MGM | Directed By William K. Howard Proof That It’s Pre-Code A man and a woman living together, unmarried. This may not seem that crazy nowadays, but for simply showing this act, the film was refused reissue when the Read more
Megan Davis … Barbara Stanwyck General Yen … Nils Asther Mah-Li … Toshia Mori Jones … Walter Connolly Bob Strife … Gavin Gordon Captain Li … Richard Loo Proof That It’s Pre-Code You may not be old enough to remember this, but at one time miscegenation was illegal in many Read more
Lady Lee … Barbara Stanwyck Garry Madison … Joel McCrea Charlie Lang… Pat O’Brien Sheila Aiken … Claire Dodd Pete Madison … C. Aubrey Smith Directed by Archie Mayo Proof That It’s Pre-Code A note on this one: the only copy I could find had the Production Code seal on Read more
Proof That It’s Pre-Code It’s about a lady gangster who takes over a mob through her wits rather than with her body– which is pretty rare for a Pre-Code. She’s vicious, cunning, and makes suckers out of her enemies. Blondie goes into the hospital to visit her gangster cohort who Read more
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| Lois Ames… Kay Francis |
Tommy Sherman… David Manners |
Ruth Holman… Una Merkel |
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| Andy Doyle… Andy Devine |
Freddie Ames… Kenneth Thompson |
Directed by William Dieterle |
A sublime comedy of sex and subtle charms.