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…
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…
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…
Dot Dorothy Mackaill Dick Joel McCrea The Ned Sparks part Ned Sparks Released by RKO Directed by Lloyd Bacon Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The best I’ve got is that there’s a dog named ‘Pansy’. Kept Husbands: All Lost “Easy things aren’t much good.” Have Read more…
Sally Leila Hyams Tom Reginald Denny role Lilian Bond Released by MGM Directed by Charles Reisner Run time: 73 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You were a blushing bride– and what blushes!” “Awright, I’ll go around without a stitch of clothes! Without a stitch of clothes! Like Lady Read more…
Cho-Cho-san Sylvia Sidney Lt. Pinkerton Cary Grant Lt. Barton Charlie Ruggles Released by Paramount Directed by Marion Gering Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A man marries two different women. Sure, it’s bigamy. It’s big of them too! (ugh) Madame Butterfly: Yuck Yuck Yuck “Before kiss, Read more…
Peg Marion Davies Jerry Onslow Stevens Alaric Tyrell Davis Released by MGM Directed by Robert Z. Leonard Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You little Irish–!!” Our hero, Peg (Davies), pretends to have an illicit extramarital affair in order to help another woman out. Peg O’ Read more…
Millie Helen Twelvetrees Helen Lilyan Tashman Angie Joan Blondell Released by RKO Directed by John Francis Dillon Run time: 85 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film We’re introduced to Blondell and Tashman’s characters shacked up in bed together. Frank McHugh has a musical number (yes) about being a beautiful Read more…
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…
Gloria Miriam Hopkins Duke Jack Oakie Louis George Raft Released by Paramount Directed by David Burton Run time: 78 minutes Dancers in the Dark: Bumping into Things “Listen, spendthrift! The ten cents you pay is for dancing, not wrestling!” Dancers in the Dark is one of those films where I Read more…