Ivy/Bunny Joan Crawford Howard Neil Hamilton Carl Clark Gable Fred Roscoe Karns Cass Guy Kibbee Mike Cliff Edwards Released by MGM | Directed by Harry Beaumont Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Drinking. Attempted suicide. That old joke about the traveling salesman over and over again. Read more
Charley “Beauty” Steele Conrad Nagel Rosalie Loretta Young Billy William Janney Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Frank Lloyd Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The old amnesia/remarriage/”General Hospital” hogwash. People keep trying to kill Charley Steele and, frankly, it’s kind of a relief when Read more
Eva Lovelace Katharine Hepburn Joseph Sheridan Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Louis Easton Adolphe Menjou Released by RKO | Directed by Lowell Sherman Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Louis Easton gets involved with an actress– who stays the night. Morning Glory: Delusion Du Jour “My star shall Read more
Lottie Corlaix Lil Dagover Captain Corlaix Walter Huston Lt. d’Ortelles Warren William Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Michael Curtiz Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The titular woman is one of many affairs. Woman from Monte Carlo: No Love Lost “You’re saying I’m a Read more
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
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
Jim Ronald Colman Clemency Kay Francis Doris Phyllis Barry Released by Sam Goldwyn | Directed by King Vidor Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Everyone rides Jim for not having an affair until he does. Clemency’s younger sister has a habit of falling for Lotharios; she’s Read more
Junior Junior Durkin Josie Charlotte Henry Abraham Carl Gross Released by RKO | Directed by Irving Cummings Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Racially, there’s some pretty awful stuff here. Junior’s housekeeper’s son, Abraham, is every bad cliche of African-Americans you can picture. Besides constantly being Read more
Foster Richard Dix Peggy Elizabeth Allan Adrian Deane Doris Kenyon Released by RKO | Directed by J. Walter Ruben Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One bad advertising slogan is listed as, “White teeth for white men”. The other man thoughtfully counters, “You cut out 90% Read more
Clyde Phillips Holmes Sondra Frances Dee Roberta Sylvia Sidney Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed by Josef von Sternberg Run time: 96 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our protagonist is a coward and murderer and the movie may be trying to make him sympathetic. Not sure on that Read more