Angela Chiaromonte Helen Hayes Giovanni Severi Clark Gable Mina Louise Closser Hale Released by MGM | Directed by Victor Fleming Run time: 104 minutes White Sister: New Habits Die Hard “A broken officer and a renegade nun– is that your love?!” I spent some time tonight talking to my mom Read more
Polly Alice White Dominic Edward G. Robinson Swifty Neil Hamilton Released by Warner Bros./First National | Directed by Edward F. Cline Run time: 64 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I don’t talk business in my bedroom?” “Yeah?” “You’re a cute little trick, aren’t you?” “A dumb cluck like Read more
The Raja George Arliss Dr. Traherne Ralph Forbes Lucilla Alice Joyce Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Alfred E. Green Run time: 73 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Look, there’s an evil Indian king and he really wants to nail this (married) white lady. There are no Read more
Judy Constance Bennett Jacob Joel McCrea Sola Paul Lukas Released by RKO-Pathe | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You have a baby, do you not, Miss Carroll? You don’t mind me calling you ‘miss’ in a question like that, do you?” Read more
Carmita Myrna Loy El Malo Jose Bohr Pedro Raymond Hatton Released by Atlantic Pictures | Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennett Run time: 51 minutes Rogue of the Rio Grande: Robin Thud “I tell you, El Malo, women are the downfall of every great outlaw.” This is one of those movies Read more
Ralph Robert Young Phyl Margaret Perry Mr. Thomas Lewis Stone Mrs. Thomas Laura Hope Crews Duff David Newell Myra Myrna Loy Released by MGM | Directed by Charles Brabin Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Not dressed yet?” “Well, just barely!” “As the artist explained it Read more
Charmaine Fifi Dorsay Larry Reginald Denny Owly Cliff Edwards Diane Yola D’Avril Madelon Sandra Ravel Yank Edward Brophy Released by MGM | Directed by Harry Beaumont Run time: 73 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Unsurprisingly, we’re introduced to the titular girls in their nighties. We were buddies in Read more
T.K. Blair / Doc Varney George M. Cohan Curly Cooney Jimmy Durante Felicia Hammond Claudette Colbert Released by Paramount | Directed by Norman Taurog Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Cohan puts on blackface for a number. Yay. Sidney Toler puts on yellow face once more. Read more
El Capitan Thunder Victor Varconi Ynez Fay Wray Juan Don Alvarado Released by Warner Bros./First National | Directed by Alan Crosland Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Thunder is a lady’s man, and all the senoritas are totally into that. “Big boy!” “Little girl! Aren’t you Read more
Drake Norris Clive Brook Joe Richard Arlen Laurie Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers Kay Fay Wray Beatrice Jean Arthur Tom Lawrence LaMarr Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed by Max Marcin & Louis J. Gasnier Run time: 62 minutes The Lawyer’s Secret: Stiff Stuff “They can’t convict me. They can’t convict an Read more