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1930

Road to Paradise (1930) Review, with Loretta Young and Jack Mulhall

Mary Loretta Young Margaret Loretta Young George Jack Mulhall Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by William Beaudine Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The film begins at a speakeasy called the Peking Pleasure Palace, which lacks a certain amount of exoticism in its Chinese staff. Read more…

By Danny, 5 yearsDecember 15, 2017 ago
1930

Hook Line and Sinker (1930) Review, with Wheeler & Woolsey

Wilbur Bert Wheeler Mary Marsh Dorothy Lee Ganzy Robert Woolsey Released by RKO | Directed by Edward F. Cline Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Conjigating.” “He wants a room with exposure!” “Are we going to allow that here?” Ganzy’s name keeps becoming ‘Pansy’. “This stuff Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsOctober 6, 2017 ago
1930

Dixiana (1930) Review, with Bebe Daniels and Wheeler & Woolsey

Peewee Bert Wheeler Dixiana Bebe Daniels Ginger Robert Woolsey Released by RKO | Directed by Luther Reed Run time: 97 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Damn, damn, damn!” Dixiana: Gone with the Broken Wind “Wait until I polish this on your snoot!” Do you ever sit and wonder Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsOctober 2, 2017 ago
1930

The Cuckoos (1930) Review, with Wheeler & Woolsey

Sparrow Bert Wheeler Professor Cunningham Robert Woolsey Anita Dorothy Lee Released by RKO | Directed by Paul Sloane Run time: 97 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “What does a girl generally want a little fella for?” “In my country, we marry women first. Then we teach them how Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsSeptember 25, 2017 ago
1930

The Silver Horde (1930) Review, with Evelyn Brent, Louis Wolheim and Jean Arthur

Cherry Evelyn Brent Boyd Joel McCrea Mildred Jean Arthur Released by RKO | Directed by George Archainbaud Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our suffering heroine, Cherry, is a former prostitute who is known up and down the coast. “You’re nothing but a–“ “Don’t call me Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsAugust 7, 2017 ago
1930

Raffles (1930) Review, with Ronald Colman and Kay Francis

Raffles Ronald Colman Gwen Kay Francis Detective McKenzie David Torrence Released by Samuel Goldwyn| Directed by George Fitzmaurice Run time: 71 minutes Raffles: Just a Bit of Cricket “Heh. One way or another, we’re all thieves at times.” Boy, Raffles sure is a movie. Ronald Colman, debonair and adorable, plays Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsJuly 21, 2017 ago
1930

Girl of the Port (1930) Review, with Sally O’Neil

Josie Sally O’Neil Whiskey Johnny Reginald Sharland McEwan Mitchell Lewis Released by RKO | Directed by Bert Glennon Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “That one was old when ‘Fanny’ was a girl’s name!” Josie is a former burlesque dancer and girl of all ports. She Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsJune 19, 2017 ago
1930

Playing Around (1930) Review, with Alice White and Chester Morris

Sheba Miller Alice White Nickey Solomon Chester Morris Jack William Bakewell Released by Warner Bros./First National | Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “How does she rate? Y’know, yes, no, or maybe?” Alice White undresses for a shower on camera– at least Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsMarch 17, 2017 ago
1930

The Widow from Chicago (1930) Review, with Alice White and Edward G. Robinson

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…

By Danny, 6 yearsMarch 3, 2017 ago
1930

The Green Goddess (1930) Review, with George Arliss and Ralph Forbes

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…

By Danny, 6 yearsFebruary 3, 2017 ago

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