Alexander Hamilton George Arliss Betsy Hamilton Doris Kenyon Senator Roberts Dudley Diggs Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by John G. Adolfi Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Hamilton has an extramarital affair that nearly tears apart the country. Alexander Hamilton: An Upstanding Citizen “Alexander, you’re Read more
Wayne Lowell Sherman Helene Andrews Irene Dunne Agatha Carraway Mae Murray Released by RKO | Directed by Lowell Sherman Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I’m a firm believer in that a woman’s place is next to her husband.” Noel Francis keeps slipping in and out 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
Cary Lockwood Richard Barthelmess Shep Lambert David Manners Nikki Helen Chandler Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by William Dieterle Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Nikki is, “just an old hussy we found scattered around.” A friend named Frink is “a member of the wandering 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
Doris Kendall Constance Bennett Barry Craig Joel McCrea Sir Wilfred Drake Paul Cavanaugh Released by RKO | Directed by Paul L. Stein Run time: 81 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Two lovers sleep together out of wedlock. “I know you’re married. What difference does that make?!” The ending 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
Jack Thomas John Gilbert Frank Louis Wolheim Marjorie Leila Hyams Ruth Anita Page Mabel Marie Prevost Florio John Miljan Released by MGM | Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Run time: 90 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A bootlegger tells his skeptical brother, who’s sniffing a bottle, “That stuff ain’t Read more
Robert Brummel William Haines Roxana Hartley Irene Purcell George Hampton C. Aubrey Smith Released by MGM | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “My husband!” Roxana talks about a sex book that she’s read. Her aunt moans, “I didn’t mean her to Read more
Bill Holbrook William Boyd Mary Ellen Helen Twelvetrees Rance Brett Clark Gable Released by Pathe | Directed by Howard Higgins Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Baby butts. The Painted Desert: Tepid, Tepid West “You and Jeff spent half your lives building a wall that separated Read more