Elmer … Buster Keaton McCracken … Jimmy Durante Patricia … Irene Purcell Tony … Gilbert Roland Nina … Mona Maris Albine … Polly Moran Proof That It’s Pre-Code Well, this happens: The villain describes his seduction methods: “The kind of woman one finds, fondles, and forgets.” In trying to save Read more
Megan Davis … Barbara Stanwyck General Yen … Nils Asther Mah-Li … Toshia Mori Jones … Walter Connolly Bob Strife … Gavin Gordon Captain Li … Richard Loo Proof That It’s Pre-Code You may not be old enough to remember this, but at one time miscegenation was illegal in many Read more
Lulu … Barbara Stanwyck Bob … Adolphe Menjou Holland … Ralph Bellamy Proof That It’s Pre-Code Extramarital affairs, extramarital babies, and it’s the right thing to do! Forbidden: The 33 Error “The longer they no, the harder they yes!” Schadenfreude. It’s a German word that means taking pleasure in the Read more
Kitty Lane … Barbara Stanwyck Aunt Dot … Zasu Pitts Fred … Lucien Littlefield David Livingston … Regis Toomey Helen Livingston … Clara Blandick Judge Forbes … Oscar Apfel Proof That It’s Pre-Code Upfront, it’s important to know that the surviving copies of this film are from a 1938 re-edit, Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Curly … Bert Wheeler Spider … Robert Woolsey Violet … Edna Mae Oliver Norton … Edgar Kennedy Barbara … Betty Grable The Announcer … Robert Armstrong Hold ‘Em Jail: The Big House Meets The Big Game “If you were a kangaroo, I’d go around in Read more
David Dwight … Warren William Lynn … Maureen O’Sullivan Sarah… Verree Teasdale Tom … Norman Foster Jenny … Anita Page Ella Dwight … Hedda Hopper Skyscraper Souls: A Monument to Mankind’s Hubris They laughed at me when I said I wanted a hundred-story building. They said it wouldn’t hold together. Read more
The Particulars of the Picture George Lewis … Jack Oakie May Daniels … Aline MacMahon Jerry Hyland … Russell Hopton Lawrence Vail … Onslow Stevens Herman Glogauer … Gregory Ratoff Susan Walker … Sidney Fox Once in a Lifetime: Making It Big “You don’t know anything about anything, George, and Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Professor Wagstaff … Groucho Marx Baravelli … Chico Marx Pinky … Harpo Marx Frank Wagstaff … Zeppo Marx Connie Bailey … Thelma Todd Jennings … David Landau Horse Feathers: Giving It the Old College Try Every comedy team in the first half of the century Read more
Ruth Nancy Carroll Bill Randolph Scott Romer Sheffield Cary Grant Hot Saturday: Getting Out Alive I’ve wanted to say this for a while, because I think it needs to be said: thank god Cary Grant is dead. Look, I’m not glad he died, nor would I trade anything in the Read more
Proof That It’s Pre-Code All the usual hotel nighttime activities. There’s an extended subplot about an industrialist negotiating with a stenographer about what she will give him in exchange for an all-expense paid trip through Europe. It includes this wonderful line: “I don’t suppose you’d take some… dictation from me Read more