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A Fool’s Advice (1932) (AKA Meet the Mayor) Review, with Frank Fay

Well, would you put a good movie on the shelf for five years?

By Danny, 4 yearsMay 10, 2021 ago
1932

No One Man (1932) Review, with Carole Lombard and Ricardo Cortez

Penelope ‘Nep’ Newbold Carole Lombard Bill Hanaway Ricardo Cortez Dr. Karl Bemis Paul Lukas Released by Paramount Directed by Lloyd Corrigan Run time: 71 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “It’s pretty dull here in Palm Beach– unless you’re interested in marriage or divorce.” Penelope (Lombard) is a 22-year-old Read more…

By Danny, 4 yearsMay 3, 2021 ago
1932

The Devil’s Brother (1932) Review, with Laurel & Hardy

Stanlio Stan Laurel Ollio Oliver Hardy Lady Pamela Thelma Todd Released by MGM Directed by Hal Roach Run time: 90 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Thelma Todd spends much of this movie reaching down the front of her dress or doing her best to strip down to her Read more…

By Danny, 4 yearsApril 23, 2021 ago
1932

Okay America! (1932) Review, with Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres is a tough-talking gossip columnist out to save the nation in Okay America! (32).

By Danny, 4 yearsApril 12, 2021 ago
1932

70,000 Witnesses (1932) Review, with Phillips Holmes

“Buck” Buchan Phillips Holmes Dan McKenna David Landau Johnny Moran Charlie Ruggles Released by Paramount Directed by Ralph Murphy Run time: 71 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Bootlegging plays a big part of the film, from the college kid who peddles booze to the constantly-sauced reporter Johnny Moran Read more…

By Danny, 4 yearsApril 9, 2021 ago
1932

The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) Review, with Joan Bennett and Donald Cook

Vivienne Ware Joan Bennett John Sutherland Donald Cook Dolores Divine Lilian Bond Released by Fox Directed by William K. Howard Run time: 56 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “What I sucker I was. I thought that sugar daddy meant he was going to take me abroad for a Read more…

By Danny, 4 yearsMarch 22, 2021 ago
1932

The Sign of the Cross (1932) Review, with Fredric March and Claudette Colbert

One of the wildest orgies of all time hits the screen in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Sign of the Cross.

By Danny, 4 yearsMarch 19, 2021 ago
1932

Forgotten Commandments (1932) Review, with Sari Maritza and Gene Raymond

Paul Ossipoff Gene Raymond Anya Sorina Sari Maritza Prof. Marinoff Irving Pichel Released by Paramount Directed by Louis Gasnier and William Schorr Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film This is a film set in godless Communist Russia, so it’s kind of iffy what you could have Read more…

By Danny, 4 yearsMarch 5, 2021 ago
1932

Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) Review, with Laurel and Hardy

Laurel Hardy Eddie’s Little Girl Jacquie Lyn Released by Hal Roach Studios Directed by George Marshall, Harry Black, Ray McCarey and Lloyd French Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s Pre-Code In this lighthearted, rollicking Laurel & Hardy picture, we are treated to a scene where ‘Eddie’s Little Girl’ is Read more…

By Danny, 4 years ago
1932

The World and The Flesh (1932) Review, with Miriam Hopkins and George Bancroft

Kylenko George Bancroft Maria Miriam Hopkins Dmitri Alan Mowbray Released by Paramount Directed by John Cromwell Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The plot hinges on a single night of lovemaking where Maria must seduce and distract Kylenko from his duties as a sailor. When he Read more…

By Danny, 4 years ago

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