Riviere … John Barrymore Jules Fabian … Clark Gable Simone Fabian … Helen Hayes Pellerin … Robert Montgomery Robineau … Lionel Barrymore Pilot’s Wife … Myrna Loy Proof That It’s Pre-Code Robert Montgomery’s character sure has a thing for prostitutes. “Aren’t you going to change your clothes?” “A gentleman should always Read more
Jim Blaine … Richard Barthelmess Jill Collins … Sally Eilers Neil Blaine … Tom Brown Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our hero and heroine get adjoining hotel rooms, and then use the door that connects them for romantic trysts. On love: “Just because you’re hungry, you don’t have to buy a Read more
Carlotta Vance … Marie Dressler Larry Renault … John Barrymore Oliver Jordan … Lionel Barrymore Kitty Packard … Jean Harlow Dan Packard … Wallace Beery Max Kane … Lee Tracy Millicent Jordan … Billie Burke Dr. Talbot … Edmund Lowe Polly Jordan … Madge Evans Proof That It’s Pre-Code “The Read more
Elmer J. Butts … Buster Keaton Jimmy Potts … Jimmy Durante Schultz … Roscoe Ates Proof That It’s Pre-Code “Oh, my dress is soaking! Now I have to take it off.” followed by a woman taking off her dress. Naturally. Elmer J. Butts hides his money in the animals he Read more
Mary Archer Barbara Stanwyck Hugo Wilbrandt Otto Kruger Jeff Archer Ralph Bellamy Proof That It’s Pre-Code Get this– Americans can be huge douches. We get to hear gossip about what the Germans did to a pair of nurses, and what they do to all of their prisoners– or, as one Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Jimmie … Tommy Conlon Walt … Conrad Nagel Lou … Leila Hyams The Constant Woman: Hard to Peg Constantly lying is a bad idea. I know, controversial opinion, but the way The Constant Woman sees it, those lies always end in a fiery cavalcade of pain and Read more
Kurt Anderson … Warren William Madeline … Loretta Young Martin West … Wallace Ford Polly … Alice White Miss Hall … Ruth Donnelly Sweeney … Allen Jenkins Employee’s Entrance: Sorting the Successful From the Failures I think our antiheroes nowadays have gotten a little too clean under their collars. When Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Flash the Wonder Dog… Flash Jim Robbins … John Horsley Molly James … Marceline Day Otto Von Krantz … Noah Beery Reverend James … Henry B. Walthall The Chief … Mischa Auer The Flaming Signal: Taking a Tropical Bite Out of Crime “You can take Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Jimmy … Frankie Darro Patsy … James Cagney Thompson … Dudley Digges Dorothy … Madge Evans Judge Gilbert … Arthur Byron Directed by Archie Mayo The Mayor of Hell: Reforming the Reformers Reeducation or punishment? As I’ll go into moreso next week with The Big Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Cynthia Darrington … Katharine Hepburn Christopher Strong … Colin Clive Elaine Strong … Billie Burke Monica Strong … Helen Chandler Henry Rawlinson … Ralph Forbes Directed by Dorothy Arzner Christopher Strong: Making You Weak in the Knees The very first time the viewer sees the Read more