Eva Lovelace Katharine Hepburn Joseph Sheridan Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Louis Easton Adolphe Menjou Released by RKO | Directed by Lowell Sherman Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Louis Easton gets involved with an actress– who stays the night. Morning Glory: Delusion Du Jour “My star shall Read more
Wilber Bert Wheeler Tarzana Raquel Torres Alexander Robert Woolsey Released by Columbia | Directed by Edward F. Cline Run time: 61 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Hey! Come back here, you jackass!” “Oh see those Afri-cans.” “Virgin trees? Huh! They look pretty wild to me.” A swarm of Read more
Abby Carole Lombard Rod Gene Raymond Franklin Donald Cook Released by Columbia | Directed by David Burton Run time: 69 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A rich young man is marrying a showgirl. His brother darkly hints, “Do you have to marry her to adore her?” “I think Read more
George Brent Margaret Lindsay Eugene Pallette Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by William Dietrle Run time: 63 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “No, we can’t send a policeman around for that. Try the lonely hearts bureau.” A woman gets the offer of marriage rescinded for one of Read more
Thomas Knowlton Robert Montgomery T.J. Toler Walter Huston Joan Madge Evans Ship’s Cook Jimmy Durante Mac Dougal Eugene Pallette Brick Walters Robert Young Released by MGM | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 101 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Your first duty is to establish a base of Read more
Diana Joan Crawford Bogard Gary Cooper Claude Robert Young Ronnie Franchot Tone McGinnis Roscoe Karns Applegate Louise Closser Hale Released by MGM | Directed by Howard Hawks Run time: 113 minutes Today We Live: Yesterday We Chat “You take a lot of killing, doncha? C’mon.” There’s a lot to like Read more
Junior Junior Durkin Josie Charlotte Henry Abraham Carl Gross Released by RKO | Directed by Irving Cummings Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Racially, there’s some pretty awful stuff here. Junior’s housekeeper’s son, Abraham, is every bad cliche of African-Americans you can picture. Besides constantly being Read more
Foster Richard Dix Peggy Elizabeth Allan Adrian Deane Doris Kenyon Released by RKO | Directed by J. Walter Ruben Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One bad advertising slogan is listed as, “White teeth for white men”. The other man thoughtfully counters, “You cut out 90% Read more
Philo Vance William Powell Hilda Lake Mary Astor Det Heath Eugene Pallette DA Markham Robert McWade Raymond Wrede Ralph Morgan Arthur Coe Robert Barrat Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Michael Curtiz Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A dog is beaten to death (off Read more
Irina Kay Francis Geza Nils Asther Dushan Walter Huston Csaholyi Phillips Holmes Militza Louise Closser Hale Panto C. Henry Gordon Released by MGM | Directed by Richard Boleslawski Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A salacious crack about an old woman who worries about her safety Read more