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1933

1933

Sons of the Desert (1933) Review, with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Stan Stan Laurel Ollie Oliver Hardy Charley Charley Chase Released by MGM | Directed by William A. Seiter Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I’ll put you in jail first with the rest of the sons of a– Sons of the Desert!” The guys get to Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsFebruary 10, 2017 ago
1933

Melody Cruise (1933) Review, with Charlie Ruggles and Phil Harris

Alan Chandler Phil Harris Pete Wells Charlie Ruggles  Elsa von Rader Greta Nissen Laurie Marlowe Helen Mack Ms. Potts Flora Roberts Zoe & Vera June Brewster & Shirley Chambers Released by RKO | Directed by Mark Sandrich Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film WELL. Two women Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsJanuary 23, 2017 ago
1933

Scarlet River (1933) Review, with Tom Keene

Tom Baxter Tom Keene Judy Blake Dorothy Wilson Jeff Todd Lon Chaney Jr. Ulysses Roscoe Ates Sam Gilroy Edgar Kennedy Babe Jewel Betty Furness Released by RKO | Directed by Otto Brower Run time: 54 minutes Scarlet River: Movie Stars Save the Day “Isn’t there any place we can go Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsDecember 14, 2016 ago
1933

Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933) Review, with Constance Cummings, Paul Kelly, and Russ Columbo

Joan Constance Cummings Frank Paul Kelly Clark Russ Columbo Sybil Smith Blossom Seeley Hugh O’Connell Chuck Haskins Tex Kaley Texas Guinan Released by 20th Century Pictures | Directed by Lowell Sherman Run time: 91 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One character, Sybil, is a former burlesque queen, and Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsNovember 14, 2016 ago
1933

State Fair (1933) Review, with Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres

Abel Will Rogers Margy Janet Gaynor Pat Lew Ayres Wayne Norman Foster Melissa Louise Dresser  Emily Sally Eilers Released by Fox Films | Directed by Henry King Run time: 97 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Wayne is having sex with an acrobat, but he tells his family that Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsNovember 4, 2016 ago
1933

Emergency Call (1933) Review, with William Boyd, William Gargan, and Wynne Gibson

Joe William Boyd Steve William Gargan Mabel Wynne Gibson Released by RKO | Directed by Edward L. Cahn Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Mabel’s last name is Weenie, which annoys her to no end. Steve delights in it, saying to her at various points: “I Read more

By Danny, 10 years ago
1933

Headline Shooter (1933) Review, with William Gargan and Frances Dee

Bill William Gargan Jane Frances Dee Hal Ralph Bellamy Mike Wallace Ford Hermie Gregory Ratoff Ricci Jack La Rue Released by RKO | Directed by Run time: 61 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Opens with a shot of a man’s hat on a bedpost and a woman telling Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsOctober 17, 2016 ago
1933

Ann Carver’s Profession (1933) Review, with Fay Wray, Gene Raymond, and Claire Dodd

Ann Carver Fay Wray Bill Graham Gene Raymond Carole Rodgers Claire Dodd Released by Columbia | Directed by Edward Buzzell Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A woman… with a college degree! And… and she doesn’t want to sit around the house! It’s madness I tell Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsSeptember 2, 2016 ago
1933

Ann Vickers (1933) Review, with Irene Dunne, Walter Huston and Conrad Nagel

Ann Vickers Irene Dunne Barney Dolphin Walter Huston Lindsey Atwell Conrad Nagel Released by RKO | Directed by John Cromwell Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One suspicious trip to Havana that ends in an out-of-wedlock child’s life ending. One prisoner is told, “We’ll have to Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsAugust 26, 2016 ago
The Working Man (1933)
1933

The Working Man (1933) Review, with George Arliss and Bette Davis

Reeves Mr. George Arliss Jenny Bette Davis Tommy Theodore Newton Benjamin Hardie Albright Pettison Gordon Westcott Hank J. Farrell Macdonald Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By John G. Adolfi Proof That It’s Pre-Code Tommy and Betty prize their ability to buy booze from bootleggers above all else. At first, Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsAugust 15, 2016 ago

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