Oliver Lane Herbert Marshall Wallace Lionel Atwill Bascom Ralph Forbes Mrs. Vail May Robson Mrs. Hopkins Mary Boland Helen Elizabeth Allen Released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 67 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film [poking head out of bathroom] “I thought you were Read more
John Bishop John Wayne Monte Black J.P. McGowan Duke Duke Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Mack V. Wright Run time: 59 minutes Somewhere in Sonora: Guilt and Innocence “Don’t worry about me, I’ve always been a lucky sort of a cuss.” Of all the Warner Bros. B-Westerns that Read more
John Trent John Wayne Tippy Frank McHugh Alice Marceline Day Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Tenny Wright Run time: 54 minutes The Telegraph Trail: Beep Beep Beeeeep “Don’t get too close! Remember– women is tricky!” A bit of giddiness overcame me during the playful introduction to The Telegraph Read more
Steve Max Baer Belle Myrna Loy Professor Walter Huston Released by MGM | Directed by W.S. Van Dyke Proof That It’s Pre-Code One guy muses, “I wonder if she knows he’s catting around?” The titular prizefighter likes to go to the mat with any pair of pretty eyes that look Read more
Eli Watt Lionel Barrymore Sarah May Robson Jimmy Watt Joel McCrea Letty McGinnis Dorothy Jordan Joan Stockton Frances Dee McGinnis David Landau Released by RKO Pictures | Directed by John S. Robertson Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Pre-marital sex. One Man’s Journey: Never Ending Story Read more
Peter Standish Leslie Howard Helen Pettigrew Heather Angel Major Clinton Alan Mowbray Released by Fox Film | Directed by Frank Lloyd Proof That It’s Pre-Code Look, a guy travels through time to bone his great something-or-other’s cousin. It raises questions, certainly. Berkeley Square: Romance Through the Ages “Time– real time– Read more
Peggy Sawyer Ruby Keeler Dorothy Brock Bebe Daniels Julian Marsh Warner Baxter Billy Lawler Dick Powell Abner Dillon Guy Kibbee Pat Denning George Brent Loraine “Lolly” Fleming Una Merkel “Anytime” Annie Lowell Ginger Rogers Thomas Barry Ned Sparks Mac Elroy Allen Jenkins Andy Lee George E. Stone The Blonde Toby Read more
Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed by Norman Z. McLeod Alice in Wonderland: The Exquisite Tragedy of a World Gone Mad “If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around much faster than it does.” There are things I miss about the studio system. Imagine you’re Cary Grant. You Read more
Released by Hal Roach Studios | Directed by Gus Meins Maid in Hollywood: A Sneezy, Breezy Time “Hollywood, the land of promises. That’s all you get. Promises. Did you ever try to eat a promise? Well, I did.” This time out for Kelly and Todd are a pair of unsuccessful Read more
Kate Kate Smith Lily Sally Blane Hunt Randolph Scott Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed by William A. Seiter Hello, Everybody!: Dammed if You Do “Farming has one advantage– it always pays a man for its toil.” I shouldn’t have a curious eye. I try to avoid spoilers or even Read more