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1934

She Learned About Sailors (1934) Review, with Lew Ayres and Alice Faye

Lew Ayres tests the limits of his charm alongside Alice Faye.

By Danny, 4 monthsSeptember 23, 2022 ago
1934

The Woman Condemned (1934) Review, with Claudia Dell

Richard Arlen is a cowboy chasing Mary Brian while typical Western plotting unfolds.

By Danny, 4 monthsSeptember 16, 2022 ago
1934

Good Dame (1934) Review, with Sylvia Sydney and Fredric March

Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March are in love again. This time it ain’t the booze that is strangling their relationship– it’s fast-talking slang! So much slang! Slang for days!

By Danny, 12 monthsFebruary 4, 2022 ago
1934

Death Takes a Holiday (1934) Review, with Fredric March

Death Fredric March Grazia Evelyn Venable Sir Guy Standing Duke Lambert Released by Paramount Directed by Mitchell Leisen Run time: 80 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I’m too restless for marriage. Besides, I’ve had that once.” Death Takes a Holiday: Knocking on Heaven’s Door “A moment ago I Read more…

By Danny, 2 yearsDecember 17, 2020 ago
1934

Madame Du Barry (1934) Review, with Dolores Del Rio

Madame Du BarryDolores del Rio King Louis XVReginald Owen Armand d’AiguillonVictor Jory Directed by: William DieterleReleased by: Warner Bros.Run time: 79 minutes Proof That It’s (Almost) Pre-Code “Madam, what are you trying to do to France?”“Oh, just what it’s doing to me.” We’re introduced to Du Barry (del Rio) in Read more…

By Danny, 2 yearsAugust 29, 2020 ago
1934

The Key (1934) Review, with William Powell and Colin Clive

#precode

By Danny, 2 yearsAugust 22, 2020 ago
1934

Once to Every Woman (1934) Review, with Fay Wray and Ralph Bellamy

Mary Fanshawne Fay Wray Dr. Barclay Ralph Bellamy Dr. Selby Walter Connolly Released by Columbia Directed by Lambert Hillyer Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The movie opens with a having gotten acid in her face by a jilted lover. It’s certainly an attention-getter. A woman Read more…

By Danny, 3 yearsMay 8, 2020 ago
1934

George White’s Scandals (1934) Review, with Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Durante, and Alice Faye

Kitty Alice Faye Happy Jimmy Durante Jimmy Rudy Vallee Released by Fox Film Directed by George White Run time: 79 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You Nasty Man!” features gams galore and oodles of men focusing in on various lady appendages with delight. Jimmy Durante has lost his Read more…

By Danny, 4 yearsDecember 7, 2018 ago
1934

The Merry Wives of Reno (1934) Review, with Guy Kibbee and Glenda Farrell

Tom Guy Kibbee Bunny Glenda Farrell Frank Donald Woods Madge Margaret Lindsay Colonel Fitch Hugh Herbert Lois Ruth Donnelly Released by Warner Bros. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film It’s a long gag on divorce. Even though two of the couples Read more…

By Danny, 4 yearsNovember 9, 2018 ago
1934

Stingaree (1934) Review, with Richard Dix and Irene Dunne

Hilda Irene Dunne Stingaree Richard Dix Mrs. Clarkson Mary Boland Sir Julian Conway Tearle Howie Andy Devine Mr. Clarkson Henry Stephenson Released by RKO Directed by William Wellman Run time: 77 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Hilda is kidnapped into the bush by dashing bandit Stingaree, and she Read more…

By Danny, 4 years ago

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