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1934

Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934) Review, with Wheeler & Woolsey

Bert Bert Wheeler Lady Genevieve Thelma Todd  Bob Robert Woolsey Released by RKO | Directed by Mark Sandrich Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I like ’em young!” “Behead us? Can she do that?” “Sure, she can be-head.” (It sounds like ‘be had’. Look, it’s funny Read more…

By Danny, 5 yearsOctober 9, 2017 ago
1934

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) Review, with Ann Harding and John Boles

Vergie Winters Ann Harding John Shadwell John Boles Laura Shadwell Helen Vinson Released by RKO | Directed by Alfred Santell Run time: 85 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A woman conceives her lover’s child out of wedlock. Her lover and his wife adopt the child and raise it Read more…

By Danny, 5 yearsSeptember 4, 2017 ago
1934

Murder in the Private Car (1934) Review, with Charlie Ruggles and Una Merkel

Scott Charlie Ruggles Georgia Una Merkel Ruth Mary Carlisle Released by MGM | Directed by Harry Beaumont Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Released barely two days before the enforcement of the Production Code began in 1934, the filmmakers do manage to get the lead actresses Read more…

By Danny, 5 yearsAugust 11, 2017 ago
1934

Heat Lightning (1934) Review, with Aline MacMahon and Ann Dvorak

Olga Aline MacMahon Myra Ann Dvorak George Preston Foster Mrs. Tifton Glenda Farrell Frank Frank McHugh Mrs. Ashton-Ashley Ruth Donnelly Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Mervy LeRoy Run time: 61 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Two women exit a car and beg the attendant: “Can you Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsAugust 4, 2017 ago
1934

Viva Villa! (1934) Review, with Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo and Fay Wray

Pancho Villa Wallace Beery Rodolfo Leo Carrillo Teresa Fay Wray Jonny Sykes Stuart Erwin General Pascal Joseph Schildkraut Francisco Madero Henry B. Walthall Released by MGM | Directed by Jack Conway Run time: 115 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film People are murdered pretty indiscriminately– this is a revolution, Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsJune 25, 2017 ago
1934

Back Page (1934) Review, with Peggy Shannon

Jerry Peggy Shannon Brice Russell Hopton Bill Sterling Holloway Released by Pyramid   | Directed by Anton Lorenze Run time: 65 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I’ve got something red hot– all about that evangelist having a baby!” Her big scoop is a ‘love nest suicide’. Our heroine Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsMarch 27, 2017 ago
1934

Success at Any Price (1934) Review, with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Genevieve Tobin

Joe Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Agnes Genevieve Tobin Sarah Colleen Moore Mr. Fisher Edward Everett Horton Mr. Merritt Frank Morgan Mr. Hatfield Henry Kolker Released by RKO | Directed by J. Walter Ruben Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code-ish Film All that a college degree gets you is, Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsDecember 19, 2016 ago
1934

The Richest Girl in the World (1934) Review, with Miriam Hopkins, Fay Wray and Joel McCrea

Dorothy Miriam Hopkins Sylvia Fay Wray Tony Joel McCrea Released by RKO | Directed by William A. Seiter Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code-ish Film A husband and wife sleep together. Which is fine, of course, but later a different woman pretends to have slept with the Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsOctober 14, 2016 ago
1934

Imitation of Life (1934) Review, with Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, and Warren William

Beatrice Pullman Claudette Colbert Delilah Johnson Louise Beavers Stephen Archer Warren William Peola Johnson Fredi Washington Jessie Pullman Rochelle Hudson Elmer Smith Ned Sparks Released by Universal Pictures | Directed by John M. Stahl Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish The relationship between two women, one black and one white, and their Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsMay 6, 2016 ago
1934

The Merry Widow (1934) Review, with Maurice Cheavalier and Jeanette MacDonald

Danilo Maurice Chevalier Sonia Jeanette MacDonald Ambassador Edward Everett Horton King George Barbier Queen Una Merkel Orderly Sterling Holloway Released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer | Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish How sexually carefree and attractive is the Chevalier character this go around? At a mod Parisian brothel, Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsApril 18, 2016 ago

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