Rose Maurrant Sylvia Sidney Sam Kaplan William Collier, Jr. Frank Maurrant David Landau Released by Samuel Goldwyn | Directed by King Vidor Run time: 80 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A four letter word for a Jewish person is used multiple times. One that I wouldn’t use in 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
Marvin Blake Richard Barthelmess Betty Wright Dorothy Jordan Madge Bette Davis Released by Warner Brothers | Directed by Michael Curtiz Proof That It’s Pre-Code “That girl ain’t got a bit of a soul, she ain’t. But she sure got a body. Some body.” A fade out hints that Madge slipped Read more
Jim Allen Paul Muni Bomber Wells Edward Ellis Marie Glenda Farrell Helen Helen Vinson Rev. Allen Hale Hamilton Barney Sykes Allen Jenkins Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By Mervyn LeRoy Proof That It’s Pre-Code A Texan assures us that the next man who asks him for an inspection will Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Martin Arrowsmith … Ronald Colman Leora Arrowsmith … Helen Hayes Max Gottlieb … A.E. Anson Oliver Marchand … Clarence Brooks Joyce Lanyon … Myrna Loy Gustav Sondelius … Richard Bennett Arrowsmith: Of Romance, Morality, and Passion “We are scientists. That is more than a man.” Read more
The Particulars of the Picture Professor Wagstaff … Groucho Marx Baravelli … Chico Marx Pinky … Harpo Marx Frank Wagstaff … Zeppo Marx Connie Bailey … Thelma Todd Jennings … David Landau Horse Feathers: Giving It the Old College Try Every comedy team in the first half of the century Read more
President Jud Hammond … Walter Huston Pendy Moloy … Karen Morley Beek … Franchot Tone Nick Diamond … C. Henry Gordon Bronson … David Landau Directed by Gregory La Cava Proof That It’s Pre-Code A movie about the President of the United States. The man elected is a complete coward, Read more
As soon as it gains some steam, Lawyer Man is a stunning indictment of the political and legal system of the 1930’s.
Review: Mail Order Brides and villainy afoot with some Babs on top, it’s William S. Wellman at his dullest with The Purchase Price. From Danny!