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Joel McCrea

1932

Rockabye (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea

Judy Constance Bennett Jacob Joel McCrea Sola Paul Lukas Released by RKO-Pathe | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You have a baby, do you not, Miss Carroll? You don’t mind me calling you ‘miss’ in a question like that, do you?” Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsJanuary 27, 2017 ago
1932

Bird of Paradise (1932) Review, with Joel McCrea and Dolores del Rio

Johnny Joel McCrea Luana Dolores del Rio Mac John Halliday Released by RKO | Directed by King Vidor Run time: 82 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “What is this place?” “Probably one of the Virgin Islands.” “I hope not!” There are a couple of South Seas orgies. Ya Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsJanuary 16, 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
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, 10 yearsOctober 14, 2016 ago
1932

The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Review, with Joel McCrea and Fay Wray

Bob Joel McCrea Eve Fay Wray Zaroff Leslie Banks Released by RKO | Directed by Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Schoedsack Run time: 62 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Shrunken heads, taxidermied bodies, and death galore. Clearly a movie about a guy who gets his jollies from murder. Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsSeptember 16, 2016 ago
1933

One Man’s Journey (1933) Review, with Lionel Barrymore, May Robson, and Joel McCrea

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

By Danny, 10 yearsMay 27, 2016 ago
1934

Gambling Lady (1934) Review, with Barbara Stanwyck

Lady Lee … Barbara Stanwyck Garry Madison … Joel McCrea Charlie Lang… Pat O’Brien Sheila Aiken … Claire Dodd Pete Madison … C. Aubrey Smith Directed by Archie Mayo Proof That It’s Pre-Code A note on this one: the only copy I could find had the Production Code seal on Read more

By Danny, 13 yearsJuly 30, 2013 ago
1931

Girls About Town (1931) Review

Pre-Code Follies: George Cukor brings us a story of escorts and bad marriages with just enough fluff to make things amicable. Para Danny.

By Danny, 15 yearsApril 21, 2011 ago
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Bed of Roses (1933) Review, with Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea

Pre-Code Follies: Pre-Code prostitute prerogatives! From Danny

By Danny, 15 yearsMarch 24, 2011 ago
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