Norma Bette Davis Butch Pat O’Brien The Captain Lewis Stone Joe Allen Jenkins Belle Glenda Farrell Pete Ruth Donnelly Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Roy Del Ruth Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Since this is a film dealing with the destitute, it’s fairly Read more…
Ralph Robert Young Phyl Margaret Perry Mr. Thomas Lewis Stone Mrs. Thomas Laura Hope Crews Duff David Newell Myra Myrna Loy Released by MGM | Directed by Charles Brabin Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Not dressed yet?” “Well, just barely!” “As the artist explained it Read more…
Yvonne Greta Garbo Andre Robert Montgomery Delval Lewis Stone Released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer | Directed by Clarence Brown Proof That It’s Pre-Code “There are tricks in every trade.” “You ought to know, dearie. Your trade is the oldest.” “I was just going to ask if you came with a Read more…
Rita Cavallini Greta Garbo Cornelius Van Tuyl Lewis Stone Tom Armstrong Gavin Gordon Released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer | Directed by Clarence Brown Proof That It’s Pre-Code Rita was sold into a brothel at a young age and has gained infamy as an opera singer… but also as a woman Read more…
Scorpio … Wallace Beery Newton … Lewis Stone Carl … Clark Gable Anne … Jean Harlow Johnny … Ralph Bellamy Peaches … Marjorie Rambeau Proof That It’s Pre-Code It’s a gangster pic with plenty of guns, booze, and broads. Murder is the name of the game, as well as paid Read more…
The Particulars of the Picture Kent … Robert Montgomery Morgan … Chester Morris Butch … Wallace Beery The Big House: Breaking Out Human cruelty, as deep a field as it is, has almost never been better exemplified than in America’s prison system. Barbaric conditions are the norm, as men are Read more…
Proof That It’s Pre-Code All the usual hotel nighttime activities. There’s an extended subplot about an industrialist negotiating with a stenographer about what she will give him in exchange for an all-expense paid trip through Europe. It includes this wonderful line: “I don’t suppose you’d take some… dictation from me Read more…
Review: Red heads are awesome. And evil. Especially Beverly Crusher. But mostly Jean Harlow. From Danny. I guess.