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1933

Sailor’s Luck (1933) Review, with Sally Eilers and James Dunn

Sailors on shore leave run amok in this lousy comedy.

By Danny, 12 monthsFebruary 11, 2022 ago
1932

Evenings for Sale (1932) Review, with Herbert Marshall and Mary Boland

Count Franz von Degenthal Herbert Marshall Jenny Kent Mary Boland Lela Fischer Sari Maritza Released by Paramount Directed by Stuart Walker Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “He ought to attract all the unsatisfied ladies of Vienna. Of Europe!” “Don’t forget America. America is full of Read more…

By Danny, 2 yearsJanuary 17, 2021 ago
1933

Sons of the Desert (1933) Review, with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Stan Stan Laurel Ollie Oliver Hardy Charley Charley Chase Released by MGM | Directed by William A. Seiter Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I’ll put you in jail first with the rest of the sons of a– Sons of the Desert!” The guys get to Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsFebruary 10, 2017 ago
1932

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) Review, with Barbara Stanwyck

Megan Davis … Barbara Stanwyck General Yen … Nils Asther Mah-Li … Toshia Mori Jones … Walter Connolly Bob Strife … Gavin Gordon Captain Li … Richard Loo Proof That It’s Pre-Code You may not be old enough to remember this, but at one time miscegenation was illegal in many Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsAugust 9, 2013 ago
Shopworn (1932)
1932

Shopworn (1932), with Barbara Stanwyck

Kitty Lane … Barbara Stanwyck Aunt Dot … Zasu Pitts Fred … Lucien Littlefield David Livingston … Regis Toomey Helen Livingston … Clara Blandick Judge Forbes … Oscar Apfel Proof That It’s Pre-Code Upfront, it’s important to know that the surviving copies of this film are from a 1938 re-edit, Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsJuly 9, 2013 ago
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Mandalay (1934) Review, with Kay Francis

Kay Francis stars in this lurid piece of titillating melodrama.

By Danny, 10 yearsAugust 21, 2012 ago
1934

Thirty Day Princess (1934) Review

Pleasant but unremarkable.

By Danny, 11 yearsJune 24, 2012 ago
1934

Kiss and Make-Up (1934) Review

The Frankenstein monster is the female beauty ideal in this lame Cary Grant outing.

By Danny, 11 yearsJune 11, 2012 ago
1932

Downstairs (1932) Review

Pre-Code Follies: A drama of manners and manors from screen legend John Gilbert. By Danny.

By Danny, 12 yearsApril 14, 2011 ago
Svengali (1930)

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