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1934

Good Dame (1934) Review, with Sylvia Sydney and Fredric March

Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March are in love again. This time it ain’t the booze that is strangling their relationship– it’s fast-talking slang! So much slang! Slang for days!

By Danny, 1 yearFebruary 4, 2022 ago
1933

Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) Review, with Bette Davis and Pat O’Brien

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…

By Danny, 6 yearsMarch 13, 2017 ago
The Mouthpiece 1932 Warren William
1932

The Mouthpiece (1932) Review, with Warren William and Aline MacMahon

Vincent Day Warren William Celia Farraday Sidney Fox Miss Hickey Aline MacMahon Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by James Flood & Elliott Nugent Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Attorney Vince Day’s career involves saving murderers and thieves after he accidentally sends a man to Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsJune 13, 2016 ago
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang 1932 Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Edward Ellis pre-Code Hollywood controversial classics
1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) Review, with Paul Muni, Edward Ellis and Glenda Farrell

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…

By Danny, 8 yearsJune 26, 2015 ago
1931

Blonde Crazy (1931) Review, with James Cagney and Joan Blondell

Bert … James Cagney Ann … Joan Blondell Dan … Louis Calhern Rupert … Guy Kibbee Helen … Noel Francis Reynolds … Ray Milland Proof That It’s Pre-Code This may take a while to load, but I think you’ll understand:   Also, more robbery, cheating, lying, ogling and eyebrow waggles Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsSeptember 20, 2013 ago
1931

So Big! (1931) Review, with Barbara Stanwyck

Selina Peake … Barbara Stanwyck Roelfe Pool … George Brent Dirk De Jong … Hardie Albright Dallas O’Mara … Bette Davis Klass Pool … Alan Hale Pervus De Jong … Earle Fox Proof That It’s Pre-Code This one’s actually fairly blase to be totally honest, though many of its themes Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsJuly 19, 2013 ago
Svengali (1930)

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