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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
1931

Consolation Marriage (1931) Review, with Irene Dunne and Pat O’Brien

Mary Irene Dunne Steve Pat O’Brien Jeff John Halliday Elaine Myrna Loy Aubrey Lester Vail The Colonel Matt Moore Released by RKO | Directed by Paul Sloane Run time: 81 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Pat O’Brien’s Steve is sad and gets drunk. A lot. Both of the Read more…

By Danny, 6 yearsDecember 5, 2016 ago
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Pre-Code Retro – The Phynx (1970) Review

Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Lee H. Katzin The Phynx: It’s Got Moxie “Gentlemen, the United States government is pleased to announce an orgy.” For those not in the know, The Phynx is a legend to people who love bad movies. Barely released in 1970 after a management Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsMarch 11, 2016 ago
I Sell Anything 1934 Forbidden Hollywood 9
1934

I Sell Anything (1934) Review, with Pat O’Brien and Ann Dvorak

Cutler Pat O’Brien Barbara Ann Dvorak Millicent Claire Dodd Released by Warner Bros./First National | Directed by Robert Florey Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish Our main character, “Spot Cash” Cutler, pretty much pushes and prods rubes out of their money by way of selling them junk that’s been falsely made to Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsNovember 18, 2015 ago
1931

The Front Page (1931) Review, with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O’Brien

Hildy Johnson Pat O’Brien Walter Burns Adolphe Menjou Peggy Grant Mary Brian Bensinger Edward Everett Horton Earl Williams George E. Stone Molly Mae Clarke Released by United Artists | Directed By Lewis Milestone Proof That It’s Pre-Code Digging through his desk, Bensinger finds a discarded woman’s slip. Plenty of dark Read more…

By Danny, 7 yearsAugust 10, 2015 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, 10 yearsJuly 30, 2013 ago
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Bombshell (1933) Review

Is Jean Harlow crazy hot, or just crazy?

By Danny, 10 yearsSeptember 11, 2012 ago
Svengali (1930)

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