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Night After Night 1932 George Raft Mae West
1932

Night After Night (1932) Review, with George Raft, Roscoe Karns, and Mae West

Joe Anton George Raft Jerry Healy Constance Cummings Iris Wynne Gibson Leo Roscoe Karns Mabel Alison Skipworth Maude Mae West Released by Paramount | Directed by Archie Mayo Proof That It’s Pre-Code “Why that dumb cluck!” George Raft awakens and undresses to bathe. We see a lot of him. Llllladies. Read more…

By Danny, 9 yearsJanuary 25, 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, 9 yearsNovember 18, 2015 ago
One Sunday Afternoon 1933 Gary Cooper Fay Wray pre-Code
1933

One Sunday Afternoon (1933) Review, with Gary Cooper and Fay Wray

Biff Gary Cooper Virginia Fay Wray Amy Frances Fuller Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed by Stephen Roberts One Sunday Afternoon: Regrets, I Have a Few “Ain’t no crime in this world like stealing another man’s woman.” One Sunday Afternoon is about two things that constantly interest me: class conflict Read more…

By Danny, 10 yearsAugust 30, 2015 ago
1934

Search for Beauty (1934) Review

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WEEK’S ENTRY IS NOT WORK SAFE. AT ALL. Proof That It’s Pre-Code Jesus. Well, there’s a lot of things. This film is the result of an intercontinental search for the most beautiful (white) people in the world. As such, they really want to show their wares off. Read more…

By Danny, 12 yearsFebruary 15, 2013 ago
1934

It Happened One Night (1934) Review

The Particulars of the Picture Peter Werne … Clark Gable Ellie Andrews … Claudette Colbert Shapeley … Roscoe Karns Gordon … Charles C. Wilson Andrews … Walter Connolly Directed by Frank Capra It Happened One Night: Bringing Down the Walls and Everything Else In Between “I want to see what Read more…

By Danny, 12 yearsFebruary 8, 2013 ago
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