Night World (1932)
Sin and sex, with a likeable black chap mixed in. Continue reading → The post Night World (1932) appeared first on Pre-Code.com | Your Guide to Pre-Code Hollywood, 1930 to 1934.
View ArticleConspiracy (1930) Review
A Conspiracy of Dunces. Continue reading → The post Conspiracy (1930) Review appeared first on Pre-Code.com | Your Guide to Pre-Code Hollywood, 1930 to 1934.
View ArticleMandalay (1934) Review
Kay Francis stars in this lurid piece of titillating melodrama set in the Far East. Continue reading → The post Mandalay (1934) Review appeared first on Pre-Code.com | Your Guide to Pre-Code Hollywood,...
View ArticleThe Mayor of Hell (1933) Review
The Particulars of the Picture Jimmy … Frankie Darro Patsy … James Cagney Thompson … Dudley Digges Dorothy … Madge Evans Judge Gilbert … Arthur Byron Directed by Archie Mayo The Mayor of Hell:...
View ArticleThe Black Cat (1934) Review
The Particulars of the Picture Hjalmar Poelzig … Boris Karloff Dr. Vitus Werdegast … Bela Lugosi Peter Alison … David Manners Joan Alison … Julie Bishop Karen … Lucille Lund Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer...
View ArticleNight Nurse (1931) Review, with Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Blondell
Lora Hart … Barbara Stanwyck Maloney … Joan Blondell Nick … Clark Gable Mortie … Ben Lyon Eagan … Edward Nugent Dr. Bell … Charles Winninger Proof That It’s Pre-Code Hoo boy. How long have you got? One...
View ArticleThe Miracle Woman (1931) Review, with Barbara Stanwyck
Proof That It’s Pre-Code Basically calls American evangelism out as being a performing art that exploits the dumb for the sake of profit. So that’s something! When dressed down by his boss, one...
View ArticleGambling 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleAlias The Doctor (1932) Review, with Richard Barthelmess
Karl Brenner … Richard Barthelmess Lotti Brenner … Marian Marsh Martha Brenner … Lucille LaVerne Proof That It’s Pre-Code One very suspicious surgery, and the fact that our hero is in love with his...
View ArticleThe Finger Points (1931) Review, with Richard Barthelmess and Fay Wray
Breckenridge Lee … Richard Barthelmess Marcia … Fay Wray Breezy … Reegis Toomey Proof That It’s Pre-Code Sweet drinkin’. Sweet, sweet premarital sex. The Finger Points: It Points for Thee “You can’t...
View ArticleLove is a Racket (1932) Review, with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Jimmy Russell Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Stanley Fiske Lee Tracy Sally Condon Ann Dvorak Bernie Olds Warren Hymer Eddie Shaw Lyle Talbot Mary Wodehouse Frances Dee Released by Warner Brothers |...
View ArticleThe Affairs of Cellini (1934), with Frederic March and Fay Wray
The Duchess Constance Bennett Benvenuto Cellini Frederic March Duke of Florence Frank Morgan Angela Fay Wray Ottaviano Louis Calhern Beatrice Jessie Ralph Released by 20th Century Pictures | Directed...
View ArticleThe Mummy (1932) Review, with Boris Karloff and David Manners
Imhotep/Ardeth Bay Boris Karloff Helen Grosvenor Zita Johann Frank Whemple David Manners Released by Universal Studios | Directed By Karl Freund Proof That It’s Pre-Code Several fairly gruesome deaths,...
View ArticleThe Story of Temple Drake (1933) Review, with Miriam Hopkins
Temple Drake Miriam Hopkins Stephen Benbow William Gargan Trigger Jack La Rue Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By Stephen Roberts Proof That It’s Pre-Code I’m going to go ahead and just quote...
View ArticleMata Hari (1931) Review, with Greta Garbo and Ramon Navarro
Mata Hari Greta Garbo Alexis Rosanoff Ramon Novarro General Shubin Lionel Barrymore Andriani Lewis Stone DuBois C. Henry Gordon Carlotta Karen Morley Released by MGM | Directed By George Fitzmaurice...
View ArticleHat, Coat, and Glove (1934) Review, with Ricardo Cortez
Robert Mitchell Ricardo Cortez Dorothea Barbara Robbins Jimmy John Beal Released by RKO | Directed By Worthington Miner Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish A husband and wife have separated and she is clearly...
View ArticleCleopatra (1934), with Claudette Colbert and Warren William
Cleopatra Claudette Colbert Julius Caesar Warren William Marc Antony Henry Wilcoxon Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed By Cecil B. DeMille Proof That It’s Pre-Code-ish The film’s title card is...
View ArticleFour Frightened People (1934) Review, with Claudette Colbert
Judy Jones Claudette Colbert Stewart Corder William Gargan Arnold Ainger Herbert Marshall Mrs. Mardick Mary Boland Montague Leo Carillo The Chief Tetsu Komai Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed...
View ArticleState’s Attorney (1932) Review, with John Barrymore
Tom Cardigan John Barrymore June Perry Helen Twelvetrees Vanny Powers William Boyd Released by RKO | Directed By George Archainbaud Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our lead character has a fridge full...
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