A Farewell to Arms (1932) Review, with Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes
Catherine Helen Hayes Frederic Gary Cooper Rinaldi Adolphe Menjou Released by Paramount Directed by Frank Borzage Run time: 89 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Banned in Australia and British...
View ArticleMillie (1931) Review, with Helen Twelvetrees and Lilyan Tashman
Millie Helen Twelvetrees Helen Lilyan Tashman Angie Joan Blondell Released by RKO Directed by John Francis Dillon Run time: 85 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film We’re introduced to Blondell and...
View ArticleThe World Changes (1933) Review, with Paul Muni, Aline MacMahon and Mary Astor
Orin Nordholm Jr. Paul Muni Anna Nordholm Aline MacMahon Ginny Claffin Mary Astor Released by Warner Bros./First National Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Run time: 91 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A...
View ArticlePre-Code Movies on TCM in November 2019
Oh man! Who here spent October pouring through the Godzilla films that TCM was showing? … anyone? Just me? No one else building tiny towns and stomping through them? Forcing their unsuspecting...
View ArticleHell’s House (1932) Review, with Bette Davis and Pat O’Brien
Jimmy Mason Junior Durkin Matt Kelly Pat O’Brien Peggy Gardner Bette Davis Released by Allied Artists (?) Directed by Howard Higgin Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One early scene...
View ArticlePassion Flower (1930) Review, with Kay Francis and Charles Bickford
Dulce Morado Kay Francis Cassy Pringle Wallace Kay Johnson Dan Wallace Charles Bickford Tony Lewis Stone Tommy Dickie Moore Mrs. Harney Zasu Pitts Released by MGM Directed by William C. DeMille Run...
View ArticlePre-Code Movies on TCM in December 2019
Wow. We survived 2019. Well, I mean this is premature, but it’s sure looking like we’re making it through at this point. Our reward for it appears to be The Story of Temple Drake on blu-ray (finally)...
View ArticleThe Conquerors (1932) Review, with Richard Dix and Ann Harding
Roger Standish Richard Dix Caroline Ogden Ann Harding Matilda Blake Edna May Oliver Released by RKO Directed by William Wellman Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film There are a couple...
View ArticlePre-Code Movies on TCM in January 2020
Happy New Year, everyone! Fun fact: when I started this website, I set all of my templates to publish on January 1st, 2020, because that was like 7 years in the future, that was never going to happen....
View ArticlePeg o’ My Heart (1933) Review, with Marion Davies
Peg Marion Davies Jerry Onslow Stevens Alaric Tyrell Davis Released by MGM Directed by Robert Z. Leonard Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You little Irish–!!” Our hero, Peg...
View ArticleUnashamed (1932) Review, with Helen Twelvetrees
Joan Ogden Helen Twelvetrees Dick Ogden Robert Young Henry Trask Lewis Stone Released by MGM Directed by Harry Beaumont Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Men have their sexual...
View ArticlePre-Code Movies on TCM in February 2020
It’s February! Is anyone ever excited for February? No. I don’t think so. I mean, there’s discount chocolate. And a few good pre-Codes cropping up on TCM, too. Anyway, watch some good movies this...
View ArticleKing Kong (1933) Review, with Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong
Ann Darrow Fay Wray Carl Denham Robert Armstrong John Driscoll Bruce Cabot Released by RKO Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack Run time: 104 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film This...
View ArticleDevil and the Deep (1932) Review, with Tallulah Bankhead and Gary Cooper
Diana Sturm Tallulah Bankhead Lt. Sempter Gary Cooper Cmdr. Charles Sturm Charles Laughton Released by Paramount Directed by Marion Gering Run time: 75 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A woman...
View ArticleMadame Butterfly (1932) Review, with Sylvia Sidney and Cary Grant
Cho-Cho-san Sylvia Sidney Lt. Pinkerton Cary Grant Lt. Barton Charlie Ruggles Released by Paramount Directed by Marion Gering Run time: 86 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film A man marries two...
View ArticlePre-Code Movies on TCM in March 2020
So yesterday I sat down and took a deep breath and said, “Wow, thank goodness, 31 Days of Oscar is almost over.” And then I thought, “That means February is almost over.” And then I remembered I had to...
View ArticleGambling Ship (1933) Review, with Cary Grant
Ace Corbin Cary Grant Eleanor Benita Hume Manning Jack La Rue Released by Paramount Directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Max Marcin Run time: 72 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Benita Hume pops out...
View ArticleThe Tenderfoot (1932) Review, with Joe E. Brown and Ginger Rogers
Calvin Joe E. Brown Ruth Ginger Rogers Oscar Spencer Charters Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Ray Enright Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Joe E. Brown ends up in a Jewish deli...
View ArticlePre-Code Movies on TCM in April 2020
Happy (?) April, everyone. The good news– Uh Anyway, there are some pre-Code movies playing on our favorite cable network this month, lots of good picks for you to enjoy in between bouts of standing at...
View ArticleThis is the Night (1932) Review, with Lili Damita and Charlie Ruggles
Gerald Roland Young Germaine/”Chou Chou” Lily Damita Claire Thelma Todd Bunny Charles Ruggles Stephen Cary Grant Sparks Irving Bacon Released by Paramount Directed by Frank Tuttle Run time: 78 minutes...
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