Pre-Code Movies on TCM in February 2014 and Other Site News
Pre-Code.Com Site News for February 2014 I’m alive! I have made it to Japan with my wife and two dogs, and everything is going okay, Well, I mean, Classicflix refuses to send me discs any more and both...
View ArticleSix of a Kind (1934) Review, with Charles Ruggles, Gracie Allen, and W.C. Fields
J. Pinkham Whinney Charles Ruggles Flora Whinney Mary Boland Sheriff Hoxley W.C. Fields George Edward George Burns Gracie Devore Gracie Allen Mrs. K. Rumford Alison Skipworth Released by Paramount |...
View ArticleMan of Two Worlds (1934) Review
Aigo Francis Lederer Basil Pemberton Henri Stephenson Joan Pemberton Elissa Landi Released by RKO | Directed By J. Walter Ruben Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our lead ditches his Eskimo wife to go to Europe...
View ArticleFashions of 1934 (1934) Review, with William Powell and Bette Davis
Sherwood Nash William Powell Lynn Bette Davis Snap Frank McHugh The Duchess Verree Teasdale Joe Hugh Herbert Baroque Reginald Owen Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By William Dieterle Proof That...
View ArticleAggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933)
Agnes ‘Aggie’ Appleby Wynne Gibson Adonriam Schlump Charles Farrell Red Branahan William Gargan Evangeline Betty Furness Sybby Zasu Pitts Aunt Katherine Blanche Friderici Released by RKO | Directed By...
View ArticleThe Thin Man (1934) Review, with William Powell and Myrna Loy
Nick Charles William Powell Nora Charles Myrna Loy Asta Skippy Released by MGM | Directed By W.S. Van Dyke Proof That It’s Pre-Code Well, Nick Charles punches Nora Charles in the face. There are a...
View ArticleThe Washington Masquerade (1932) Review, with Lionel Barrymore
Jeff Keane Lionel Barrymore Consuela Fairbanks Karen Morley Brenner Nils Asther Released by MGM | Directed By Charles Brabin Proof That It’s Pre-Code A man’s marriage? A SHAM. The government? A SHAM....
View ArticleManhattan Melodrama (1934) Review, with Clark Gable, William Powell, and...
Blacky Gallagher Clark Gable Jim Wade William Powell Eleanor Packer Myrna Loy Proof That It’s Pre-Code We get to see a kid, along with many other people, die. It’s fairly gruesome. The gangster dies a...
View ArticleSporting Blood (1931) Review, with Clark Gable and Madge Evans
Rid Riddell Clark Gable Jim Rellence Ernest Torrence Ruby Madge Evans Angela Marie Prevost Tip Scanlon Lew Cody Tommy Boy Released by MGM | Directed By Charles Brabin Proof That It’s Pre-Code Heavy...
View ArticlePre-Code Movies on TCM in March 2014 and Other Site News
Pre-Code.Com Site News for March 2014 Welcome again to the show that never ends! I hope everyone enjoyed my mostly-William Powell February, since he truly is the best expression of love in such a...
View ArticleArsène Lupin (1932) Review, with John and Lionel Barrymore
Duke of Charmerace John Barrymore Guarechard Lionel Barrymore Sonia Karen Morley Released by MGM | Directed By Jack Conway Proof That It’s Pre-Code This film has more euphemisms and double entendres...
View ArticleTwentieth Century (1934) Review, with John Barrymore and Carole Lombard
Oscar Jaffe John Barrymore Lily Garland Carole Lombard Oliver Webb Walter Connolly Owen O’Malley Roscoe Karns George Smith Ralph Forbes Matthew J. Clark Etienne Girardot Released by Columbia | Directed...
View ArticleSadie McKee (1934) Review, with Joan Crawford
Sadie McKee Joan Crawford Michael Alderson Franchot Tone Tommy Wallace Gene Raymond Jack Brennan Edward Arnold Opal Jean Dixon Dolly Merrick Esther Ralston Released by MGM | Directed By Clarence Brown...
View ArticleMeet the Baron (1933) Review, with Jack Pearl and Jimmy Durante
Baron Munchausen Jack Pearl Joe McGoo Jimmy Durante Zasu Zasu Pitts Dean Primrose Edna Mae Oliver The Janitors Ted Healy and His Three Stooges Baron Munchausen Henry Kolker Released by MGM | Directed...
View ArticleBottoms Up (1934) Review, with Spencer Tracy
‘Smoothie’ King Spencer Tracy Wanda Gale Pat Paterson Hal Reed John Boles Limey Brooks Herbert Mundin Spud Mosco Sid Silvers Judith Marlowe Thelma Todd Released by Fox | Directed By David Butler Proof...
View ArticlePre-Code Retro –“Sign of the Zodiac” Review (1961)
Pre-Code Retro is my examination of post-1934 media that is heavily influenced by or significantly related to pre-Code cinema. Madge Barbara Stanwyck Helene Joan Blondell Jacques Dan Duryea Aired on...
View ArticlePre-Code Movies on TCM in April 2014 and Other Site News
Pre-Code.Com Site News for April 2014 I hope everyone’s March came out alright. I burned my foot fire walking and got through midterms for school, and that’s about as exciting as it gets around here...
View ArticleA Couple of Tidbits
A Tribute to Pre-Code from Rgroleau on Vimeo. Hey gang! I just had a few tidbits I wanted to share this week. Alert reader Rick sent me the above video that he put together, and I have to say it’s...
View ArticleThe Lost Patrol (1934) Review, with Victor McLaglen and Boris Karloff
The Sergeant Victor McLaglen Sanders Boris Karloff Morelli Wallace Ford Brown Reginald Denny Hale Billy Bevan Cook Alan Hale Released by RKO | Directed By John Ford The Lost Patrol: An Oasis of Death...
View ArticleFireman, Save My Child (1932) Review, with Joe E. Brown
Joe Grant Joe E. Brown Sally Evelyn Knapp June Lillian Bond Released by Warner Brothers/First National | Directed By Lloyd Bacon Fireman, Save My Child: Take My Base, Please Growing up in the Midwest...
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