Warner Baxter stars as a mobster’s mouthpiece in Penthouse (1933) also featuring Myrna Loy. And, in one of his best, Nat Pendleton plays the mobster.
First Impressions of TCM’s Barbara Stanwyck Pre-Code Mini Marathon
A quick peek back at the four early Barbara Stanwyck pre-code movies aired by TCM on July 20: Shopworn (1932), Ten Cents a Dance (1931), Illicit (1931) and Forbidden (1932).
Top Box Office Directors of the Early 1930’s
Film exhibitors name the top ten box office film directors for 1932-33 and 1933-34. Many pre-code movie favorites mentioned in period polls by The Hollywood Reporter.
Let’s Go to the Movies! Clementon Theatre Pre-Code Programs, 1933-34
A collection of pre-code era Clementon Theatre movie house programs including a showing of Convention City. Includes a brief history of New Jersey’s Clementon Theatre.
The Great Depression Grips Our Pre-Code Movie Favorites
Thoughts about just what pre-code movie audiences saw after reading a passage describing exactly how bad times were in 1932 in the biography of a businessman.
Night World (1932) Starring Mae Clarke, Lew Ayres and Boris Karloff
A look at Universal’s rollicking 58-minute movie set inside a speakeasy run by Boris Karloff with a Busby Berkeley choreographed dance to boot. Mae Clarke and Lew Ayres star as the love interests while Clarence Muse and general ambiance steal the show.
The Wet Parade (1932) Dramatizes the Evils of Liquor … and Prohibition
The Wet Parade (1932) from MGM takes a stand against the evils of both liquor and Prohibition towards the tail end of the Prohibition era. Starring Walter Huston, Lewis Stone, Robert Young, Dorothy Jordan, Neil Hamilton, Jimmy Durante and Myrna Loy.
Jewel Robbery (1932) – Kay Francis and William Powell for a Sixth Time
A look at Jewel Robbery (1932), a unique heist-romance from Warner Brothers starring William Powell and Kay Francis. It’s a sophisticated yet often silly and almost always sinful pre-code classic.
New DVD Release: Island of Lost Souls (1932) Enters The Criterion Collection
The Paramount pre-code horror classic Island of Lost Souls has just been released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection. Reflections on the film and DVD extras.
Call Her Savage (1932) Stars Clara Bow as Pre-Code Dynamite
Celebrating my favorite movie starring the ‘It Girl’ Clara Bow, the talkie Call Her Savage, a 1932 pre-code release from Fox. With Gilbert Roland, Monroe Owsley, Thelma Todd, and Estelle Taylor among others.
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