Pre Code film Articles and Movie Reviews from the 1920s to 1934 prier to censorship guidelines by the Motion Picture Production Code, also known Hayes Code.
In today’s guest post, Constance Metzinger looks at a movie that is not on DVD or Blu-ray but should be: 1934’s Once to Every Woman. Grey’s Anatomy 1934. Well, not quite. But if you want to see what a 1930s…
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The DVDs and Blu-rays debuting this week take film lovers into the stratosphere and beyond! Fresh off of its theatrical release (and four Academy Award nominations), the fact-based First Man kicks things off, with other notable releases from the Warner…
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Ex-circus performer and chorine Zita Johann becomes the “kept woman” of gubernatorial candidate Paul Cavanagh, only to take the blame for a murder she didn’t commit to save his career. Guest writer Danny Reid exposes The Sin of Nora Moran, a little-seen 1933 drama.
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In 1920s Hong Kong, Greta Garbo is torn between her husband, doctor Herbert Marshall, and British attache George Brent in The Painted Veil. Guest writer Danny Reid examines the 1934 MGM melodrama, based on a W. Somerset Maugham novel.
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Laurel and Hardy, Jimmy Durante, The Three Stooges and even Mickey Mouse were among the “guests” at MGM’s 1934 comedy Hollywood Party. For the Pre-Code Blogathon, MovieFanFare invites itself in to see if it’s a party worth attending.
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Guest writer Todd Liebenow looks at the 1934 Warner Bros. drama Massacre, one of Hollywood’s first films to depict contemporary Native Americans life…but still featuring a white actor (Richard Barthelmess) in makeup as the Sioux protagonist.
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Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart’s only film together came at the dawn of their careers–and under the direction of none other than John Ford. As part of the John Ford Blogathon, we take a look at the picture, the 1930 prison comedy Up the River.
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Along with his iconic gangster roles, James Cagney’s early ’30s Warner Bros. tenure included turns as a cabbie, a race car driver, and–as Marsha Collock discusses here–a tabloid newspaper photographer, in 1933’s Picture Snatcher.
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In today’s guest post, writer Emma Alsop looks at a rare Pre-Code classic, The Story of Temple Drake. The 1933 controversial drama, starring Miriam Hopkins, was partially responsible for the creation of the Hays Code.
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Beauty and the Boss (1932) Bank president Baron Josef von Ullrich (Warren William), like so many men, very much appreciates a beautiful woman. But there’s just one place he doesn’t want to see them — in his office. He keeps…
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