Guest Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Yes.... the films ends sort of as it began... Cook's nickname was "the one-man vaudeville" and it's easy to see why. Link to post Share on other sites
PrinceSaliano Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 No one suffered like Helen Twelvetrees. We need to see more of her on TCM! Link to post Share on other sites
scottman1932 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 It would be nice if TCM could show BAD COMPANY (1931), STATE'S ATTORNEY (1932) and maybe they could even get A BEDTIME STORY (1933) from Universal (since it was a Paramount film) to do a Helen Twelvetrees tribute. Link to post Share on other sites
goldensilents Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 "Between pictures I go away. I think that is the best way to achieve happiness in Hollywood, the only way to keep one's perspective. If you stay too close to the motion picture colony you lose your sense of values." - Helen Twelvetrees Some things never change. Link to post Share on other sites
PrinceSaliano Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 > {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote} > It would be nice if TCM could show BAD COMPANY (1931), STATE'S ATTORNEY (1932) and maybe they could even get A BEDTIME STORY (1933) from Universal (since it was a Paramount film) to do a Helen Twelvetrees tribute. All of those played on AMC back in the day, as did IS MY FACE RED? (1932), A WOMAN OF EXPERIENCE (1931) and MILLIE (1931). Link to post Share on other sites
TheSlumsOfSoftFocus Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 There were so many wonderful pre-code women. Great Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Loretta Young, Jean Harlow, Kay Francis... But none come close to the incredible Miriam Hopkins. She's one of the all time greatest actress, and she easily takes the prize for greatest pre-code actress. Design For Living, The Story of Temple Drake, Trouble In Paradise, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. There wasn't another actress in Hollywood who was as comfortable with her sexuality, no other actress who enjoyed their sexuality so much. Miriam Hopkins is simple THE pre-code goddess. Link to post Share on other sites
johnbabe Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Garbo, Garbo, Garbo, Stanwyck, Harlow, to name a few. Link to post Share on other sites
BlondeCrazy Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 For me it has to be Joan Blondell. She's the one who first got me interested in pre-code films, thanks to her scantily clad scenes in Gold Diggers of 1933, Night Nurse, Blonde Crazy, and many other. Barbara Stanwyck is a very close #2. Link to post Share on other sites
NickCharles2809 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 For me, Jean Harlow is the premier pre-code actress. Her role in Public Enemy and Red Headed Woman is great. She brings an incredible mix of class, sexuality, and toughness to these roles. She was great during her short career, but her pre-code days were the best (I think). Link to post Share on other sites
BelleLeGrand1 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Maybe not #1, but Wynne Gibson and Constance Bennett deserve a mention. With a few notable exceptions, like Kay Francis, seems most of the ladies on this thread are blondes. Link to post Share on other sites
goldensilents Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 >>seems most of the ladies on this thread are blondes LOL! It does seem unfair somehow, doesn't it? Cookie Cutter Attraction is what I call it. A week or so ago I watched an avant garde film from around the same precode time period but it had a Jewish emphasis. There was a very beautiful woman in the film and she was night and day different from the blondes of the American precode era. She had a slightly big nose and long long black hair but beautiful intense eyes and a sad air of melancholy. She's someone Hollywood would never put in a standard precode of that period, but she had her own unique beauty that was natural and not achieved from hours spent in an artificial beauty parlor. Link to post Share on other sites
PrinceSaliano Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Constance Bennett was a big pre-Code star. Seems her films used to appear more regularly on TCM. Link to post Share on other sites
PrinceSaliano Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Constance Bennett was a big pre-Code star. Seems her films used to appear more regularly on TCM. Link to post Share on other sites
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