stitch63 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 What are some of your favorite pre-code films? Some of my favorites are Baby Face, Night Nurse, Trouble In Paradise and anything with Warren William or Kay Francis. I'd love to add some new ones to my list! Jolene Link to post Share on other sites
midnight08 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Two of my very favorite pre codes are Red Headed Woman with Jean Harlow and Call Her Savage with Clara Bow. I can watch them again and again and never get tired of them. Link to post Share on other sites
stitch63 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 I forgot about Red Headed Woman - I love that movie!! Never seen Call Her Savage. I've seen "It" and I wasn't too crazy about it. I also like Skyscraper Souls and Employee Entrance. Link to post Share on other sites
scottman1932 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Among my favorite pre-codes are BLESSED EVENT (1932) with Lee Tracy, THE HALF NAKED TRUTH (1932) also with Lee Tracy and the sexy Lupe Velez. THIS IS THE NIGHT (1932) with Roland Young Charlie Ruggles and Lily Damita, and BEAUTY AND THE BOSS (1932) with Warren William and Marian Marsh, also ONE HOUR WITH YOU (1932) with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette Mac Donald. GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 has some wonderful pre-code dialogue in it as well. BOMBSHELL (1933) with Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy is a hoot also. There are many others I could mention, but these titles are some of the pre-codes that I will watch over again. Link to post Share on other sites
PrinceSaliano Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE; MURDERS IN THE ZOO; TERROR ABOARD; DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE; THREE ON A MATCH; BABY FACE; LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT; CALL HER SAVAGE; FRISCO JENNY; LILY TURNER; FEMALE; NIGHT NURSE; ISLAND OF LOST SOULS; I'M NO ANGEL; any pre-mid-1934 title with a hint of prostitution, drug use, homosexuality and illegitimacy. Link to post Share on other sites
jh33 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 My favorite pre-codes are Red Headed Woman and Bombshell ith Jean Harlow, Baby Face with Barbarba Stanwyck and Mandalay, Jewel Robbery and One Way Passage with Kay Francis. Link to post Share on other sites
stitch63 Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 I just saw Murders In the Zoo and liked it alot! Loved the opening shot in the jungle - I thought that was quite a shocker for that time period. I've seen alot of those listed but haven't seen Frisco Jenny, Lilly Turner or One Way Passage. I'll have to be on the look-out for these films. I really enjoy the Lee Tracy movies, there are still several pre-codes of his that I haven't seen yet. One movie I'm surprised hasn't been listed is Sign of the Cross. I saw this last year and couldn't believe that alot of made it past the censors! It wasn't a very good movie overall, but was worth watching for the lesbian overtones and violence. Link to post Share on other sites
PrinceSaliano Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 SIGN is my favorite DeMille film...delightfully demented Link to post Share on other sites
scottman1932 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 TCM will be showing ONE WAY PASSAGE in February. Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Have you pre-code mavens seen ME AND MY GAL (1932)? Tracy and Joan Bennett. Very interesting film was on FMC the other day. Link to post Share on other sites
stitch63 Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Delightfully demented is a great way to describe Sign of the Cross. I haven't heard of Me and My Gal with Spencer Tracy. I'll have to watch for that one! Link to post Share on other sites
johnbabe Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Mata Hari (original uncut version) Susan Lenox. Baby Face Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 ME AND MY GAL was made prior to Tracy's breakthrough as a star, so that's why it isn't well-known. Link to post Share on other sites
mrroberts Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I just recently watched a movie on youtube, Manhattan Tower 1932. It plays like a soap, several storylines that merge at the conclusion, the "tower" is the brand new Empire State Building, An actress I really like, Noel Francis, has a key role, and she is very alluring in this film. Link to post Share on other sites
johnbabe Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Mata Hari (uncensored original version) Inspiration Susan Lenox All MIS GARBO films,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,wow Link to post Share on other sites
ziggyelman Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 > {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > Have you pre-code mavens seen ME AND MY GAL (1932)? Tracy and Joan Bennett. Very interesting film was on FMC the other day. Never heard of this film, can't believe i missed it! Well, good news for those of us that missed it, it's on again, Saturday, February 13th, at 7:30 AM, EST!!! Link to post Share on other sites
johnbabe Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 MATA HARI WITH GARBO Link to post Share on other sites
traceyk65 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 O my goodness there are so many! Baby Face, The Story of Temple Drake, Shanghai Express, The Devil is a Woman, Trouble in Paradise, She Done Him Wrong, I'm No Angel, Red Dust (so much better than Mogambo, I think) Gold Diggers of 1933, Animal Kingdom, Private Lives, Faithless, Duck Soup, It happened One Night. The Gay Divorcee, The Thin Man...I could go on and on. Some I love for the camp value, like Blonde Venus (the Hot Voodoo gorilla suit number!), Freaks, Dracula, Bride of Frankenstein, Red-headed Woman, Wonderbar. Link to post Share on other sites
PrinceSaliano Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 I want some rare Universals, like SCANDAL FOR SALE, AFRAID TO TALK and NIGHT WORLD. Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 deleted Edited by: finance on Mar 15, 2010 3:59 PM Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 If there ever was a quintessential pre-code film, it's got to be BABY FACE (on TCM this morning). Not great, but pre-code mentality from the word go. Link to post Share on other sites
stitch63 Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 I watched Heat Lightning last week (on DVR) and really liked it alot, especially since it had many of my favorite actors/actresses in it. I've enjoyed discovering Aline MacMahon and Ann Dvorak on TCM. My DVR only caught the last 15 minutes of Lily Turner so I'm waiting for TCM to show it again since I was looking forward to seeing this film. I also hope that TCM will schedule Temple Drake on TV since they are showing it at the film festival (which I really wish I could attend). Link to post Share on other sites
DeadlyNightshade Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Red Headed Woman was a good one. Also Night Nurse in which Barbara Stanwyck gets an uppercut from Clark Gable. Link to post Share on other sites
4567 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 night nurse was good but I have liked clark gable in other movies better. I hven't caught many pre-code movies on tcm. I wish they would show more pre-code movies and more often. Link to post Share on other sites
4567 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 It happened one nightis great and so romantic. Iagree I liked rd dust better than mogambo. love the fiestiness between clark gable and jean harlow! Link to post Share on other sites
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