icknay Posted February 15, 2006 Jewel Robbery with Kay Francis and William Powell is a very subversive little film. My wife told me that Kay's clothes must have been pinned to her; that they wouldn't have stayed on otherwise! Not available anywhere I know of except TCM from time to time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LCJenne Posted February 15, 2006 The Man in Possesion w/Robert Montgomery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smokey15 Posted February 16, 2006 My favorite is "Red-Headed Woman" with Jean Harlow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feaito Posted February 16, 2006 Difficult to choose only one, but I'd say "Love Me Tonight" with Chevalier and MacDonald. Message was edited by: feaito Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HARVEY_78 Posted February 20, 2006 How about China Seas were Jean Harlow's dress falls half way down. I couldn't believe that the first time I saw it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smokey15 Posted February 20, 2006 Actually, China Seas is not a pre-code film. Pre-codes are films made prior to the Hays code in 1934. China Seas was made in 1935. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
traceyk65 Posted February 21, 2006 "Red Dust" is a goodie So are "Baby Face" and "Design For Living" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brian34 Posted February 22, 2006 Does Red Dust ever play on TCM? That's one (along with Red Headed Woman) I've never seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted February 22, 2006 Yes they both play on TCM every couple of years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted February 22, 2006 Yes, both of them play on TCM every couple of years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted February 22, 2006 Dang! I got caught in a parallel universe! Anyway, both of them do play on TCM from time to time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nyoka1 Posted May 6, 2006 I've always gotten a terrific reaction to "Employee's Entrance". http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vallo13 Posted May 7, 2006 Three on a Match (1932) Ann Dvorak performance is amazing. with Warren William (a Fav) and Joan Blondell and a very young Humphrey Bogart. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy vallo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfecani Posted May 16, 2006 'A Free Soul'. Norma Shearer has to be one of the sexiest actresses ever!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSlumsOfSoftFocus Posted August 2, 2006 I really cannot pick just one. I love so many and it's impossible for me to narrow it down! Man's Castle Design For Living Gold Diggers of 1933 As You Desire Me Anna Christie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msladysoul Posted August 4, 2006 Safe In Hell The Reckless Hour Scarlet Pages Other Men's Women Five Star Final Night Nurse Big City Blues Three on a Match Anything with Dorothy MacKaill, Joan Blondell, and Kay Francis in the pre-code era is good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ken123 Posted August 6, 2006 Why doesn't TCM have a Joan Blondell marathon? Or at least films with "acid tongued dames" such as Joan, Glenda Farrell, Eve Arden, Thelma Riter ,and Ann Sheridan!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackBurley Posted August 6, 2006 August 30 is Joan Blondell's birthday. Gee, I wish they'd devoted that day to her. I love Sidney Poitier; but couldn't they have given the 27th to him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
annelindley Posted August 8, 2006 To Ken123 and Jack Burley: Isn't she a doll!! She's the definition of a girl being 'cute' and 'sexy' at the same time. Her smile was brilliant, and she could wisecrack with the very best of them. I'd have like to see her and Bette Davis in some kind of 'friends who hate each other' pic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msladysoul Posted August 11, 2006 I wish Joan Blondell and Ann Sheridan got a special day too. Ann Sothern got a special day this month which I'm grateful for. It would have been a great movie to see Blondell, Sheridan, and Sothern in a gold-digging, catty, wisecracking film. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
66Cafe Posted August 11, 2006 Emma with Marie Dressler! Larry http://lwsroute66.proboards57.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaxMania Posted August 13, 2006 For me, the hands down winner for most impressive Pre-Code film is KONGO. It has it all: Sex, violence, drugs, voodoo, cruelty, etc. The first time I saw it I was literally stunned. Of course, SAFE IN HELL has a beasitality joke... And BABY FACE is pretty remarkable too...Dad's a pimp! And are those lesbian undertones between Barbara Stanwyck and (the incredibly lovely) Theresa Harris? And anything with Warren William being sleazy or Joan Blondell being teasy is also darn good viewing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ken123 Posted August 13, 2006 > For me, the hands down winner for most impressive > Pre-Code film is KONGO. It has it all: Sex, violence, > drugs, voodoo, cruelty, etc. The first time I saw it > I was literally stunned. > > Of course, SAFE IN HELL has a beasitality joke... > > And BABY FACE is pretty remarkable too...Dad's a > pimp! And are those lesbian undertones between > Barbara Stanwyck and (the incredibly lovely) Theresa > Harris? > > And anything with Warren William being sleazy or Joan > Blondell being teasy is also darn good viewing. Lesbian undertones and interracial too ! Now i will have to see "Babyface". Isn't Jon Wayne, in a small role also in that film. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alix1929 Posted August 20, 2006 KONGO--this is a dark, disgusting wonderful example of a pre-Code! I was really surprised by the story line, and I can't imagine what movie goers of the early 30's must have thought. Others along this "dark" genre of pre-Code include ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, WHITE ZOMBIE, FREAKS. I was surprised to see ISLAND shown on TCM this week. Way go to TCM! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vitaphony Posted August 23, 2006 they are playing 2 minor movies with Joan Blondell the morning after her bday on Aug 31, 'Illicit' and 'Night Nurse'. i like Night Nurse, a good early barbara stanwyck vehicle with some definite pre-code moments (gratuitous clothes-changing scene). but yeah, although TCM has been good at regularly showing rarities of joan's, especially in recent months (the cagney marathon had atleast 3 early films with her), they are long overdue for a real joan blondell marathon. some of my favorite JB movies haven't aired on TCM in years, most notably 'Kansas City Princess', which i think is the best of the many joan blondell - glenda farrell golddigger movies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
