Category: Abortion
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Chance at Heaven (1933) Review, with Joel McCrea and Ginger Rogers
Blacky Gorman Joel McCrea Marge Ginger Rogers Glory Marian Nixon Released by RKO | Directed by William Seiter Run time: 71 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “That’s mighty white of you!” “C’mon, you peeping toms, we’ve got a lot of drinking to do!” At one point, Glory turns around to reveal she’s just…
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An American Tragedy (1931) Review, with Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, and Frances Dee
Clyde Phillips Holmes Sondra Frances Dee Roberta Sylvia Sidney Released by Paramount Pictures | Directed by Josef von Sternberg Run time: 96 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Our protagonist is a coward and murderer and the movie may be trying to make him sympathetic. Not sure on that last bit. Clyde and Roberta…
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Ann Vickers (1933) Review, with Irene Dunne, Walter Huston and Conrad Nagel
Ann Vickers Irene Dunne Barney Dolphin Walter Huston Lindsey Atwell Conrad Nagel Released by RKO | Directed by John Cromwell Run time: 76 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One suspicious trip to Havana that ends in an out-of-wedlock child’s life ending. One prisoner is told, “We’ll have to get you off the snow,…
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Blessed Event (1932) Review, with Lee Tracy and Dick Powell
It’s Picture Snatcher again, only crappy.
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Smart Money (1931) with Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney
Nick … Edward G. Robinson Jack … James Cagney Marie … Noel Francis Proof That It’s Pre-Code Nick has a bevy of ladies who catch his eye. One earlier in the picture needs $100 for something, but who knows what she needs that cash for. Wink. “I’ll win so much you can send back [to…