Tag: Fred Howard

The Guilty Generation (1931) Review, with Leo Carrillo, Constance Cummings, Robert Young, and Boris Karloff

Nov 18, 2016

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Danny

in 1931, All Reviews, Crime, Drama, Drinking During Prohibition, Glorifying Gangsters, Justifiable Homicide, Like, Speakeasies, Suggestive Dialogue

Mike Palmero Leo Carillo Maria Palmero Constance Cummings Marco Ricca Robert Young Released by Columbia | Directed by Rowland V. Lee Run time: 81 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “Are you really honorable?” “Nope!” “I’m so relieved!” Bootleggers and speakeasies. “Why don’t you go out and meet some nice girls?” “Who wants to…
The Front Page (1931) Review, with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O’Brien

Aug 10, 2015

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Danny

in 1931, All Reviews, Crime Pays, Divorce, Drinking During Prohibition, Extramarital Sex, Like, Mocking the Government, Murder Without Consequence, Suggestive Dialogue, Suggestive Imagery, Swearing

Hildy Johnson Pat O’Brien Walter Burns Adolphe Menjou Peggy Grant Mary Brian Bensinger Edward Everett Horton Earl Williams George E. Stone Molly Mae Clarke Released by United Artists | Directed By Lewis Milestone Proof That It’s Pre-Code Digging through his desk, Bensinger finds a discarded woman’s slip. Plenty of dark jokes about sexual deviancy, murder,…