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Big City Blues (1932) Review, with Eric Linden and Joan Blondell

Dec 9, 2015

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in 1932, All Reviews, Cross Dressing, Drama, Drinking During Prohibition, Gold Digging, Hookers with Hearts of Gold, Like, Mocking the Government, Narcotics, Speakeasies, Suggestive Dialogue, Suicide, The Depression

Bud Eric Linden Vida Joan Blondell Cousin Gibby Walter Catlett Hummell Guy Kibbee The Station Agent Grant Mitchell Ms. Cartlich Jobyna Howland Released by Warner Brothers | Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Proof That It’s Pre-Code A bootlegger, before informing a client about yet another ‘change of address’, pleasantly tells his customer, “The boss said you…

The Fall Guy (1930) Review, with Jack Mulhall, Mae Clarke, and Ned Sparks

Aug 17, 2015

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in 1930, All Reviews, Comedy, Crime, Crime Pays, Drama, Like, Narcotics, Suggestive Dialogue

Johnny Quinlan Jack Mulhall Bertha Quinlan Mae Clarke Danny Walsh Ned Sparks Released by RKO | Directed By Leslie Pearce Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our louse in the lead, Johnny, is chasing around ladies other than his wife. The gangster boss Nifty has a network of men carrying high end booze around in suitcases to…

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932) Review, with Ann Dvorak and Lee Tracy

Jun 22, 2015

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in 1932, All Reviews, Comedy, Crime, Crime Pays, Drama, Drinking During Prohibition, Gold Digging, Hookers with Hearts of Gold, Like, Mockery of Marriage, Mocking the Government, Premarital Sex, Scantily Clad Women, Suggestive Dialogue, Suggestive Imagery, The Depression

Molly Louvain Ann Dvorak Scotty Cornell Lee Tracy Nicky Grant Leslie Fenton Jimmy Hook Richard Cromwell Captain Slade Charles Middleton Pops Guy Kibbee Released by Warner Brothers/First National | Directed By Michael Curtiz Proof That It’s Pre-Code Molly Louvain gets pregnant out of wedlock and has a child. Molly Louvain lives with another man for…