Tag: Virginia Hammond
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Rockabye (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea
Judy Constance Bennett Jacob Joel McCrea Sola Paul Lukas Released by RKO-Pathe | Directed by George Cukor Run time: 68 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “You have a baby, do you not, Miss Carroll? You don’t mind me calling you ‘miss’ in a question like that, do you?” McCrea wants to start an…
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Chandu the Magician (1932) Review, with Bela Lugosi, Irene Ware and Edmund Lowe
Chandu Edmund Lowe Princess Nadji Irene Ware Roxor Bela Lugosi Released by Fox Film | Directed by William Cameron Menzies & Marcel Varnel Proof That It’s Pre-Code Death rays! … wait, that’s not exclusive to the early 1930s? Lots of mysticism and indulging in the mystics. One not particularly effective servant gets his eyes gouged…
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Search for Beauty (1934) Review
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WEEK’S ENTRY IS NOT WORK SAFE. AT ALL. Proof That It’s Pre-Code Jesus. Well, there’s a lot of things. This film is the result of an intercontinental search for the most beautiful (white) people in the world. As such, they really want to show their wares off. Let’s start with everyone’s favorite,…
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Dr. Monica (1934) Review, with Kay Francis and Warren Williams
Pre-Code Follies: It’s Kay Francis again, and this time she’s up to her doctorate in trouble. From Danny