Category Archives: Pre-Code
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Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
Leave a commentMarch 26, 2017 by smumcounty
Every Sunday I go through the Turner Classic Movies listings for the next week (that’s about as far ahead as …
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Men Must Fight (1933)
Leave a commentApril 17, 2016 by smumcounty
Political movies are not a real genre these days. In our politically divided environment, studios can’t risk alienating large swaths …
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Shanghai Express (1932)
Leave a commentOctober 17, 2015 by smumcounty
“Grand Hotel on a train.” That’s how they referred to “Shanghai Express” when it was released in 1932 the same …
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Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Leave a commentMay 24, 2015 by smumcounty
The 30’s are my go to decade for classic films. I watch more films from that decade than any other. …
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Counsellor at Law (1933)
Leave a commentMarch 22, 2015 by smumcounty
I really like John Barrymore, that resonant vibrato, that great profile (the great profile), that thick shock of hair. But …
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Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
2September 21, 2014 by smumcounty
Between 1929 and 1939 more than 250,000 men left their homes and took to the road to ride the rails …
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The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
3January 16, 2014 by smumcounty
Stockbroker Gerald Parker (Guy Usher) is on the phone with Bertrand Hemingway (Clarence Wilson), the director of the New York …
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Love Me Tonight (1932)
Leave a commentOctober 13, 2013 by smumcounty
“Love Me Tonight” (1932) begins with scenes of the waking of Paris one early sunny morning. Eager to establish its …
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