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They Call It Sin
Loretta Young, George Brent
MGM (Warner), 1998
Pre-code drama has some high points
Although this is a typical pre-code melodrama, slow andpredictable, the stars are great to watch. The beautiful LorettaYoung appears as the heroine, a small town 'good' girl, who falls for the guy from the big city. After finding out that the guy is engaged, Loretta sets her sights on Broadway. ...
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Baby Face (1933)
Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent
MGM (Warner), 1998
One of the Greatest a most daring Pre-Codes
+ Baby Face Un-cut
+ An unforgettable pre-code Stanwyck performance!
+ An Amazing Pre-Code!
+ Great Pre-Code Movie
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Heroes for Sale
Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon
MGM (Warner), 1998
FASCINATING BARTHELMESS PRE-CODER.
+ A different kind of precode
+ Realistic Pre-Code
+ No Studio Gloss Here
+ Realistic, Gritty Drama from the 1930's
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Blonde Crazy
James Cagney, Joan Blondell
MGM (Video & DVD), 1998
Taking on the world in their own style: Good entertainment
+ Cagney makes this precode something special
+ Great Chemistry, Great Story
+ "Crazy" Entertainment
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Three on a Match (1932)
Virginia Davis, Joan Blondell
MGM (Warner), 1998
Highly Entertaining, Twice as Shocking
+ Most movies no match for Three on a Match
+ Typical Pre Code Warners packs a wallop
+ You've found it... this is what pre-code is all about!!!
+ SEEDY & CAPTIVATING.
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TCM Archives - Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2 (The Divorcee / A Free Soul / Night Nurse / Three on a ...
Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore
WARNER HOME VIDEO, 2008
Love and sex, pre-Code style
+ forbidden hollywood collection vol 2
+ Classically Excellent
+ Fantastic collection + suggestions for Volume 3
+ oh, you beautiful b&w dolls!
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Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Ann Dvorak, Lee Tracy
MGM (Warner), 1998
Gangsters and Babies and Underthings- Oh My!
+ Pre-code through and through...
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain is a film about a girl (Ann Dvorak) who seems to be on her way up in life. She is adored by all the men around her where she works and she has a wealthy boyfriend who might ask her to marry him. However, the man leaves Molly and she's on her own, pregnant with his ...
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Illicit
Barbara Stanwyck, James Rennie
MGM (Warner), 1998
Delightful Pre Production Code Treasure
+ Nothing particularly illicit about this film
+ Marriage changes everything , 1931 or 2007.
+ STANWYCK IS EXCELLENT
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Ladies They Talk About
Jack Baxley, Dorothy Burgess
MGM (Warner), 1998
Stanwyck at her pre-code best.
+ Barbara Stanwyck in early Tough Girl Prison Drama
+ No Holds Barred Behind Bars
+ SAUCY STANWYCK
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Madam Satan
Earl Askam, Tyler Brooke
MGM (Warner), 1998
Wacko
+ Early Talkie Experiment
Somehow this goofy movie seemed to invite a different kind of approach. So what follows is my highly subjective review of Madam Satan. Ten minutes into this supremely unfunny sex farce and I'm ready to chuck the cassette. First, there's Roland Young who's supposed to be an amusing drunk but is more ...
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Our Modern Maidens
Joan Crawford, Rod La Rocque
Warner Home Video, 1996
Prohibition Era partying as it really looked...
+ Page gives Crawford a run for her money
+ With a Great Supporting Cast
+ Joan Crawford becomes a star in her last silent picture
+ pretty racy stuff
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Red Headed Woman
Jean Harlow, Chester Morris
MGM (Warner), 1998
And she says you don't have to call her madame !!!
+ We were so much older then, we're younger than that now.
+ Jean Harlow at her best!!!
+ Good Depression Era Story
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Night Nurse (1931)
Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon
MGM (Warner), 1998
it's enough to make her want to burn the place down
+ Hardboiled Thriller from William "Wild Bill" Wellman
+ A great precode to be in Forbidden Hollywood Volume 2
+ Raw And Rugged Warner Bros Pre Code Gem
+ Night Nurse: They Don't Make 'Em Like This Any More
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Female (1933)
Ruth Chatterton, George Brent
MGM (Warner), 1998
Love these early '30s Pre-Codes
+ She wore the pants in the company.
+ Powerful female part
+ A FUNNY PRE-CODER
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Blessed Event
Lee Tracy, Mary Brian
MGM (Warner), 1998
Lee Tracy's star undimmed after 'Pancho Villa' fiasco
+ "A family's a great thing, especially for a married man."
+ A pre code classic
+ SNAPPY ENTERTAINMENT.
+ Tabloid Journalism
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