Pre-Code.com - Liked movies
All movies that got a "Like" rating at pre-code.com (as opposed to "Indifferent" and "Dislike"). Ordered by the review date.
Reviews linked (except the first 15, I'll add them later). Some early review are rather minimalistic but most reviews are quite extensive. Go check them out (both the site and the movies)!
Also liked (Pre-Code Retro):
– Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Last update: 14.12.2014
Reviews linked (except the first 15, I'll add them later). Some early review are rather minimalistic but most reviews are quite extensive. Go check them out (both the site and the movies)!
Also liked (Pre-Code Retro):
– Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Last update: 14.12.2014
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- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsClark GableCarole LombardDorothy MackaillAn on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsNorma ShearerRobert MontgomeryChester MorrisWhen a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsLoretta YoungRichard BarthelmessAline MacMahonA veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsFrankie DarroRochelle HudsonEdwin PhillipsIn the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsLoretta YoungFranchot ToneRicardo CortezAn abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsJoan BlondellAnn DvorakBette DavisAlthough Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsJean HarlowChester MorrisLewis StoneLillian (Jean Harlow) relentlessly attempts to seduce a married man (Chester Morris).
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJames DunnSally EilersMinna GombellA man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.http://pre-code.com/bad-girl-1931/
- DirectorLowell ShermanJack ConwayStarsLoretta YoungCary GrantJackie KelkAn immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKay FrancisJoel McCreaLilyan TashmanTwo gold-diggers prey on rich old men, but one of them falls in love with a rich young man.
- DirectorEdgar SelwynStarsRobert MontgomeryAnita PageJune WalkerWomen from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMiriam HopkinsKay FrancisHerbert MarshallA gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.
- DirectorTed WildeStarsLoretta YoungDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Louise FazendaIn this light romantic comedy, 17-year old Loretta Young is cast as wealthy socialite Ann Harper, who has inherited a fortune provided that the family is involved in no scandals appearing in print, and her two aunts and uncle consent to the marriage. Put off by all this, she is determined to cause a scandal so that none of the family will receive any of the inheritance. An arrow-straight Fairbanks is volunteered to be the one to "compromise" her, but the two end up falling for each other. Upon being discovered in Loretta's boudoir, Fairbanks makes a hasty exit out of the nearest window. The romance seems destined to fail, but Fairbanks (and his two friends) have other ideas, which are accidentally "aided" by the two prudish aunts.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyWilliam DieterleStarsKay FrancisWarren WilliamJean MuirAn obstetrician who is unable to have children discovers that the baby she is about to deliver was fathered by her husband.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsWarren WilliamBette DavisGuy KibbeeJailbird is hired to lead a dimwitted candidate's campaign for governor.
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsWilliam PowellKay FrancisScott KolkWilliam Powell plays William Foster, a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them out of jail, winning acquittals, and having decisions reversed, thus springing criminals out of prison. He is romantically involved with dancer Irene Manners (Kay Francis), who is two-timing him, although she wants to marry him. She kills a man driving while out with her other man, Jack Defoe (Scott Kolk), who takes the blame. Unfortunately, a ring Foster had just given Irene is found at the crime scene. Foster ends up defending Jack, but when the ring is found, he thinks he is protecting Irene, so pleads guilty to jury tampering, which he had done for the first time to save Irene. After his plea, the the prosecuting DA confides that Jack would have gotten off...http://pre-code.com/for-the-defense-1930/
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsSpencer TracyLoretta YoungMarjorie RambeauBill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.http://pre-code.com/mans-castle-1933/
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyRalph BellamyPatricia EllisEx-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't like that relation at first, but McLean, Kean's boss, convinces him of Kean's good nature. But Kean uses his relation to Patricia to make a photo of an execution. Due to this, Nolan loses his stripes and Kean isn't allowed to see Patricia any longer. But when one of his former friends kills two policemen, Kean sees his chance....http://pre-code.com/picture-snatcher-1933/
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeLionel BarrymoreStarsLionel BarrymoreKay FrancisMadge EvansA district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.http://pre-code.com/guilty-hands-1931/
- DirectorHoward HawksRichard RossonStarsPaul MuniAnn DvorakKaren MorleyAn ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.http://pre-code.com/scarface-shame-of-a-nation-1932/
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsCarl BrissonVictor McLaglenJack OakieA homicide detective with an eye for the ladies, investigating a murder in Earl Carroll's Vanities, allows the music revue to continue during the investigation.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-murder-at-the-vanities-1934/
- DirectorVictor HeermanStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxMayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-animal-crackers-1930/
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWinnie LightnerOle OlsenChic JohnsonA gold-digger (Winnie Lightner) goes after money from her ex-husbands (Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson), swimsuit salesmen now married to twins.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-gold-dust-gertie-1931/
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsRalph BellamyFay WrayFrederik VogedingA wealthy woman funds an underwater expedition to explore for marine life, but what she doesn't know is that her "colleagues" have other intentions.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-below-the-sea-1933/
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableJean HarlowGene RaymondThe owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-red-dust-1932/
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJohn BarrymoreMarian MarshCharles ButterworthA crippled man finds a boy and vows to make him a great dancer.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-the-mad-genius-1931-2/
- DirectorHobart HenleyStarsLew AyresMae ClarkeBoris KarloffStory of the goings-on at a Prohibition-era nightclub.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-night-world-1932-2/
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsAnn HardingWilliam PowellLucile BrowneA woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-double-harness-1933-2/
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWarren WilliamJoan BlondellGenevieve TobinFlirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her befuddled husband in Cleveland. Will his savvy secretary save his neck if she is secretly in love with him also?http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-goodbye-again-1933-2/
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsBette DavisLeslie HowardFrances DeeA young man finds himself attracted to a cold, unfeeling waitress who might ultimately destroy them both.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-of-human-bondage-1934-2/
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsClark GableMyrna LoyJean HersholtAn idealistic doctor must make some hard choices between his dedication to the profession and his personal life.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-men-in-white-1934-2/
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsMarian MarshAnita PageRegis ToomeyA poor seamstress girl sours on her engagement to a grocery deliveryman after seeing her sister's abusive marriage. Trying to help her sister pay for a divorce lawyer, she turns to a rich playboy she met at work.http://pre-code.com/under-18-1931/
- DirectorSam TaylorStarsWill RogersMarguerite ChurchillGreta NissenAn American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that the boy is prepared to take on the role and also to see that he lives long enough to assume the crown.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-ambassador-bill-1931-2/
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyJoan BlondellRuby KeelerChester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-footlight-parade-1933/
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsMarlene DietrichBrian AherneLionel AtwillLily falls in love with the sculptor who leaves her out of fear of commitment.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-the-song-of-songs-1933/
- DirectorMarion GeringStarsSylvia SidneyCary GrantEdward ArnoldA European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-thirty-day-princess-1934/
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsBert WheelerRobert WoolseyMarjorie WhiteBarbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop on an Indian reservation, where they have no customers. When suddenly a white man asks for a shave, several Indians of the Oopadoop nation also enter, hearing the usual barbershop banter about foreign debts, they force them to be ambassadors of their nation at the Peace Conference in Geneva. Ammunition industry executive Winkelreid is scheming to prevent their mission becoming an success, but vamp Dolores aboard the ship fails, falling in love with Nilly, and so does Fifi, the world's toughest person in Paris, falling for Glub. Although Winkelreid is able to steal their secret papers, Nilly and Glub don't give up after being reminded by constant observation of their Indians and enter the Peace Conference, which turns out to be a battlefield.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-diplomaniacs-1933/
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsBert WheelerRobert WoolseyDorothy LeeAfter a quarrel at their 25th wedding anniversary, Joe and Aggie Bruno decide to divorce each other, and both leave for Reno. So do their daughters Prudence and Pansy, but they want to get their parents back together. Joe and Aggie, accidentally, are becoming clients at the same law firm, Wattles and Swift, which is the biggest and most successful in town. But being on the opposite sides in the same case is not the only problem for Wattles and Swift, the concurring law firm Jackson, Jackson, Jackson and Jackson, has started a price war and one of its member has just been appointed judge, furthermore, there's Ace Crosby, whose ex-wife got her divorce with the help of Wattles and Swift, who vowed to shoot Wattles for this. Wattles disguises as widow Hanover, Joe's co-respondent. Crosby, waiting at the office-turned-casino, wins too much at the poker table, so Wattles tries to lure him away, after he and Joe have been seen by Aggie. Aggie, who has met Judge Jackson, who told her that she and her husband are clients at the same law firm, switches to Jackson, Jackson, Jackson and Jackson, after Wattles disguise fails. So does Crosby's attempt to murder him. The Bruno daughters meanwhile have fallen in love with the lawyers, and now they are trying to prevent the divorce. In a crazy court session they try all their tricks.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-peach-o-reno-1931/
- DirectorPaul SloaneStarsBert WheelerRobert WoolseyDorothy LeeThe stage stars Wheeler and Woolsey play two soldiers who go absent without leave in Paris, during World War I.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-follies-half-shot-at-sunrise-1930/
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsKay FrancisLyle TalbotGlenda FarrellMary Stevens (Kay Francis) and her old friend Don Andrews (Lyle Talbot) graduate from medical school at the same time and decide to set up their respective medical offices in the same building. Mary builds her reputation despite many patients refusing to be treated by a woman. Don, however, starts dating Lois Cavanaugh (Thelma Todd), whose family is rich and influential, and neglects his practice for the privileges of a social life. Despite Mary's love for Don, he marries Lois and sets up a new office with a high-class clientele. He also gives Mary a new office right next to his; while she ends up making a name for herself in the medical community, Don begins to pilfer funds from his practice. Jealousy and mistrust drive Mary and Don apart, seemingly for good. Two years later, Mary, now a famous doctor, takes a much-needed vacation and runs into Don, who is on the lam from the authorities. Mary and Don have an affair and Don tries to get a divorce. Lois is willing but her father doesn't want the Cavanaugh name mixed up in any scandal. He clears Don's name and gets all charges against him dropped--on the condition that Don will not divorce Lois for at least six months. When Mary finds herself pregnant by Don and he's unable to marry her, she must decide whether to tell him or raise the child on her own; he can't divorce Lois and their baby dies while on the ship. Very harsh. Mary is caught in the act of suicide and saves a child in the final scene. Mary gains her confidence back and all is good.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-mary-stevens-m-d-1933/
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWilliam PowellKay FrancisHelen VinsonA gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-jewel-robbery-1932/
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsKay FrancisRicardo CortezWarner OlandAbandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-mandalay-1934/
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsDorothy MackaillDonald CookRalf HaroldeAfter accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-safe-in-hell-1931/
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWilliam PowellJoan BlondellDavid LandauIdealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully beats high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley in a murder case. Bentley asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive when he's framed by John Gilmurry, a prominent New York racketeer, and a sexy actress in a trumped-up breach-of-promise suit. The only constant in Adam's life is the loyalty and unrequited love of his secretary Olga.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-lawyer-man-1932/
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsWarren WilliamConstance CummingsAllen JenkinsCon-man Chandler and his partner Frank decide to start a clairvoyant act. Chandler falls for Sylvia, one of their marks, but their relationship is challenged when his deception impacts others' lives and Sylvia urges him to reform.http://pre-code.com/pre-code-the-mind-reader-1933/
- DirectorGregory La CavaStarsWalter HustonKaren MorleyFranchot ToneA political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.http://pre-code.com/gabriel-over-the-white-house-1933-review/
- DirectorHoward BrethertonWilliam KeighleyStarsBarbara StanwyckPreston FosterLyle TalbotAttractive Nan, member of a bank-robbery gang, goes to prison thanks to evangelist Dave Slade...who loves her.http://pre-code.com/ladies-they-talk-about/
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsKay FrancisDavid MannersUna MerkelA female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.http://pre-code.com/man-wanted-review/
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsWarren WilliamMay RobsonGuy KibbeeA gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.http://pre-code.com/lady-for-a-day-1933-review/
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsNorma ShearerRobert MontgomeryReginald DennyDivorced couple unexpectedly meet each other during their honeymoon and rekindle their love.http://pre-code.com/private-lives-review/
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge BrentDonald CookA young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank by gleefully seducing her way to the top.http://pre-code.com/baby-face-1933-review/
- DirectorRay EnrightLucien HubbardStarsJoan BlondellChester MorrisAllen JenkinsThe story of a Depression-downtrodden waif who uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.http://pre-code.com/blondie-johnson-1933-review/
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLew AyresLouis WolheimJohn WrayA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.http://pre-code.com/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-review/
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.http://pre-code.com/it-happened-one-night-1934-review/
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsEdward G. RobinsonMarian MarshH.B. WarnerThe City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.http://pre-code.com/five-star-final-review/
- DirectorDorothy ArznerStarsKatharine HepburnColin CliveBillie BurkeA famous female flier and a member of Parliament drift into a potentially disastrous affair.http://pre-code.com/christopher-strong-review/
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsKay JohnsonReginald DennyLillian RothAngela and Bob Brooks are an upper-class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband, but Angela has a plan to win back her husband's affections.http://pre-code.com/madam-satan-1930-review/
- DirectorArchie MayoMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyMadge EvansArthur ByronFive members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the state reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed deputy commissioner as a political favor, arrives - complete with hip flask and blonde. Gargan falls for activist nurse Dorothy and, inspired by her, takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. But Thompson, to conceal his years of graft, needs a quick way to discredit Gargan.http://pre-code.com/the-mayor-of-hell-1933-review/
- DirectorGeorge W. HillWard WingStarsChester MorrisWallace BeeryLewis StoneA convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.http://pre-code.com/the-big-house-1930-review/
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxQuincy Adams Wagstaff, Huxley University's new president, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against their rival, Darwin University.http://pre-code.com/horse-feathers-1932-review/
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiDavid MannersAmerican honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.http://pre-code.com/the-black-cat-1934-review/
- DirectorHobart HenleyStarsMaurice ChevalierClaudette ColbertFrank LyonA tour guide in Venice romances a visiting American tourist whose father owns a chewing-gum factory back in the U.S. She sets out to convince her skeptical father to bring the tour guide to America and give him a job in the plant.http://pre-code.com/the-big-pond-1930-review/
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsJoan BlondellWarren WilliamEdward Everett HortonVicki Wallace (Joan Blondell) takes great pleasure in teasing her husband,Tony Wallace (Warren William), who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney, Vernon Thorpe (Edward Everett Horton), secures a divorce for her, and Vicki and Vernon are soon married. Vicki's yen for wearing revealing clothes and a penchant for inviting ex-husband Tony to dinner soon provokes the easily-provoked Vernon into belting one on her himself. She goes to Tony's apartment, where Tony is entertaining Bonnie (Joan Wheeler), who is not all that entertained by the presence of Vicki, especially after Vicki shows every intent of moving in and staying. Vernon shows up with George (Frank McHugh) and Anita (Claire Dood), evidently along so F. Hugh Herbert's lines can be spread among five players instead of three, and Vicki more or less tells Vernon that as long as she is going to be slugged by a husband, she will just go back to Tony because he is a better slugger...or something. A pre-production code film and one of the reasons for the creation of same.http://pre-code.com/smarty-1934-review/
- DirectorEdgar SelwynStarsWarren WilliamMaureen O'SullivanGregory RatoffAn entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.http://pre-code.com/skyscraper-souls-1932-review/
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsWarren WilliamLoretta YoungWallace FordA working girl is menaced by her tyrannical employer.http://pre-code.com/employees-entrance-1933-review/
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsConrad NagelLeila HyamsTommy ConlonAfter the death of his wife, and discovering their son is not really his, Walt turns to alcohol until he finds a new love.http://pre-code.com/the-constant-woman-1933/
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboCharles BickfordGeorge F. MarionA young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.http://pre-code.com/anna-christie-1930-with-greta-garbo/
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsBert WheelerRobert WoolseyDorothy LeeTo impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this honor by gambling. So he plans a coup d'etat. He tries to achieve this with a bomb, but then something goes wrong.http://pre-code.com/cracked-nuts-1931-review-with-wheeler-woolsey/
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsBert WheelerRobert WoolseyEdna May OliverTwo yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.http://pre-code.com/hold-em-jail-1932-review/
- DirectorJohn FordStarsRonald ColmanHelen HayesRichard BennettA medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.http://pre-code.com/arrowsmith-1931-review/
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBarbara StanwyckBen LyonJoan BlondellA nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.http://pre-code.com/night-nurse-1931-review-with-barbara-stanwyck-and-joan-blondell/
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsBarbara StanwyckDavid MannersSam HardyAfter an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?http://pre-code.com/the-miracle-woman-1931-review-with-barbara-stanwyck/
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge BrentDickie MooreAfter Selina's father dies, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.http://pre-code.com/so-big-1931-review-with-barbara-stanwyck/
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsBarbara StanwyckAdolphe MenjouRalph BellamyA librarian takes a cruise and falls for an unobtainable man, a district attorney married to an invalid.http://pre-code.com/forbidden-1932-with-barbara-stanwyck/
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsBarbara StanwyckNils AstherToshia MoriA Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.http://pre-code.com/the-bitter-tea-of-general-yen-1932-review-with-barbara-stanwyck/
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsBuster KeatonJimmy DurantePolly MoranTo make her lover jealous, a beautiful socialite passes off a bumbling plumber as her paramour.http://pre-code.com/the-passionate-plumber-1932-review-with-buster-keaton-and-jimmy-durante/
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsBuster KeatonJimmy DuranteRuth SelwynA timid professor inherits a large sum of money and decides to fund a terrible musical.http://pre-code.com/speak-easily-1932-review-with-buster-keaton-and-jimmy-durante/
- DirectorCharles BrabinStarsWalter HustonJean HarlowWallace FordPolice Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.http://pre-code.com/beast-of-the-city-1932-review-with-jean-harlow/
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsJames CagneyJoan BlondellLouis CalhernThe adventures of an egoistic con man and his glamorous accomplice.http://pre-code.com/blonde-crazy-1931-review-james-cagney-joan-blondell/
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJean HarlowLoretta YoungRobert WilliamsA young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.http://pre-code.com/platinum-blonde-1931-review-jean-harlow-loretta-young/
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanAlfred E. GreenStarsRichard BarthelmessSally EilersTom BrownAviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.http://pre-code.com/central-airport-1933-review-richard-barthelmess/
- DirectorCharles BrabinCharles VidorStarsBoris KarloffLewis StoneKaren MorleyEnglishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.http://pre-code.com/mask-fu-manchu-1932-review-boris-karloff-myrna-loy/
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayLee TracyA wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.http://pre-code.com/doctor-x-1932-review-lee-tracy-fay-wray/
- DirectorVictor HalperinStarsBela LugosiMadge BellamyJoseph CawthornA young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.http://pre-code.com/white-zombie-1932-review-bela-lugosi/
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsCharles RugglesLionel AtwillGail PatrickA monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her.http://pre-code.com/murders-zoo-1933-review-lionel-atwill/
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsBela LugosiSidney FoxLeon AmesA mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.http://pre-code.com/murders-rue-morgue-1932-review-bela-lugosi/
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJean HarlowMae ClarkeWalter ByronCassie moves to New York and jumps from one job to another until she lands a modeling gig.http://pre-code.com/three-wise-girls-1932-review-jean-harlow-mae-clarke/
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsLon ChaneyLila LeeElliott NugentProfessor Echo, a ventriloquist, forms a burglary ring. He disguises himself as an elderly pet store owner selling talking birds to the wealthy, using his skills to make the birds seem to talk while casing the homes for robberies.http://pre-code.com/unholy-three-1930-review-lon-chaney/
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsEdward G. RobinsonJames CagneyEvalyn KnappA Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.http://pre-code.com/smart-money-1931-review-edward-g-robinson-james-cagney/
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.http://pre-code.com/duck-soup-1933-marx-brothers-part-cmba-passion-101-blog-thon/
- DirectorThornton FreelandStarsDolores Del RíoGene RaymondRaul RoulienA bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.http://pre-code.com/flying-rio-1933-review-ginger-rogers-fred-astaire/
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsGinger RogersNorman FosterZasu PittsA vice-free radio singer wants to experience the dark side of life, so a press agent convinces her sponsor to choose a "professional sweetheart" from her fans.http://pre-code.com/professional-sweetheart-1933-ginger-rogers/
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardSam WoodStarsRamon NovarroJeanette MacDonaldFrank MorganA romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.http://pre-code.com/cat-fiddle-1934-review-jeanette-macdonald-ramon-novarro/
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsJack HoltFay WrayDorothy BurgessA young girl who lives on a tropical island loses her parents to a voodoo sacrifice, but although she manages to escape the island, a curse is put on her. Years later, as an adult, she feels a strong compulsion to return to the island to confront her past. Her husband, her daughter, and her nanny go with her, but once back on the island, the woman finds herself elevated by the locals to the stature of a voodoo goddess, and she begins her inevitable descent into madness, with disastrous results for her family.http://pre-code.com/black-moon-1934-review-fay-wray-jack-holt/
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharles RugglesMary BolandW.C. FieldsWhen a respectable middle-class couple take a cross-country trip by auto, they share expenses with a decidedly oddball couple, none of whom know the car carries embezzled funds.http://pre-code.com/six-kind-1934-review-charles-ruggles-gracie-allen-w-c-fields/
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWilliam PowellBette DavisFrank McHughWhen the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.http://pre-code.com/fashions-1934-1934-review-william-powell-bette-davis/
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsCharles FarrellWynne GibsonWilliam GarganWhen Aggie's boyfriend Red is sent to jail, she meets a mild-mannered man and decides to turn him into a real man.http://pre-code.com/aggie-appleby-maker-men-1933-review/
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'SullivanFormer detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.http://pre-code.com/thin-man-1934-review-william-powell-myrna-loy/
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeJack ConwayGeorge CukorStarsClark GableWilliam PowellMyrna LoyThe friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.http://pre-code.com/manhattan-melodrama-1934-review/
- DirectorCharles BrabinStarsClark GableErnest TorrenceMadge EvansThe saga of thoroughbred Tommy Boy, born in a rain puddle, and his various owners as he evolves into a a champion stakes horse.http://pre-code.com/sporting-blood-1931-review-clark-gable/