Pre-1934 Films...

[artdecodame]

The comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey got slapped down hard too...

Hoorah, someone else who actually knows (and loves) Bert & Bob!!

"Mummy's Boys" was sadly boring compared to previous titles. My favorite is still "Peach O'Reno" ('31) after all these years. I don't see how anyone couldn't pick up on the tons of gay jokes included! Pure fun, indeed.

 

[DancingSweetie]

I love the pre-codes, and have been asking TCM to show us more of these - especially Clara Bow movies.

 

[artdecodame]

That would be wonderful, more Clara movies! The last time "It" was shown was so many years ago. I just borrowed "Mantrap" from a friend today; I haven't seen it yet, so this will be fun.

By the way, I've seen the Sue Carol movie "Dancing Sweeties" like your icon & username!! That must make me very dorky.

 

[johnnydnh]

Over the last week, I rewatched "42nd Street" and "Footlight Parade" ...great movies! I particularly enjoy the "Honeymoon Hotel" number in "Footlight Parade" That number is the definition of pre-code. It is interesting to contrast the early Busby Berkeley films such as the aforementioned "42nd Street", "Footlight Parade" along with "Gold Diggers of 1933" to the post Hays Code "Dames" and "Gold Diggers of 1935". While those post code movies are still entertaining, they seem watered down, when compared to earlier films.

Other recommended pre-code films to watch if you get a chance are "China Seas" with Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, "Bed of Roses" with Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea and Pert Kelton, and "The Half-Naked Truth" with Lupe Velez.

LizzieMaine, "Just Imagine" could have been a great film if they had just stayed on Earth. I really enjoyed the scenes in the "metropolis" type city that was supposed to represent the 1980's.

artdecodame, that makes at least three of us very dorky!

 

[DancingSweetie]

Thanks artdecodame, I thought it was a cute movie.

 

[artdecodame]

"The Half-Naked Truth" with Lupe Velez.

Lupe & Lee Tracy were sooo funny in that!! I must re-watch it soon.

artdecodame, that makes at least three of us very dorky!

 

[mikepara]

This is a great thread.

..I've missed out on so many films. I've never seen some of those films but now will go out of my way to aquire them. Where's my pen..

Bye the way! That opening picture is fantastic.

 

[nightandthecity]

Love the musicals, but don't forget those early gangster films like Scarface and Public Enemy. They defined the genre and are still as powerful as ever. Sometimes I think the pre-Hays era was the real Golden era of Hollywood.

 

[mikepara]

can anyone tell..

... which film this clips from?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPNczkGUUUg

 

[nightandthecity]

It is from HI-DE-HO, a great short released in 1934. Find it here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hovtGsLPYeA&mode=related&search=

 

[nightandthecity]

now check this Cab-tastic masterpiece! Hi-de-ho!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM5v76svQCk&mode=related&search=

 

[mikepara]

It is from HI-DE-HO, a great short released in 1934. Find it here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hovtGsLPYeA&mode=related&search=

Many Thanks, guess I should have done some more searching for Cab!

youtube is a goldmine of old stuff!

 

[mikepara]

It is from HI-DE-HO, a great short released in 1934. Find it here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hovtGsLPYeA&mode=related&search=

Many Thanks, guess I should have done some more searching for Cab!

youtube is a goldmine of old stuff!

 

[jamespowers]

now check this Cab-tastic masterpiece! Hi-de-ho!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM5v76svQCk&mode=related&search=

I think that DVD comes with Duke is Tops right?
The guy in the orchestra actually wearing the instrument mute like a bowler is hilarious. lol

Regards,

J

 

[scotrace]

"Forbidden Hollywood" special event on TCM

A few pre-code classics coming up.

 

[Fletch]

And now a message from your Ford dealer about the sensational new 1932 models.
They could actually do 35mph uphill!
Sorry, East Bay residents, the giveaway offer has expired.

 

[Novella]

"Forbidden Hollywood" special event on TCM

A few pre-code classics coming up.

Aw, this makes me sad to be in the UK right now.

 

[Tommy Fedora]

Lost and searching....

Where would we be without Turner Classic Movies ?

 

[Girl Friday]

1932 - Freaks

Tagline: Can a full grown woman truly love a MIDGET ?

A lot of this would be public domain, I know the Little Rascals is now.

 

[max the cat]

pre 1934

I count King of Jazz and Flying Down to Rio(?) (character playboy bandleader Roger Bond must be a play on Roger(Wolfe) Kahn
among my favorites some early Marx Bros- there is something unique about the 1st 5-6 years of talking pictures-maybe they stay fresh since the industry had to literally reinvent the idiom-maybe they are the closest link to the 1920s