Tag Archives: Pre-Code

Secrets of the French Police (1932)

Posted on June 10, 2017 at 8:23 am by Jeff Kuykendall

RKO’s Pre-Code Secrets of the French Police (1932) proves that sensationalist, exploitative pulp was passing itself off as authentic crime procedural decades before the modern TV incarnations. The film, produced by David O. Selznick and directed by A. Edward Sutherland … Continue reading →

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Baby Face (1933)

Posted on January 19, 2016 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

This is a proud part of the Remembering Barbara Stanwyck Blogathon (January 19-20, 2016), hosted by In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and marking the anniversary of Stanwyck’s death on January 20, 1990. The notorious Pre-Code melodrama Baby … Continue reading →

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