Directed by Jack Conway • 1932 • United States
Starring Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone
The legendary Jean Harlow delivers a star-making performance in this racy pre-Code boundary pusher. She stars as Lil Andrews, a gold-digging secretary who will do whatever it takes to get ahead in society—including luring her morally minded boss (Chester Morris) away from his happy marriage. Snappily scripted by Anita Loos (who was called in to rewrite the original screenplay by F. Scott Fitzgerald), this salacious tale of sex and sin is often cited as one of the films that led to Hollywood’s subsequent enforcement of the Production Code.
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Back Street
Directed by John M. Stahl • 1932 • United States
Starring Irene Dunne, John Boles, George MeekerThe first of three film adaptations Universal made of Fannie Hurst’s tear-jerking novel chronicles the fate-battered relationship of Ray (Irene Dunne) and Walter (John Boles), two star-crossed lovers...
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Bed of Roses
Directed by Gregory La Cava • 1933 • United States
Starring Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, John HallidayThis delightful pre-Code romance from MY MAN GODFREY director Gregory La Cava stars Constance Bennett and Pert Kelton as Lorry and Minnie, a pair of wisecracking shady ladies who leave priso...
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Blondie of the Follies
Directed by Edmund Goulding • 1932 • United States
Starring Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Billie DoveTwo girls, friends from the New York slums, take very different paths in their quest for fame and fortune in BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES. Practical working girl Blondie (former Ziegfeld girl Mari...
