#pre code films

[littlehorrorshop]

Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

[bygone-hollywood]

Mary Astor and Edward G. Robinson in “The Little Giant” (1933)

[avtomat-klezmorim]

Patsy Kelly and Thelma Todd in “Babes in the Goods” (1934)

[rhade-zapan]

Gold Diggers of 1933 ~ Mervyn LeRoy + Busby Berkeley ~ 1933

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[friendlessghoul]

The Play House - 1921

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

February: Coeli's Monochrome Picks

Voltaire / Doris Kenyon as Madame de Pompadour

Very dashing and high-contrast to look its best on black and white film. Note that the floral designs on the underskirt mimic the flower in her hair.

[autumncottageattic]

Ladies of Leisure is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ralph Graves. The screenplay is based on the 1924 play Ladies of the Evening by Milton Herbert Gropper, which ran for 159 performances on Broadway

[covergirlsanddancingcavaliers]

Barbara Stanwyck and Rod La Rocque in The Locked Door (1929)