#pre-code

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Wings (1927) featuring Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen.

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Promotional picture of Barbara Stanwyck for Ladies They Talk About (1933)

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Myrna Loy as she appears in the part of the actress, Mary Crayle, in the pre-Code romantic drama The Devil to Pay! (1930) 

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Katharine Hepburn photographed for her film debut in A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

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Joan Crawford in the pre-code MGM/Harry Beaumont drama Dance, Fools, Dance, 1931. Miss Crawford's costumes in the film were designed by Gilbert Adrian. Fun Fact: Crawford won numerous Charleston dance contests at the Beverly Hills Hotel during her flapper years in the late-1920s, taking home a collection of silver trophies.

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June Lang on the block to be sold into slavery in the pre-code film, Chandu the Magician (1932)

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Hips, Hips, Hooray!, 1934, Mark Sandrich

[cladriteradio]

Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Catherine Stevens 119 years ago today in Brooklyn, New York. For our money, she's the Queen, the finest actress of her era—and perhaps any era.