#precode hollywood

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

Snow-White | 1933 — a Betty Boop cartoon

[cringecasket]

"Distinctive among the greater personalities of the screen, Joan Crawford has won a lasting place in the hearts of the movie-going public. The Great Day is her newest picture." M.G.M. - Hurrell

[wewerealwaysthere]

This is a scene from “Wonder Bar” (1934). It starred Al Jolson (upper left corner) as owner of a nightclub where anything can happen (illustrated T this scene of 2 men dancing together). When Jolson sees they dance he says, “Boys will be boys, woo!”

This gif shows the full clip although the sequence is sped up.

[busterkeatonsociety]

This Day in Buster… January 16, 1933 “The Passionate Plumber,” with the title “O, Dygdens Väktare,” opens in Sweden. Meaning “Guardian of Virtue."

[schlock-luster-video]

On April 26, 2025, The Phantom of the Opera premiered at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, California.

[bygone-hollywood]

TALLULAH BANKHEAD in My Sin (1931), dir. George Abbott

[luvinaeverdene]

Shanghai Express (1932) Directed by Josef von Sternberg

[gothamcitypublicworks]

Loretta Young in Platinum Blonde (1931)