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If you know me, you know that I enjoy a tasty cocktail from time to time. I even like the word “cocktail” – it invokes Art Deco rooms peopled by beautiful people clad in impeccable clothes exchanging exquisitely memorable bon mots. Toss a pre-Code movie into this mix, and I’m in heaven! That’s read more

“Forbidden Street,” the hit that never was Forbidden Street (1949) was a melodrama directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Dana Andrews and Maureen O’Hara. The other cast members include Sybil Thorndike, Fay Compton, and A. E. Matthews. The movie, set in Victorian London, was read more

Probably no other entity has done more to showcase "Pre-Code" cinema than Turner Classic Movies. The cable television network constantly shows Pre-Code films day after day, and many home video collections containing titles from that era have been released with TCM's support. The network's connection read more

Since Sunday tends to be a day of quiet and reflection for many people, it seems an appropriate day to celebrate silent movies. But in keeping with the “day of rest” theme, I’m just going to post this without any commentary and just sit back and let you enjoy. read more

The Wonders in the Dark sci-fi countdown rolls on, and here’s another contribution from yours truly: at #25, it’s the 1956 deep-space classic Forbidden Planet: MGM, the studio that produced Forbidden Planet, threw a couple million dollars into the production of the film, and it shows in read more

Share This! Her Greatest Dramatic Role ! Frank Capra is one of Hollywood’s all-time great directors, but even he has a few lesser known gems in his filmography.  Among them is 1932’s Forbidden, a torrid potboiler starring Barbara Stanwyck and Adolphe Menjou.  Perhaps even Capra himself thought read more

To commemorate the tenth and final volume of Warner Archive's delightful Forbidden Hollywood pre-code series, I am giving away one five-film set to a lucky reader! The collection includes: Guilty Hands (1931), with Lionel Barrymore, Kay Francis and Madge Evans The Mouthpiece (1932), starring Warr read more

I'll admit to being disappointed when I learned that volume 10 of Warner Archive's Forbidden Hollywood series would be the last. From the first installment, these sets of pre-code movies have always been a must-have for me. I've made so many great discoveries through the series over the years, and e read more

It's hard to believe that Warner Archive has just released volume 9 of Forbidden Hollywood, and encouraging that the series still offers high quality films. This time around, the collection has a more sober, socially conscious tone, though since this is the pre-code era, everyone still manages to sq read more

Warner Bros. has a lot of pre-Code cinema, so much that they’re up to volume 8 of their popular Forbidden Hollywood series. I was fortunate to receive the latest volume and the four movies contained within. In the interest of time, I’ll be doing up mini-reviews of each movie in order to read more

What do I need to say here? Charlton Heston, Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, Diana Lynn, and Victor Jory, all starring in a screenplay adapted by Rod Serling and directed by John Frankenheimer. What could possibly bring all of this talent together? It’s “Forbidden Area”, the premiere ep read more

I'm always thrilled when a new edition of Forbidden Hollywood is released. The sets of pre-code treasures never disappoint. There's always at least a couple of titles that thrill me, and the films are all alive with that exciting honesty about life that died away when the production code was finally read more

As you know, 2013 marks the 90th anniversary of Warner Bros. (WB), the “working class studio” that gave us the gritty presence of Cagney, the force of Davis and the inimitable style of Bogie.  Although I’ve already dedicated a post to the studio’s history in The Culture at read more

The seventh set in the popular Forbidden Hollywood Collection is a true gem. All four films, on 4 MOD-DVD discs, are rife with all the sins that make Pre-Codes so enjoyable to watch. I started to do something recently that I have been wanting to do for a very long time: watch Pre-Codes every morn read more

If you’re at all familiar with my posts on this site, you probably know that I usually end them by recommending that you see the movie on which I’m writing, adding that you “only owe it to yourself.” Well, this time, I’m starting my post that way. Have you seen Forbidden? It’s a 1932 Barbara read more

You can’t predict how people will grieve. After World War II, a psychic scar was left on the world that produced some of the most tragic films, as each country and culture tried to deal with the aftermath. For Americans, films such as The Best Years Of Our Lives or The Third Man exposed the hollown read more

You can’t predict how people will grieve. After World War II, a psychic scar was left on the world that produced some of the most tragic films, as each country and culture tried to deal with the aftermath. For Americans, films such as The Best Years Of Our Lives or The Third Man exposed the hollown read more

  CULTure Babylon pops up at King’s Lynn Arts Centre on February 28, with its unique combination of cult film and fascinating speakers.  Zombies… they seem to be everywhere at the moment: in movies, major TV series and in ’flash mobs’.  The origin of zombies, however, lies read more

Barbara Stanwyck has an affair with married politician Adolphe Menjou, and subsequently has his baby, in “Forbidden” (1932). From her first forays into sound film, Barbara Stanwyck was known for her portrayals of strong, gutsy, and independent women. In Illicit, she sleeps with her boyf read more

(Image via Doctor Macro) The favorite film: Forbidden, a 1932 Columbia Pictures romantic drama directed by Frank Capra The synopsis: Lulu is a dowdy librarian who decides to do something for herself and take a vacation from her dull, plain life. She takes a cruise to Cuba, where she meets and falls read more