Pre Code Movies

'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay...

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and...

One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.

When Captain Howland decides that his daughter Tess is getting a bit to old to continue to go to sea with him, they move into a small cottage on the...

The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in...

An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.

Sylvia is a French teacher at an all-girls school who wants to find love. When she hears Bill Williams on the radio, she decides to go visit and...

Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie...

Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As...

An ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss' daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon. The rest of the film he spends hiding...

A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.

An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their...

Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical...

A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.

A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.

Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide...

A playboy pretends to be a paid escort in order to court--and test the moral character of--a young British socialite. Comedy.

A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.