Pre Code Movies

A spinster dressmaker falls for a ne'er-do-well.

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted...

A young woman's ambitious boyfriend falls for a ditzy socialite.

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more male friends than can be imagined. One is a vicious escaped criminal on the way to see 'his'...

Mammy features Al Jolson as the star of a travelling minstrel show, appearing in cities and towns across the U.S. Jolson falls in love with an...

The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.

While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royle is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to...

A sideshow bally girl sets out to seduce the naive son of the show's manager to get even with him for a friend that he jilted.

In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York bound for Los Angeles--with Legs close on her...

A woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding young man.

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.

The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933), directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B....

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her...

Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the...

The daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city. While there, she finds...

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's duties creates a relationship approaching that of...