Movies: Pre code

A pair of hapless half-wits get into continuous mischief during the occupation of Germany after WW I....

A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet....

A reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons....

Ko-Ko the Clown thinks being a hero is easy, but his animator tries to prove him otherwise...

An initially realistic chess game becomes a chaotic, animated quest for the favors of Betty Boop (the black queen) by Bimbo (white king) and others, with elements of bowling and football. Koko appears....

Young kids face off in a dance competition....

A night club singer falls for a gangster....

The Farmer is abducted by a capering Jungle Goddess. As pre-Code as a Terrytoon ever got. Most animation is by Frank Moser; with him are Art Babbitt, Jerry Shields, Bill Tytla and others....

A biopic of Anna May Wong, the Golden Age icon whose career brought her international recognition even as she continued to face opportunity limitations in the industry and other forms of prejudice and discrimination....

A documentary of explorer Richard Halliburton's travels on the Indian sub-continent, featuring a mix of real and staged footage....

Lighthearted comedy film following the (mis)adventures of four gold diggers....

Fly-by-night stage producer Bob Grant inadvertently saves the life of small-towner Thomas Maxwell. The grateful Maxwell invites Grant to move in with his family, which he does, rapidly wearing out his welcome. Finally booted out of the Maxwell househ...

An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. However, the lie comes back to haunt her....

On the Indonesian island of Bali, two young native women are shown how they spend their days leading up to their wedding ceremonies....

Simon the Monk(ey) terrorizes a weird-looking dog, which plays the part of his slave - takes any order from the “master” and gets beaten from time to time. They run through the jungle, meet a monkey-jazz-band, then escape from a tiger and nothing rea...