Pre Code Movies

Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs...

A playboy's mistress falls in love with another man. Her younger sister arrives in town. Complications ensue.

A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of...

A kept secretary in the big city must rethink her choices when her hometown flame comes back into her life.

U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San...

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

The lives of the residents of a Manhattan apartment building are intertwined with the actions of a crooked investor.

A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker...

Based on the Hammett novel, this ultra-rare film—is nominally taken from the author's classic gang-war novel Red Harvest, which proved too...

Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The...

Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a ruthless businessman.

A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.

The two partners of a ladies' garter business are constantly feuding with each other. When they ask their lawyer to dissolve their partnership, he...

A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.

On a voyage to Nome, Roy Glenister, one of the several owners of a rich mine, The Midas, is captivated by Helen Chester, while he both fascinates and...

A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.

Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young...

Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.

A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.

A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.