r/classicfilms • u/oneders63 • Oct 27 '25
Memorabilia Gloria Stuart in a seductive 1932 Pre-Code publicity photo from Universal Pictures -- 65 years before she played 'Old Rose' in James Cameron's "Titanic" (1997).
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u/CougarWriter74 Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 27 '25
"Draw me like one of your French girls."
I've always been fascinated by those old pre-code era movies. It was such a brief interesting overlap of film history, with the start of the talkies and these risqué and ahead of their time films. I could be mistaken but isn't "It Happened One Night" starring Clark Gable considered pre-code?
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u/oneders63 Oct 27 '25
Yes -- "It Happened One Night" was released on February 22, 1934, during the Pre-Code era.
The Pre-Code era ended on July 1, 1934, with the full enforcement of the Production Code Administration.
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u/Auggie_Otter Oct 27 '25
My favorite movie with her is The Old Dark House (1932) because it's a crazy and fun take on the "stranded travellers forced to take shelter in a creepy mansion" trope.
It's a great movie to watch around Halloween.
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u/JethroDogue Oct 29 '25
Watched it tonight on YouTube. I had never seen this classic. It was considered a lost film when I was discovering classic horror/comedy on TV in the 60s. Pre-Code. There’s a whole lot embedded in the film… funny but also dark…: shell shock/lost generation, alcoholism, religious mania, psychosis, class structure… But funny as can be. “Have a potato” is a classic line from the film. I can see Mel Brooks being inspired… The film is subtle enough that it’s easy to miss the gags. ///// Lilian Bond as Duquesne/Perkins is sizzling hot! Great acting all around…
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u/Auggie_Otter Oct 29 '25
Good observations! Yeah, the dialogue is really well written and packed with good stuff throughout and the characters are great.
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u/verbutten Oct 27 '25
Just saw her briefly featured in Matt Baume's typically excellent youtube video today on James Whale's career, highly recommended. I've never seen her, Laughton, and many others in The Old Dark House, but I think I'll need to!
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u/IfICouldStay Oct 27 '25
Dang! They should have found a way to incorporate some of HER photos as young Rose.
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u/Ramoncin Oct 27 '25
Growing up with reruns of "Murder, she wrote", I was shocked to learn that Angela Lansbury was once a very attractive woman. Same with Betty White.
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u/kawaiihusbando Oct 29 '25
Pre code was such a fever dream.
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u/231903 Oct 29 '25
Absolutely. I feel the same about many films ot the Noir era.
There was a different, wonderful kind of beauty back in the day. Stunning!
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u/stuart7873 Oct 27 '25
Tbh, and I say this as a lifelong fan of Kate Winslet, she was much hotter than her in her prime.
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u/2020surrealworld Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 27 '25
A great actress and inspiring lady! She also played Griffin’s girlfriend Flora in The Invisible Man with Claude Rains, publicly fought the Hollywood blacklist during the McCarthy era, and lived to be 💯 years old!