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Born to Be Bad is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant, and directed by Lowell Sherman. This film was rejected by the Hays Office twice before it was finally approved.
- $250,000
- Darryl F. Zanuck
Sep 21, 2015 · Proof That It’s Pre-Code. If you’ve ever wanted to see a woman get slapped around, well, you’re messed up. But this movie has it in spades. Loretta Young undresses in a completely shoed in way. This scene is great because it’s one of many monologues by Bennett as Ruby, and the camera keeps cutting to her.
Feb 16, 2018 · Michael T · September 8, 2018 at 6:07 pm Wow. I just this film for the first time. Totally stunning. Only back in the Pre-Code era — not even today when we’re supposedly so enlightened — could a movie *accurately* depict what actually happens far too often between men and women, between predators and their prey.
Apr 10, 2015 · He’s a bad guy. And this direct storytelling is refreshing. In Mary’s life, Leo is nothing more than a bad guy (albeit, a sexy one — for danger is HOT). And so when he commits robberies, has his henchmen murder the perfectly likable Andy Devine, and slaps around Loretta Young with violent force, it’s exhilarating.
Apr 24, 2015 · Welcome to a new Film Friday and the conclusion of our spotlight series on the Pre-Code work of the beautiful Loretta Young (1913-2000), whose work we’ve never covered before here on Film Friday! In this series, we featured Loose Ankles (1930), Employees’ Entrance (1933), Grand Slam (1933), Midnight Mary (1933), and She Had To Say Yes (1933).
The Truth About Youth is a 1930 American pre-Code drama with songs produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Directed by William A. Seiter, the film stars Loretta Young, Conway Tearle, David Manners and Myrna Loy. It was based on the 1900 play When We Were Twenty-One, written by Henry V. Esmond.
