Hollywood Forbidden Collection Vol. 2 has been released. This DVD set has 5 other controversial (for the day) pre-code movies. It has 2 of my very own favorites. The DVD also has a documentary on pre-code movies titled “Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin, and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood.” And although, these films are dated they still shock, stun, titillate us. “The Divorcee” (1930), with Norma Shearer; “A Free...

Legendary actor Richard Widmark died at age 93 on Monday 3/24. I remember Widmark for the eerie role he played in the 1947 thriller “Kiss of Death.” The most unforgettable scene in this film is the one where he ties up an old lady to a wheelchair and just throws her down the stairs as he malevolently cracks up. It is the most realistic role of a psychotic I’ve ever seen anyone play. Film critics described Widmark’s performance...

The Visit a 1964 movie starring legendary actors Anthony Quinn and Ingrid Bergman is a intriguing movie. The movie blends all the ingredients of the dark side of human nature: greed, revenge and corruption. If you want to know the meaning of the cliché “money can buy anything,” this is the movie to watch. It will bring anyone that watches it to their knees. It’s the kind of movie that makes you think of what human beings are capable...

“Lilly Turner” a 1933 pre-code movie starring the legendary Ruth Chatterton is a typical “depression” era movie. “Prepossessing” Ruth Chatterton plays Lilly Turner, a wronged woman, living through life as if just existing. Lilly Turner is an attraction in a side show. She meets a flamboyant magician who marries her. He skips town when he finds out Lilly is going have his child. What a loser… To add insult to injury...

I just watched Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller, “Psycho.” Being a classic crime “wannabe” sleuth, as was Hitchcock, this movie has always been very interesting to me. I’ve watched it a few times and still am captivated, uh, horrified by it. Virtually everything about this movie is amazing, no other film can compare although many have tried to copy it. Hard to believe that this film was done on a budget. The film was...