The Devil Plays (1931) PRE-CODE WHODUNIT

[@meechipeachi]

Thank you so much for your service Of finding and uploading these movies. I've had a good bit of mental stress the last many days, and this is gonna be so nice for me to wind down with. Peace be with you.

[@rosajimenez7777]

the outfits so formal, and the way they spoke to each other, so fascinating.

[@leelarson107]

Before the country became 'politically correct' and 'woke', many people had a sense of elegance, of quality, of Class. Not so much today.💣

[@bespectacledheroine7292]

@@leelarson107 Using a precode as an example of heightened propriety is a real laugh.

[@jeffwarren6906]

@@bespectacledheroine7292 - Don't you think they showed a sense of elegance , of quality , and of class ?

[@leelarson107]

@@bespectacledheroine7292 I am elderly myself, and I remember elderly relatives from many years ago who described those times. If people WHO WERE ACTUALLY THERE are to be believed, there was a sense of 'class and propriety' which is sadly lacking in today's society.

[@bespectacledheroine7292]

@@leelarson107 If they're to be believed. They might be going through the same denial Lorraine does in Back to the Future with doubling down on a puritanical mindset to atone for a wild youth. I actually believe half are telling the truth, but they ignore the other half that partied so hard it'd make young people today blush. To think people only recently invented out of control behavior is to be biased. And the point of my reply in the first place was to show that saying this of a precode is silly when the entire point is trying to get away from straitlaced morality. Your comment would fit on a Leave It to Beaver episode, but not here.

[@winniem1989]

love the style of back then, the elegant suits and gorgeous dresses

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Imagine the men wearing flip-flops, shorts, tank tops and ( reversed ) baseball caps ! 😮

[@crevecouer6772]

Women find it sexy for men to dress that way. If women want to stop it don’t accept it.

[@leelarson107]

It's called 'CLASS', or at least the need to gain that state of being. Today people dress like bums and act the same way.

[@Ryansghost]

The good old days, when moustaches were thin, lapels were wide, and doctors tested for poisons by tasting the sample.

[@chimknee]

Nicely done. Thanks.

[@lightningbug276]

Pre-code films are the best!

[@maryt9631]

Given the age of this one, it was very good. Decent plot and acting, good sound and picture. Thank you

[@erikao9189]

🎉❤🎉❤ The dresses, suits, hats, hairstyles are so wonderful! 🎉🎉🎉

[@leelarson107]

We could still enjoy that today, but most clothing is made cheaply------in every sense of the word-----in China and people are all too willing to abandon good taste and make 'fashion statements' with jeans with busted-out knees and T-shirts with Che Guevara's picture on them. Quality clothing? A high-quality man's suit starts at about $1200, shirts at $250-plus, shoes at $400-plus, and so on. Too many people are willing to dress like bums and save their money for more important things...............like rock concerts, ball games, and vacations in high-crime areas like Costa Rica, Jamaica, Haiti, or Chicago.

[@rhondae8222]

Great! A Classic Whodunit movie. Thank you. 😊

[@maryhoffmann9512]

Such a clear print and a super fun movie that I don't remember at all, thank you!

[@bethparker1500]

The "goofy cop" is not so goofy. Thank you for finding this gem

[@leelarson107]

If you mean Lew Kelly, he usually plays the same character in other movies. His quirky image sometimes conceals that he knows what he's doing. If you mean Thomas E. Jackson, the Inspector, he also runs true to type as a high-ranking cop in almost every film he's in.

[@llongone2]

"Come along, sister" - Now I want to use that line.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

Interesting,movie,somewhat convoluted tho. People actually did call police officers "flat foot," sounded funny,amusing to me.Thank you,for showing this movie,PizzaFlix.

[@crissy5183]

Love channels that find these amazing old gems!! Thanks so much for sharing, love this stuff🥰

[@footfault]

Very entertaining movie. Loved it. Thank you.

[@WadeRaney-vv5oi]

A 👍relaxing storyline,in a fine clear print,Thanks 😉

[@meganefields]

Great print and movie! I love this type of mystery and it was a treat to see a new one. Or an old “new” one 😂

[@miasalazar1980]

The was a well made movie with great acting and rate it a 9.

[@sancho8521]

...Miss Diana, in the library, with a candlestick & the steak knife! 🎉

[@junheceta268]

Pre-Code films are far superior in writing and characterization compared with a lot of the stuff produced at the height of the Hays Code’s enforcement.

[@miapdx503]

There was no limit, no preconceived, formulaic, scripts. They were daring, realistic...then the code people stepped in and began to dictate what we should and should not see. People had the same problems we have now. There was wealth, and there was poverty. There was hardship and there was good times. Then they decided to sanitize the world. No mention of messy things, like divorce and abortion, babies born "out of wedlock," which was scandalous. Now we live in a world of "baby mamas" and "baby daddies," the sanitizing didn't work, did it. While Hollywood pretended that we lived in a perfect world, the world slowly devolved...except for murder. Hollywood pushed murder as entertainment, and we became a murderous society. Look at us...we're not safe anywhere. A missing child was a headline. Now they can't print enough newspapers to cover all the missing children, every day. No, we haven't become better...😔

[@BritInvLvr]

I love how they would skirt around risqué subjects with innuendos.

[@FrankieBlueEyes]

Agreed. 👏

[@MrEnoBeano]

I was saying that to myself a couple of days ago as I have been watching these movies now for a couple of months. Loving it.

[@MrEnoBeano]

And without using foul words. So mature.

[@52conn]

Thank you 😊

[@90FF1]

Having a murderer in one's coterie can really mess up a weekend. Pre Code rules! Thanks for another PHun PHilm from Pizza PHlix

[@PizzaFLIX]

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[@pfenixllc4058]

The beautiful gowns, jewelry, hair. To die for...

[@divi2747]

thank you for posting these wonderful movies

[@Magnetron33]

Very good! Thank you!

[@yankeegirl1836]

Four years into the Great Depression. Most of the audience that could scrape together enough for a ticket to this film in the theater had already lost most of their money when the banks crashed, with no FDIC to insure their deposits. Lost homes, lost jobs, financial ruin. There was a combination of fascination & distrust felt by the general public towards certain folks who seemed to come through the entire financial crash unscathed. The wealthy characters portrayed in this movie would be eyed with suspicion in real life, and viewed as almost certainly corrupt by the general public, so watching them be exposed as immoral murder suspects on screen would have been immensely satisfying. Also the beautiful dresses & suits would have been a simple viewing pleasure for an audience who couldn't afford such things at that time.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Movie theaters , gas stations and other businesses apparently would give out free dishes, now a collectible item called “depression glass” to encourage people to keep going to the movies. It is cheap glass with lovely colors and patterns. And movies were pretty cheap. One person could buy a ticket and then sneak friends in once in the theater. My Dad lived through the Depression in New York. There was quite a bit more open space in this country then, surprisingly even in New York City. Dad’s family did okay. His father was a minister with a salary and a place to live provided by the church. People paid their tithes (like dues for membership in a church) with hams, chickens, eggs, vegetables, fruit, home canned goods, breads and so on. People could and did plant vegetables in pots on balconies and in vacant lots in cities. People worked for food and a place to sleep for he night. An older lady in my city told me that her mother did laundry for food for the family from a farm further south and grew vegetables and fruit in the backyard as well-canning any excess. The mother also sewed clothes for people to earn money, or in exchange for things. A barter economy sprang up almost overnight as people just didn’t have cash. Dad never forgot the Depression and tried to avoid spending money whenever her could.

[@arnoldcohen1250]

@@gloriamontgomery6900 free dish day at the movies even continued into the 1950s in some NYC movie theaters!

[@leelarson107]

@@gloriamontgomery6900 The 'Depression glass' you mention , along with 'Carnival glass' is cheap and repulsive. I often come across it in antique stores, and they can't even GIVE it away. Stuff like that should be melted down and recycled.

[@jimjones-d1p]

who told U this fable, yankeegirl?? 75 percent of persons found/kept jobs;;farmers did not suffer...mymom was farm girl and so l heard first hand. Most folk didnt notice much.

[@albertawalters3731]

Love this! A walk back in time😊

[@johnevans9751]

An exceptional print.

[@atthebijou8209]

in what way?

[@kimroberson1385]

Pretty Good Thanks 👍

[@djr6876]

The depression era was the best time for glam movies. The mansions, the gowns ,and tuxedos

[@johnbeckett8028]

Ahhh life during the depression. Yes, while working all day for a dollar.

[@alonzocalvillo6702]

And cars too!

[@antoinettegreen5344]

Great movie really enjoyed it!! Thank God it wasn't colorized 😊😊 hate when they does that to B&W films😡😡

[@monbrat3064]

I love pre code films so much

[@bethparker1500]

An Ellery Queen like writer solving crimes .

[@Equaliser9955]

Love these movies Thank you for the upload. I noticed Richard Tucker was also murdered in The Benson Murder Case. Did he ever make a film when he wasn’t murdered ?😂😂😂😂

[@leelarson107]

He had short staying power.

[@AtomicExtremophile]

I like the elegance of the age, but, man, all that smoking would do my head in lol

[@leelarson107]

Contrary to what Official Medicine may tell you, most of those actors who smoked did not die from it. Yes, there were some who did, but don't take that out of context.

[@mikeoak5289]

cop: Where's your headache? Lady: In my head, of course. Were they trying to be funny, or what?

[@paeganshadow]

Something about jameson thomas reminds me of sir ben Kingsley 😊

[@rainydaylady6596]

That's who I was trying to think of. I kept looking at him, but couldn't put my finger on it. Thank you. 🙂🖖

[@paeganshadow]

@@rainydaylady6596 glad I could help, drove me mad for ages hahaha xoxo

[@QPRTokyo]

Thank you.

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

🍕🍕Thank you PizzaFlix 🍕 Gabby Hayes was the doctor 🤠🐴🍕 Good movie 🎥🎞🎬🍕🍕

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

I've seen Hayes in a few John Wayne films before "Stagecoach" rocketed him to the big time.

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

@@scarygary-qq1pj 🤠👍The early John Wayne western movies I enjoy watching 🤠🐴🥰👍

[@warbaby5490]

Well .....Golly-gee-hosa-fat, Roy. It is that Varmit Gabby!

[@EdwinHenriquez-ev5hv]

Love this channel 0:28

[@PizzaFLIX]

Hi Edwin🍕Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you this Holiday season🍕

[@TgSunny-i8u]

Very clean print looks like they released a day ago❤👍

[@annaquinn4810]

I agree, great precode film. No cursing, no nudity, well except for low cut gowns, and I mean low cut!!! Interesting films in that era, but let’s face it folks, the acting was not so great. Nothing against that, I just love watching what my Mom watched before I was born!!! Keep them coming, please.👏👏👏👏

[@youtube_username_]

I would say the acting was great - they enunciated and I could hear all the words without subtitles. It was just more of a stage-style acting. No mumbling.

[@leelarson107]

Those 'low-cut gowns' were a laugh. The fashion back then was for the women to have flat chests and bobbed hair. A decade later, long wavy hair and luscious figures were the order of the day. And today.............well, today, there's no longer any taste in fashion or behavior.

[@leelarson107]

@@youtube_username_ You're probably thinking of 'The Method' style of acting. *Marlon Brando (boo! hiss!) is a prime example of that. Mumble, mutter, mumble, whine, and sneer. And don't forget the foul language.

[@iac4357]

Good Movie, Thanks !

[@brendakrieger7000]

Awesome! Thank you kindly for sharing💜🧡 #HappyHalloween 🎃👻

[@shelbynamels7948]

When they talk about specific amounts of money in these old movies, it helps to have an inflation calculator handy, to better understand how much is at stake. $10 000 in 1930 translates roughly $150 000 to $170 000 today, or something like three years of average income, a considerable sum of money. Like I said before, inflation is a bitch.

[@leelarson107]

Inflation------more properly defined as DEVALUATION of the Currency------doesn't just happen. **It is PLANNED. Ask your Congressman why, and he will evade the question.

[@leelarson107]

This is actually a fine movie, and a treat to see Thomas as a somewhat younger man. Then there's Lillian Rich, who isn't hard to look at.❤ And then there's DOROTHY CHRISTY! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@DonnaDunn-n1f]

Love it!!

[@ThePiratemachine]

Another good one Pizza.

[@thisravenhasflown010]

That head police guy was the same as "Scotland Yard" police guy in "House of Mystery" I am almost positive 😊😂

[@Vintagevanessa99]

What an elegant era. Can we teleport ❤

[@marisamartin3664]

It was the Depression, pretty bad for most folks then

[@wareforcoin5780]

No thanks, people were still getting lynched back then.

[@arnoldcohen1250]

@@marisamartin3664 I remember one old guy telling me "the depression wasn't so bad...if you had a job". What he didn't say was so many people didn't have a job.

[@leelarson107]

@@arnoldcohen1250 One-fourth (24%) of the population were jobless. That's bad or not so bad, depending on where you were.

[@leelarson107]

That era could still persist today if people were to speak well and intelligently, dress properly, and behave like cultured adults. Instead, we have Political Correctness, 'woke' idiots running loose, a drug culture, and a host of foreigners determined to steal or destroy everything we have.

[@Hany-fu1vc]

This is a very recent pre-code film with such elegance and decency far better than the filth that they produce nowadays. Thank yoh for uploading this movie. May Our Lord and God Jesus Christ Bless you. In The Name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit The Only One True God as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end Amen ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dukromeo]

everyone knows cursing and nudity are far more immoral and worse than murder. this is a nice wholesome family story. unlike all the filth they put out today amirite? AMIRITE?!??? HELLO? how amazing is it to watch a film about murder with no cursing. warms the heart.

[@bethparker1500]

Evil doesn't need to advertise!

[@johnbeckett8028]

Yes, and they are so well dressed. Even the murderer is well dressed. Who could their tailor be?

[@geezermann7865]

That's the impression I got, these people were all to vain and wealthy and well-dressed, and immoral. The only decent human was the butler. I also consider the fact that all these people are now dead.

[@leelarson107]

Yes, you're right.

[@MelanieMaguire]

Well, my brain must be going because I'm 16 minutes in and haven't a clue what's going on. Everyone is creeping about in and out of rooms and the men all look the same and I don't know their names or relationships - I can't figure out anything. Congratulations to everyone else who is able to follow this, but for me, life is too short. Thanks anyway for the upload. :)

[@Jasper7182009]

I’m with you - but I may return another day to see it out.

[@youtube_username_]

After watching it, I know who the killer is but I don't know the motive.

[@MelanieMaguire]

@@youtube_username_ Ha ha ha! You see, that would drive me mad... Every now and then for the rest of my life I would suddenly expostulate "But why?!". Maybe one of the new rules in the Hayes code was that it had to make sense....! 😁

[@MelanieMaguire]

@@Jasper7182009 Good for you - you're made of sterner stuff than me. I will do my very best to forget all about it!!! 😁

[@donaldcampbell9219]

Same here. Funny, I thought the same thing.

[@carolirvine3367]

The women look amazing in those beautiful outfits. I'm inspired to go on a diet now.

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

Diet of cigarettes and booze.

[@thomashernandez8700]

Great hats. Berets, skull caps and cloche hats.

[@HeavenWithouttheE]

My Grandmother was 21 and pregnant with my Mom in 1931…. My Mom is 93 and still walks a mile per day!!

[@Meestergootjesfietstnaarschool]

Thanks

[@footfault]

Loopt hij terug?

[@robertbruner7429]

Considering this is just under an hour I wonder if it was originally intended for the extremely limited television broadcast audience of 1931, or whether it was a second feature in movie theaters. Anyone know?

[@arnoldcohen1250]

Probably the second feature along with cartoon and may a news reel. Interestingly, many of the B movie actors, producers, directors did switch over to early TV. They were used to the rapid production times and a tight budget, limited resources, etc of early TV.

[@leemarlin9415]

Better than most of the crap in the theaters now.

[@armynurseshark]

Such a clean print!

[@bobbailey7024]

The dialogue and acting flows effortlessly. 🤣Corpse on the floor behind the counter in a crowded tea room - Cop, "Get behind the counter and act as if nothing has happened." A crime scene FFS.🤣 The YT adverts about a razor sharp Japanese knife must have been included by a person with a warped sense of humour. 🤗 So corny it's almost worth watching.

[@Ourladyrules]

i may have seen this years ago , bit im old and cant remember. in any case Happy Monday Movie all you vintange film fans, now roll that film 🎬📽️🧓

[@rhondae8222]

Lol 😊

[@ShirleeKnott]

[@llbxq]

happy Halloween:)

[@Ourladyrules]

​@@ShirleeKnottthe dresses and gowns they wore back then shirlee were gorgeous! 💃💃💃🧓

[@williamscoggin1509]

Pretty good who done it! 👍🏻

[@Chris-yt1nu]

What is Pre-code about this?

[@lorifarias-hamel4460]

Thank u

[@melvinscott9017]

Great movie and i only knew only 4 people in the movie.

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

Wow, since most are obviously dead at this time great to know 4 are alive and you know them.

[@TheMocao]

I became a big fan of Dorothy Christy through the B-movies.

[@footfault]

Yes! I loved her performance in Parlor, Bedroom and Bath with Buster Keaton, also a 1931 film.

[@behappy8012]

What does pre code films mean? 🙏🏽

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Before the Hollywood Hays Code of 1934, movies were allowed to have profanity, graphic violence, racism, sexual portrayals and all that other vile stuff. Much like the movies of today.

[@leelarson107]

@@reynaldoflores4522 The pre-Hayes days were mild compared to the big-budget pornography that's coming out of Hollywood today.

[@JD-hy2pg]

Thank you

[@lindaloe]

This Was Great!! I Never Guessed The Murderer!!😊

[@leelarson107]

'It's all Trump's fault'.

[@MsCrazycatlady]

Women were women and dressed like women. The dresses were beautiful in this movie ❤

[@leelarson107]

Ah, real women.............I wonder where they disappeared to.

[@marymayer2282]

This is The first precode movie I've seen it's still better than most of the trash they show currently in movies I'll take old movies anyway precode or not compared to what they show when I say old movies I mean 30 s thru 70 s Early 80 s

[@MiqueCapel]

yep great medicine against stress

[@MichelleMason-hq2mc]

They had respect and morals They were better then the Ones that came after them

[@danielreiff8320]

How can this movie be precode when in the beginning credits says it has passed the code review?

[@PizzaFLIX]

Hi Daniel 🍕"Pre-code" refers to the "Production Code" or "Hayes Code" which began to be enforced in early 1934. It is not the same as "National Board of Review" that is listed in the opening credits of this 1931 film🍕

[@kimmccabe1422]

Hollywood freedom era

[@davidcarlson2152]

Her: _So what do you want?_ Him: _Imagine a modern young girl asking that?_ I know it goes without saying, but I marvel every time I hear the word _modern_ used in historical settings. But contrary to the definition, I feel like even today is primitive, compared to our quantum mechanical future where computers and robots will vastly outperform humanity, and indeed will come to define humanity itself.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Wow ! A talking picture from 1931 !

[@CaribouDataScience]

Husband and wife sleep in separate beds.

[@littlerichie874]

That’s the way God intended it. It’s in the Bible, I think.

[@113dmg9]

Just like Lucy and Desi.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@113dmg9Until the Bob Newhart show.

[@youtube_username_]

Like people who enjoy a good night's sleep.

[@footfault]

They were even in separate bedrooms. No need for contraptions like controls for heat and mattress angle in the two halves of the same king- or queen-size bed. Each person does his/her own thing for sleep comfort.

[@marymayer2282]

Actress that played Diana very pretty

[@kellwng]

I say this everytime anyone uses the term Pre-Code. You claim that they aloud things that they dont today, but today they allow things they would never have then. The term is void, stop using the term. They never showed nudity, didnt use vulgar languages, no sexual things of any kind, or even inappropriate activity. They never used derogatory words or treat anyone of color in a racist way.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

"Maniac" (1934) has nudity and a rape scene. Just one example to counter your claim.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

ALLOWED

[@Censoredbyfscists]

You don't understand the time and you don't understand the significance of pre code. It has nothing to do with modern film degeneracy.

[@wareforcoin5780]

You see the date of 1931 on a movie and still expect boobs, that's on you, because that's not going to happen.

[@leelarson107]

You just HAD to get in that word 'racist', didn't you? And do you feel better now, now that you've probably moved to get away from the poor, oppressed people you never wanted to be around in the first place? Reality is a tough trip for you, isn't it?

[@turbostatic1]

My main man Walt Disney on the silver screen??

[@sancho8521]

... love all the no-bra wearing 🎉

[@marymayer2282]

Actually all the women were Very pretty lot of natural beauty back then

[@kathymateer]

Agatha Christie wrote The Mysterious Affair at Styles and her style was copied by many.

[@terrykapp6385]

I would like to know how many movies and tv mysteries are based on the plot of a woman being blackmailed about the love letters she had written.

[@i_am_a_freespirit]

👍🏻

[@kathleenlynch7603]

They don't make character actors like these anymore!

[@dr.skipkazarian5556]

The real culprit.......cigarettes......huzzzah!

[@cyclesgoff9768]

No sound track. Forgive my ignorance but we’re they expecting the theatre pianists to fill in the blanks?

[@johnoliver533]

This wouldn't have been the first film without a soundtrack. There have been many more. M is another one (also released in 1931). Hitchcock's Rope + The Birds had no soundtrack. (M is well worth viewing, that is if you haven't seen it already)

[@michaeldelgiudice1057]

thank goodness. real life usually has no soundtrack.

[@footfault]

Lots of films don't have sountracks. More natural. You have to make up your own mind when there's a moment of danger, no soundtrack to tell you it's coming.

[@WVgrl59]

An early Harvey Weinstein

[@HoTrEtArDeDcHiXx]

Ooh dirty language 😯

[@dukromeo]

😂

[@dukromeo]

the word murder is not dirty. we can't get enough of it. seriously try counting how many times they say it in these old films. thousands. because wholesome.

[@dukromeo]

inb4 all the goofy comments about morals. this is a film about murder. may i remind the reader how immoral murder is. dumpster fire found it.

[@jonrobertson8234]

Your comment doesn't make sense to me. The movie does not present murder as a good thing. Morality or immorality in a movie (or play) has to do more with what it affirms or condemns.

[@turbostatic1]

*Moi'dah

[@maxlinder5262]

SUCH A TERRIBLE FILM .....WITH B A D ACTING ..????

[@carmelbrain7399]

woefully wooden wonder

[@micheldowell4627]

Fail to see that smoking a cigarette is considered acting !!!!!!

[@footfault]

In one of the early scenes, Dorothy Christie flicks her ashes right on the rug (she's sitting on the arm of an armchair, and apparently there's no ash tray within reach.)

[@leelarson107]

@@footfault In a wealthy household, maintained by a domestic staff, cigarette ash would soon be picked up as easily as dust on furniture.

[@loug2414]

I wish they had used real actors.

[@benjamlnlewis6836]

Not a very good movie @ all. Writing production acting.

[@marymayer2282]

There is something about a mansion. A posh dinner party weekend glamorous gowns tuxedos and murder in glorious black 🖤🖤🖤 And White 🤍. 😀😀😀😀

[@kenzeetwo]

A murder mystery evolves during a weekend at an exclusive mansion.

[@leelarson107]

At least they know how to have a good time.