Because I just really love pre-code Hollywood and don't feel like writing today, here is a list of 100 players who were active in Hollywood during that time period. Some were really famous then, and others weren't so famous. Maybe some will even surprise you? Hopefully, you'll discover at least one person who is unfamiliar to you today.
Constance Bennett (1904-1965)
Joan Bennett (1910-1990)
Ruth Chatterton (1892-1961)
Dorothy Mackaill (1903-1990)
Margaret Livingston (1895-1984)
Gloria Stuart (1910-2010)
Claire Dodd (1911-1973) Adolph Menjou (1890-1963)
Warren William (1894-1948)
Warner Baxter (1889-1951)
Ronald Colman (1891-1958)
Reginald Denny (1891-1967)
Jean Harlow (1911-1937) Clark Gable (1901-1960)
Wallace Ford (1898-1966)
Joan Blondell (1906-1979) Lilyan Tashman (1896-1934)
Jackie Cooper (1922-2011)
Wallace Beery (1885-1949)
Ross Alexander (1907-1937)
Josephine Dunn (1906-1983)
Chester Morris (1901-1970)
Richard Arlen (1899-1976)
Joan Crawford (1904-1977)
Alice White (1904-1983)
Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) Loretta Young (1913-2000)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000)
Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990)
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Clara Bow (1908-1965)
William Bakewell (1908-1993)
Isabel Jewel (1907-1972)
Eric Linden (1909-1994)
Helen Twelvetrees (1908-1958)
Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) Polly Ann Young (1908-1997)
Norman Foster (1903-1976) Marie Dressler (1868-1934)
Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954) John Barrymore (1882-1942) Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) Alice Brady (1892-1939) Stan Laurel (1890-1965)
George Arliss (1868-1946)
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
William Powell (1892-1984)
Edward Everett Horton (1886-1970) Dolores Del Rio (1904-1983) Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)
Thelma Todd (1906-1935) Fred Astaire (1899-1987)
Ginger Rogers (1911-1995)
Adrienne Dore (1907-1992) Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
Mae West (1893-1980)
Jack La Rue (1902-1984)
Genevieve Tobin (1899-1995) Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973)
Norma Shearer (1902-1983)
Joyce Compton (1907-1997) Jimmy Durante (1893-1980) And that's a wrap! Sometime in the future, sooner or later, I'll add another list of 100 stars, which may seem like a lot, but trust me it's not. There are millions. Plus I now have a new section for pre-code Hollywood, check it out!
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