Pre-code Hollywood Stars


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) 
 
Leila Hyams (1905-1977)
 
  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)
 
Evalyn Knapp (1906-1981)
 
   Lilian Bond (1908-1991)
 
      James Cagney (1899-1986)  

Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) 
 
Ann Dvorak (1911-1979)

George Raft (1901-1980)

 
       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) 

Madge Evans (1909-1981)
 
                                                                Tom Brown (1913-1990)
 
                                                                   Sally Blane (1910-1997)
 
Polly Ann Young (1908-1997) 
 
Norman Foster (1903-1976)
 
Dick Powell (1904-1963)
 
Bebe Daniels (1901-1971)
 
Ruby Keeler (1910-1993)
 
Rudy Vallee (1901-1986)
 
Marie Dressler (1868-1934) 
 
Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954)
 
John Barrymore (1882-1942)
 
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
 
Alice Brady (1892-1939)
 
Stan Laurel (1890-1965) 
 
Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) 

George Arliss (1868-1946) 
 
Marion Davies (1897-1961)

William Powell (1892-1984) 
 
Myrna Loy (1905-1993)
 
Billie Burke (1884-1970)
 
Mary Boland (1882-1965)
 
Edward Everett Horton (1886-1970)
 
Fay Wray (1907-2004)
 
Groucho Marx (1890-1977) 

Harpo Marx (1880-1964)
 
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
 
Zeppo Marx (1901-1979)
   
Lili Damita (1904-1994)

Dolores Del Rio (1904-1983)
 
Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)
 
Evelyn Brent (1895-1975) 

Thelma Todd (1906-1935)
 
Fred Astaire (1899-1987)
 
Ginger Rogers (1911-1995)
 
Mary Astor (1906-1987) 

Nils Asther (1897-1981)
 
Adrienne Dore (1907-1992)
 
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
 
W.C. Fields (1880-1946) 
 
Mae West (1893-1980)

Jack La Rue (1902-1984) 
 
Genevieve Tobin (1899-1995)
 
Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973)
 
Marian Marsh (1913-2006)
 
Toby Wing (1915-2001) 
 
Paul Muni (1895-1967)
 
Ida Lupino (1918-1995) 
 
Richard Dix (1895-1949)
 
Nancy Caroll (1903-1965)
 
Norma Shearer (1902-1983)
 
John Gilbert (1897-1934)
 
Noel Francis (1906-1959) 

Joyce Compton (1907-1997)
 
Wynne Gibson (1898-1987) 

John Boles (1895-1969)
 
Jimmy Durante (1893-1980)
 
Colin Clive (1900-1937)
 
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!  
 
More content relating to the subject is on its way :)