⭐ Wide Open (1930) Full Movie | Edward Everett Horton | Pre-Code Comedy | Public Domain

Includes English, Spanish, and French subtitles. Wide Open (1930) is a pre-Code romantic comedy directed by Archie Mayo and released by Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller, Louise Fazenda, Vera Lewis, T. Roy Barnes, Louise Beavers, and Edna Murphy. The film follows Simon Haldane, a nervous and woman-shy office worker whose carefully ordered life is thrown into chaos when a mysterious young woman unexpectedly hides in his home, setting off a chain of misunderstandings, romantic confusion, office gossip, and fast-moving early sound-era comedy. Based on the 1924 novel The Narrow Street by Edwin Bateman Morris, Wide Open captures the transition-era energy of early 1930s Hollywood comedy, blending drawing-room farce, workplace satire, romantic mistaken identity, and pre-Code suggestiveness. With Edward Everett Horton in a rare leading role and Patsy Ruth Miller bringing silent-era charm into the sound period, this Warner Bros. feature offers classic film fans a lively glimpse into early talkie pacing, studio-era comedy style, and the witty social complications that helped shape Hollywood romantic comedy before the Production Code was strictly enforced. Cult Classic Cinema Archive brings together full-length classic movies, vintage Hollywood films, cult favorites, forgotten gems, and historic cinema for viewers who enjoy old movies, film noir, pre-Code Hollywood, westerns, comedies, dramas, mysteries, musicals, and early sound-era storytelling. The channel is built for classic film fans who want to discover, revisit, and better understand the movies, stars, studios, and stories that shaped film history. Cult Classic Cinema Archive presents classic films as historical works, preserved and shared for educational, cultural, and film history purposes. Some films may contain stereotypes, racism, sexism, offensive language, or other negative depictions that reflect the prejudice and attitudes of the time in which they were made. These depictions were wrong then, and they are wrong now. We do not endorse, excuse, or promote them. However, removing or hiding these moments would risk erasing the truth of history. By presenting these films in their original historical context, viewers can better understand the past, recognize harmful ideas, and continue learning from them so they're not repeated. Our goal is preservation, education, and reflection, not celebration of outdated or harmful views. Credits Director: Archie Mayo Producer(s): Warner Bros. Pictures Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Principal Cast: Edward Everett Horton as Simon Haldane, Patsy Ruth Miller as Julia Faulkner/Doris, Louise Fazenda as Agatha Hathaway, Vera Lewis as Agatha’s Mother, T. Roy Barnes as Bob Wyeth, E. J. Ratcliffe as Trundle, Louise Beavers as Easter, Edna Murphy as Nell Martin, SUBSCRIBE for more:    / @cultclassiccinemaarchive   Start Here: Classic Movies Playlist -    • Start Here: Classic Movies   Follow on TikTok -   / cultclassiccinemaarchive   Join us on Instagram -   / cultclassiccinemaarchive   Watch Cimarron 1931 Full Movie -    • ⭐ Cimarron (1931) Full Movie | Best Pictur...   Watch Those Three French Girls 1930 Full Movie -    • ⭐ Those Three French Girls (1930) Full Mov...   Watch The Greenwich Village 1944 Full Movie -    • ⭐ Greenwich Village (1944) Full Movie | Do...   #WideOpen #WideOpen1930 #EdwardEverettHorton #PatsyRuthMiller #LouiseFazenda #LouiseBeavers #ArchieMayo #WarnerBros #WarnerBrosPictures #PreCodeHollywood #PreCodeComedy #RomanticComedy #ClassicComedy #EarlyTalkies #EarlySoundFilm #1930Movies #ClassicMovies #ClassicCinema #OldHollywood #VintageMovies #FilmHistory #CultClassicCinemaArchive #subtitled #spanishsubtitles #frenchsubtitles #englishsubtitles #publicdomain #publicdomainmovies #publicdomainfilms #publicdomainmovie #publicdomainfilm 00:00:00 Opening Titles 00:03:20 Simon Haldane’s Quiet Routine 00:10:15 An Unexpected Visitor 00:18:40 Trouble in the House 00:27:10 Office Gossip Spreads 00:36:25 A Party Full of Misunderstandings 00:45:30 Simon Faces New Complications 00:54:10 Business, Romance, and Reputation 01:03:20 The Truth About Doris