Pre-Code.Com Site News for April 2017 Hey everyone. March ended up really rough; my talented sister, Katie, passed away very suddenly from cancer. She’d been diagnosed in late January, went to surgery in February, and passed last week. I don’t really want to go very much into it, but it’s Read more…
This is a little off my usual beat, but, hell, you live only once. Recently I was invited to attend a screening of Jamaica Inn at the Pacific Design Center in Beverly Hills. It was a 3 hour drive for me and– get this– it was raining in L.A., but Read more…
Ah, it’s spring. The trees are turning green, the flowers are in bloom, and I’m eagerly hunched in front of a computer, making furious notes. Yes, it’s the most wonderful time of the year– we’re only about two weeks out from the start of the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival, Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for March 2017 No, your eyes don’t deceive you– I’m about a week late on this. If you missed What Price, Hollywood? last week, I’ll take the blame. My bad. I’m finally in California, finally have a house, and finally have a car. Those all deserve asterisks Read more…
Good news, everyone! If you are in or around Toronto, Canada, (as assume most of us should be), the Toronto Film Society has announced a startling line-up of pre-Code rarities to be screened May 12th – 14th! You can see the full line-up here. This weekend is focused on the Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for February 2017 Alright, first thing’s first. I mentioned offhand that some images were missing from the site. There’s a long story behind this, and it’s not worth going into, but somewhere around 90 reviews on the site from 2012 and earlier have lacked their images for Read more…
Site News for January ’17 & Holiday Wishes Another year down the tubes, everyone. I know things were a bit rough this year, especially on this end. But I finished up my Masters (yay!), now have a beautiful daughter (yay! x2!), and am getting ready to move back stateside in Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for December 2016 IT’S MYRNA LOY O’CLOCK, PEOPLE. Yes, with Myrna Loy as TCM’s star of the month, they went all out, from many (many) of her obscure early works to an entire day of her collaborations with William Powell (the 23rd). It’s a bonanza for pre-Code Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for November 2016 Good news, everyone! It looks like I’m moving to Central California in mid-February of next year. That means that I will be closer to LA (yay!) and further away from Coco’s Curry (boo!). This hopefully will mean more research opportunities for the site, but Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for October 2016 September was rough for me. Was it rough for you? Between the disappearance of Rarefilmm and a couple of other places I get my movie fix from (I was even without TCM for a few days because of issues with my VPN), it’s been Read more…