Pre-Code.Com Site News for April 2015 Are you excited? I’m excited. Later this week I’ll make my way to the TCM Film Festival, as outlined here and here, where I will be posting daily updates. (Or I plan to, at least.) We’ll see how things go between sleeping on the Read more…
We take color for granted nowadays. That was my main takeaway of The Dawn of Technicolor, a look a the growing pains of the Technicolor company as they begin the drive to put color into motion pictures. The ability to get feasible, realistic color to be produced consistently and delivered Read more…
Year after year, I’ve looked at other bloggers with a mix of admiration and jealousy as they’ve intricately planned out their schedules at the annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. Every spring it’s the same thing, seeing other bloggers post like debauched emperors, “Should I perchance suckle upon a new Read more…
The Bennetts concentrates on two generations of the Bennett family. The first half of the book focuses on Broadway provocateur Richard Bennett and his tumultuous marriage to acting scion Adrienne ‘Mabel’ Morrison. Their marriage produces three daughters– vain, self centered Constance, alcoholic and troubled Barbara, and fiercely protective and sympathetic Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for March 2015 Wow! That was a lot of reviews in February, right? I think everyone got burned out on those Pitts & Todd shorts (including me), but things could have been worse. Much worse. There are probably Durante shorts out there. (shudder) After accidentally updating three Read more…
As mentioned last week, I gave a talk about the history of pre-Code Hollywood at a screening of Night Nurse outside Sendagaya on February 8th. The screening is run by a group of Tokyo cinephiles hoping to expand knowledge of Hollywood cinema inside the country past the usual suspects– you Read more…
Taking a brief break from shorts reviews just to remind you guys that there’s a screening of Night Nurse tonight in Sendagaya, and I will be talking afterward. You can read the original post about it here. Doors open at 5:00, movie starts at 6:00, followed by some shorts and Read more…
As I mentioned back in the monthly TCM roundup, I will be attending the Turner Classic Movie Film Festival for the first time this year, running from March 26th to the 29th. This is the sixth annual installment of the festival, and each year they’ve shown some great pre-Code films. Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for February 2015 Well, I don’t know if anyone noticed this, but, despite what my schedule predicted at the beginning of January, I somehow managed to update the site three times a week. I’d tell you not to get used to it, but February is something special Read more…
THE BLOGATHON IS HERE! Day 1 Day 2 (at Shadows & Satin!) Day 3 Day 4 (at Shadows & Satin!) The original post: Jean Harlow. Joan Blondell. Warren William. Dorothy Mackaill. Kay Francis. Ricardo Cortez. Madge Evans. Leila Hyams. Lyle Talbot. Anita Page. Norma Shearer. Pick a star, any star. Read more…