Pre-Code.Com Site News for September 2016 Well, I hope your August was good! You may have noticed that I added a few more reviews than expected– I’m just cool like that. In some ways. September will (mostly) be dedicated to exactly whom I wished I’d been able to cover a Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for August 2016 The good news: there’s some excellent pre-Code programming on TCM for August. There are early-30s focused days dedicated to stars like Robert Montgomery, Fay Wray, Jean Harlow, Ruby Keeler, Boris Karloff, Janet Gaynor and– amazingly– Constance Cummings. The bad news: between grad school and Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for July 2016 Hey everyone! My June was completely nuts– I had friends visit, summer semester started, I went to Alaska for two weeks (with no internet), and my beloved dog, Chico, passed away. My plans for July are school and possibly faking my own death so Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for June 2016 If I’d planned ahead, I would have written some reviews for the TCM’s June Star of the Month, Marie Dressler. However, I did not plan ahead. In fact, I won’t be around the last two weeks of June (yes, yet another vacation), so I Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for May 2016 Hey! This is late. Between my semester wrapping up and a host of other preparation for the TCM Film Fest– which you’ll see coverage of starting here on late Wednesday– I’ve been swamped. So pardon if some of the descriptions below are glib or Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for April 2016 Exciting times here at this website you are currently browsing! Yes, it’s April, and April means that spring is in the air, the cherry blossoms are in bloom, all of the flowers I planted in mid-March are dead, and it’s time for me to Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for March 2016 Happy March, everyone! Things are certainly interesting here at Casa de Reid as we juggle our newborn baby and very quickly learn that their oblong shape does not lend well to juggling. Luckily, thanks to very kind family and friends, I remain too well Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for January 2016 And so that wraps up another year here at the site. It was a busy, fun year, and will only increase in craziness next year as I start school (both teaching and attending) as well as, of course, having a baby. So I hope Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for December 2015 Are you enjoying the month of turkeys? I’m not. It’s over now. I’m taking off Friday for Thanksgiving because I can and just so I don’t have to watch something like Lighting Bill (hopefully) ever again. If you pay close attention to that review, Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for November 2015 And a happy November to you. This month is especially great for pre-Codes on your local Turner Classic Movies channel, with star of the month Norma Shearer getting to shine on the big screen. Also, the programmers wisely stuck her Romeo and Juliet at Read more…