Site News for April 2018

Ah, April. It has finally stopped raining here in California (not that I’m complaining), and the birds are chirping eagerly that the annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival (TCMFF) will soon be knocking at our door once more.

The good news? I got media credentials again, so all of you will be subjected to my daily updates and boozy ‘hot takes’ on things such as how deeply magical it all is and how sleepy it all makes me. So far, only a few pre-Codes have been announced for TCMFF: the excellent Girls About Town, the cute-enough Finishing School, and the rare I Take This Woman (rare enough that I haven’t been able to track it down). I’ll make a big post when they announce the full schedule

There will be a few bonuses over at Patron, too, including a giveaway and a few exclusive videos, if you support me there. And if you do, I appreciate it!

Back to our digital world. I changed around the way the I listings below, so take a look. April 4th/5th on TCM are going to be great as a bunch of Michael Curtiz pre-Codes get rolled out. It looks like Filmstruck is getting a bunch of Busby Berkeley movies, too, so life is good.

Pre-Codes Added to Filmstruck in April

Please note: movies on Filmstruck rotate on and off the service, so their availability may be limited.

13th	The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
27th	The Kid From Spain (1932)
27th	Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
27th	Footlight Parade (1933)
27th	42nd Street (1933)
27th	Dames (1934)

Pre-Code Hollywood Movies on TCM in April

Please note:

All times listed here are Eastern Standard. This schedule is subject to change (like if someone dies or the world ends– you know how it is).
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Date & Time	Film
4th 6:00 AM	Bright Lights (1930)
	An actress fights for happiness when she gives up the stage for marriage. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Dorothy Mackaill , Frank Fay , Noah Beery C- 69 mins, CC
4th 7:13 AM	Roseland (1930)
	A pretty dance hall girl is looking for the right guy in this musical short. Vitaphone Release 1041-1042. Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Donald Cook , Jimmy Grainger Jr. , Ruth Etting . BW- 12 mins
4th 7:30 AM	The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
	A sharecropper fighting for better working conditions succumbs to the boss’s seductive daughter. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Richard Barthelmess , Dorothy Jordan , Bette Davis . BW- 78 mins, CC
4th 9:00 AM	Goodbye Again (1933)
	An author’s reunion with an old flame angers the secretary who loves him. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Warren William , Joan Blondell , Genevieve Tobin. BW- 66 mins
4th 10:15 AM	The Keyhole (1933)
	A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he’s been hired to frame. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Kay Francis , George Brent , Glenda Farrell . BW- 69 mins
4th 11:30 AM	Private Detective 62 (1933)
	A private eye in Paris falls for the beautiful gambling lady he’s investigating. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell , Margaret Lindsay , Ruth Donnelly . BW- 66 mins, CC
4th 12:45 PM	The Strange Love Of Molly Louvain (1932)
	A woman’s bad taste in men leads to pregnancy out of wedlock. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Ann Dvorak , Lee Tracy , Richard Cromwell . BW- 73 mins
4th 2:15 PM	Doctor X (1932)
	A reporter investigates a series of cannibalistic murders at a medical college. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Lionel Atwill , Fay Wray , Lee Tracy . C- 76 mins, CC
4th 5:00 PM	The Mystery Of The Wax Museum (1933)
	A disfigured sculptor turns murder victims into wax statues. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Lionel Atwill , Fay Wray , Glenda Farrell . C- 77 mins, CC
4th 6:30 PM	The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
	Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell , Mary Astor , Eugene Pallette . BW- 73 mins, CC
4th 7:45 PM	“Vaudeville Featuring Buster Shaver – Olive & George” (1934)
	This short film showcases a series of vaudeville acts, including a tap routine and a well-trained group of dogs. Vitaphone Release 1761. Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Jack Pepper , Buster Shaver , Olive Brasno . BW- 11 mins
4th 10:00 PM	20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
	When his girl commits murder, a hardened criminal takes the rap to protect her honor. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Spencer Tracy , Bette Davis , Arthur Byron . BW- 78 mins, CC
5th 3:00 AM	Jimmy The Gent (1934)
	An unscrupulous detective makes a killing locating missing heirs. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney , Bette Davis , Allen Jenkins . BW- 68 mins, CC
5th 4:15 AM	Mandalay (1934)
	A woman with a past tries to get rid of a former lover. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Kay Francis , Ricardo Cortez , Warner Oland . BW- 65 mins, CC
5th 5:30 AM	Female (1933)
	A female CEO who’s used to buying love meets her match in an independent young executive. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Ruth Chatterton , George Brent , Lois Wilson . BW- 60 mins, CC,
6th 10:45 AM	The Front Page (1931)
	A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case. Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Adolph Menjou , Pat O’Brien , Mary Brian . BW- 101 mins, CC
6th 8:00 PM	Freaks (1932)
	A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband. Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Wallace Ford , Leila Hyams , Olga Baclanova . BW- 62 mins, CC
6th 11:00 PM	Way Out West (1930)
	When a carnival barker gets caught conning the local cowboys, he’s forced to work off his sentence on the open range. Dir: Fred Niblo Cast: William Haines , Leila Hyams , Polly Moran . BW- 70 mins, CC
7th 12:30 AM	The Phantom of Paris (1931)
	A magician is charged with killing his fiancee’s father. Dir: John S. Robertson Cast: John Gilbert , Leila Hyams , Lewis Stone . BW- 74 mins, CC
7th 10:00 AM	“Popeye: Seasin’s Greetinks!” (1933)
	Popeye and Olive Oyl go ice skating and are interrupted by Bluto¿s troublemaking antics. BW- 6 mins, CC,
7th 9:00 AM	The Matrimonial Bed ( 1930)
	Amnesia turns a small-town man into a bigamist. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Frank Fay , Lilyan Tashman , James Gleason . BW- 69 mins, CC,
14th 8:00 AM	“So Quiet on the Canine Front” (1931)
	This Dogville short presents a spoof of “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930). Dir: Zion Myers BW- 16 mins
14th 10:00 AM	“Popeye: Wild Elephinks” (1933)
	Floating on a raft, Popeye and Olive Oyl land on a jungle island and immediately battle wild elephants and gorillas. BW- 6 mins, CC
14th 8:00 PM	The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
	RAF pilots fight to endure the nerve-wracking ordeal of flying in World War I. Dir: Stuart Walker Cast: Fredric March , Cary Grant , Jack Oakie. BW- 73 mins
14th 9:30 PM	Hell’s Angels ( 1930)
	Two buddies take on World War I flying aces and a seductive blonde. Dir: Howard Hughes Cast: Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow. C- 132 mins
15th 6:00 AM	Night Nurse ( 1931)
	A nurse discovers that the children she’s caring for are murder targets. Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell. BW- 72 mins, CC
20th 1:00 PM	Movie Crazy ( 1932)
	A stagestruck young actor accidentally receives somebody else’s invitation to test in Hollywood. Dir: Clyde Bruckman Cast: Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth Thomson. BW- 96 mins
21st 10:00 AM	“Popeye: Sock-A-Bye, Baby” (1934)
	Popeye babysits an infant when many obstacles and problems ensue. BW- 6 mins, CC
22nd 6:00 AM	Employees’ Entrance ( 1933)
	An unscrupulous department store manager stops at nothing to get what he wants. Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford. BW- 75 mins, CC
26th 10:30 AM	Huddle ( 1932)
	A steelworker’s son becomes a college football hero. Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Ramon Novarro, Madge Evans , Una Merkel. BW- 103 mins
27th 9:30 AM	Gabriel Over The White House ( 1933)
	A crooked president reforms mysteriously. Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone. BW- 86 mins, CC
28th 10:00 AM	“Popeye: Let’s You and Him Fight” (1933)
	Popeye and Bluto go head to head in a boxing match. BW- 6 mins, CC

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3 Comments

Veebs · April 3, 2018 at 5:38 am

I need to record ALL OF THESE.

Rebecca Marshall · April 3, 2018 at 5:48 am

Hi, Danny: Thank you for this website. It is a pleasure to read. I would love to know your thoughts on the Joan Crawford film, “Letty Lynton.” I found it on the web, since it is not available on DVD (at least not legally). I really liked it, and would love to know what you think.