Happy July everybody! Lots of cool stuff happening in our neck of the woods this month.
First, I wanted to say that Kim had a great time presenting at the AFI Fest, which you can see bits of on her Instagram reels. Meanwhile, I had a wonderful time at the Hollywood Before the Code Conference in Paris, and got to learn a lot of interesting things. I know the organizers said they would publish some of the presentations afterward and I will share those with you if they do.
Unfortunately still no movement on any surprise stuff, but there are a lot of great pre-Codes to catch in July.
Pre-Code Movies Added to Criterion Channel
Criterion Channel is doing a series on Columbia Screwball Comedies, which includes pictures like The Awful Truth and His Girl Friday.
Films available on the Criterion Channel starting on July 1st.
Ginger Rogers in Rafter Romance.
Pre-Code Movies on TCM in July 2024
TCM every Monday in July has a series called “The Hays Gaze” hosted by Dave Karger and Tara McNamara that focuses on pre-Code films and how those stories were changed after Code-enforcement in 1934. There’s some really interesting picks and it’s resulted in a lot of fun pre-Codes worth checking out on the schedule, so get your DVRs ready.
All showings subject to change. Times listed are EST. See the full schedule here.
- July 1 @ 07:45 – Hell’s Heroes
- July 1 @ 20:00 – Waterloo Bridge
- July 1 @ 23:30 – Baby Face
- July 2 @ 01:00 – The Girl from Missouri
- July 2 @ 04:15 – Gold Diggers of 1933
- July 5 @ 07:45 – Is My Face Red?
- July 5 @ 10:15 – Blessed Event
- July 8 @ 20:00 – Scarface
- July 8 @ 23:45 – The Bachelor Father
- July 9 @ 03:00 – The Sin of Nora Moran
- July 11 @ 08:00 – Hollywood Party
- July 13 @ 20:00 – Elmer the Great
- July 15 @ 20:00 – Trouble in Paradise
- July 15 @ 23:15 – Red-Headed Woman
- July 16 @ 02:45 – The Divorcee
- July 16 @ 04:15 – The Gay Divorcee
- July 16 @ 06:15 – Carnival Boat
- July 16 @ 10:30 – Suicide Fleet
- July 16 @ 12:00 – Twenty Million Sweethearts
- July 16 @ 15:30 – Chance at Heaven
- July 16 @ 16:45 – Professional Sweetheart
- July 17 @ 04:30 – Bird of Paradise
- July 17 @ 15:15 – Hell’s Heroes
- July 19 @ 07:00 – Rafter Romance
- July 20 @ 08:26 – The Big Shakedown
- July 22 @ 20:00 – The Miracle Woman
- July 22 @ 23:30 – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- July 23 @ 03:30 – The Office Wife
- July 23 @ 12:30 – Rasputin and the Empress
- July 23 @ 14:45 – Svengali
- July 27 @ 08:25 – Captain Applejack
- July 28 @ 02:15 – Shanghai Express
- July 28 @ 22:00 – All Quiet on the Western Front
- July 29 @ 20:00 – Night Nurse
- July 29 @ 23:30 – Midnight Mary
- July 30 @ 02:45 – Tarzan & His Mate
Hope you watch something good this month!
