The 31 Days of Oscar is over, so let the good times roll! There’s a ton of great pre-Codes showing in February of all shapes in sizes. Feeling like a ton of Fredric March dramas? Got ’em– he’s star of the month! Constance Bennett weepies? Oh yeah. Weird-ass musical fever dreams? Yep, they’re showing King of Jazz again.

More announcements have come out about the 2019 TCM Film Festival, including The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer in nitrate, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Working Girl, and more. Still only, uh, one pre-Code announced. I know there will be more soon, but the wait is killing me.

One last note: Andrea Rosen, a twitter pal, passed away this month unexpectedly. Her husband is running a fundraiser in support of her favorite charity to honor her memory. Give it a look.

I’ll be drawing the winner from last month’s Patreon contest in a bit and send the book on its merry way on Monday. If you want to support my site, you can become a Patron over at Patreon. Cheers!

Pre-Code Movies on TCM in March

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Date & Time	Film
4th 10:00 AM	The Champ (1931)
	A broken-down prizefighter battles to keep custody of his son. Dir: King Vidor Cast: Wallace Beery , Jackie Cooper , Irene Rich . BW- 86 mins, CC,
4th 8:00 PM	King of Jazz (1930)
	Dir: John Murray Anderson Cast: Paul Whiteman , John Boles , Laura La Plante . BW- 100 mins,
5th 4:30 AM	Life of Vergie Winters, The (1934)
	A politician marries while maintaining a second, illegitimate family on the side. Dir: Alfred Santell Cast: Ann Harding , John Boles , Helen Vinson . BW- 82 mins, CC,
5th 8:00 PM	Design For Living (1933)
	An independent woman can’t chose between the two men she loves. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Fredric March , Gary Cooper , Miriam Hopkins . BW- 91 mins, CC,
5th 9:45 PM	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
	Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fredric March , Miriam Hopkins , Rose Hobart . BW- 96 mins, CC,
5th 11:30 PM	Smilin’ Through (1932)
	A young woman falls in love with the son of an old family enemy. Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Fredric March , Leslie Howard . BW- 98 mins, CC,
6th 1:30 AM	The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
	An invalid poetess defies her father’s wishes to marry a dashing young poet. Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Fredric March , Charles Laughton . BW- 110 mins, CC,
6th 8:30 AM	Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
	A stenographer tries to save her boss from his divorcee girlfriend. Dir: Paul Stein Cast: Constance Bennett , Kenneth MacKenna , Basil Rathbone . BW- 80 mins, CC,
6th 10:00 AM	The Easiest Way (1931)
	A slum girl discovers the joys of life as a kept woman until she falls in love. Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Constance Bennett , Adolphe Menjou , Robert Montgomery . BW- 74 mins, CC,
6th 11:30 AM	Lady With a Past (1932)
	A good girl raises her popularity when she pretends to be bad. Dir: Edward H. Griffith Cast: Constance Bennett , Ben Lyon , David Manners . BW- 80 mins, CC,
6th 1:00 PM	After Tonight (1933)
	A female Russian spy falls for the enemy during WWI. Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Constance Bennett , Gilbert Roland , Edward Ellis . BW- 71 mins,
6th 2:15 PM	Bed of Roses (1933)
	A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin . Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Constance Bennett , Joel McCrea , John Halliday . BW- 67 mins,
6th 6:00 AM	Not So Dumb ( 1930)
	A scatterbrained miss throws a big party to advance her boyfriend’s career. Dir: King Vidor Cast: Marion Davies , Elliott Nugent , Raymond Hackett . BW- 76 mins, CC,
7th 7:30 AM	The Tenderfoot (1932)
	An innocent cowboy sets out to back a Broadway play. Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joe E. Brown , Ginger Rogers , Lew Cody . BW- 69 mins, CC,
7th 8:45 AM	Make Me A Star (1932)
	A grocery clerk goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Joan Blondell , Stuart Erwin , ZaSu Pitts . BW- 86 mins, CC,
7th 10:15 AM	Dinner at Eight (1933)
	A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue. Dir: George Cukor Cast: Marie Dressler , John Barrymore , Wallace Beery . BW- 111 mins, CC,
7th 12:15 PM	The Man With Two Faces ( 1934)
	An actor uses his skills to protect his sister from her sinister husband. Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Mary Astor , Ricardo Cortez . BW- 73 mins, CC,
9th 8:29 AM	Randy Rides Alone (1934)
	An undercover agent searches for a murderous outlaw. Dir: Harry Fraser Cast: John Wayne , Alberta Vaughn , George Hayes . BW- 52 mins,
10th 10:00 PM	Peg O’ My Heart (1933)
	A spunky Irish girl inherits a place in a British estate. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Marion Davies , Onslow Stevens , J. Farrell MacDonald . BW- 87 mins, CC,
13th 8:00 PM	The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
	An American missionary falls in love with a Chinese warlord. Dir: Frank R. Capra Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Nils Asther , Toshia Mori . BW- 87 mins, CC,
14th 3:30 AM	Rain (1932)
	A missionary tries to reform a streetwalker trapped on a Pacific island. Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Frederic Howard , Ben Hendricks , William Gargan . BW- 94 mins,
14th 6:00 AM	Top Speed (1930)
	A humble clerk pretends to be a millionaire and gets mixed up in a yachting race. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Joe E. Brown , Bernice Claire , Jack Whiting . BW- 71 mins, CC,
14th 8:30 AM	She Had To Say Yes (1933)
	A secretary pads her salary by dating prospective buyers for her company. Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Loretta Young , Winnie Lightner , Lyle Talbot . BW- 66 mins, CC,
14th 9:45 AM	Crooner (1932)
	A saxophone player rises to fame as a singing star. Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: David Manners , Ann Dvorak , Ken Murray . BW- 67 mins,
14th 12:15 PM	Sally (1930)
	A waitress dreams of becoming a Broadway star. Dir: John Francis Dillon Cast: Marilyn Miller , Alexander Gray , Joe E. Brown . C- 102 mins, CC,
14th 3:15 PM	Florodora Girl, The (1930)
	A turn-of-the-century chorus girl searches for romance. Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Marion Davies , Lawrence Gray , Walter Catlett . BW- 79 mins, CC,
14th 4:45 PM	Dancing Lady (1933)
	A musical star is torn between a millionaire playboy and her stage manager. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Joan Crawford , Clark Gable , Franchot Tone . BW- 92 mins, CC,
14th 6:30 PM	Fashions of 1934 (1934)
	A con artist and his beautiful assistant take on the fashion world. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: William Powell , Bette Davis , Frank McHugh . BW- 78 mins, CC,
18th 9:30 AM	Christopher Strong (1933)
	An aviatrix’s affair with a married man could cost her her career. Dir: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Colin Clive , Billie Burke . BW- 78 mins, CC,
18th 4:00 PM	Little Women (1933)
	The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War. Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Joan Bennett , Paul Lukas . BW- 115 mins, CC,
19th 7:15 AM	The Lady Refuses (1931)
	A millionaire hires an out-of-work girl to lure his son from a gold digger. Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Betty Compson , John Darrow , Gilbert Emery . BW- 72 mins, CC,
19th 8:30 AM	The Gay Diplomat (1931)
	A Russian diplomat takes on a notorious female spy in Bucharest. BW- 67 mins, CC,
19th 9:45 AM	Inside the Lines (1930)
	During World War I, German spies stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar. Dir: Roy J. Pomeroy Cast: Betty Compson , Ralph Forbes , Montagu Love . BW- 73 mins, CC,
21st 6:00 AM	Melody Cruise (1933)
	A playboy finds true love during an ocean cruise. Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Charles Ruggles , Phil Harris , Helen Mack . BW- 76 mins,
21st 7:30 AM	The Captain Hates the Sea ( 1934)
	A bond thief, a private eye and a drunken reporter wreak havoc on an ocean voyage. Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Victor McLaglen , Wynne Gibson , Alison Skipworth . BW- 85 mins, CC,
22nd 2:15 AM	It Happened One Night (1934)
	A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour. Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable , Claudette Colbert , Walter Connolly . BW- 105 mins, CC,
22nd 6:00 AM	Montana Moon ( 1930)
	A flapper weds a cowboy and has to adjust to life out West. Dir: Malcolm St. Clair Cast: Joan Crawford , John Mack Brown , Dorothy Sebastian . BW- 89 mins, CC,
24th 12:00 PM	Twentieth Century (1934)
	A tempestuous theatrical director tries to win back the star he created and then drove away. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: John Barrymore , Carole Lombard , Walter Connolly . BW- 91 mins, CC,
24th 8:45 AM	Jazz Heaven (1930)
	A struggling song writer finds love at his boarding house. Dir: Melville Brown Cast: John Mack Brown , Sally O’Neil , Clyde Cook . BW- 68 mins,
28th 11:30 AM	The Working Man (1933)
	A wealthy manufacturer takes a vacation incognito and ends up working for his chief rival. Dir: John G. Adolfi Cast: George Arliss , Bette Davis , Theodore Newton . BW- 77 mins, CC,
29th 2:30 PM	Arsene Lupin ( 1932)
	A gentleman thief risks his life in an attempt to steal the Mona Lisa. Dir: Jack Conway Cast: John Barrymore , Lionel Barrymore , Karen Morley . BW- 84 mins, CC,
31st 8:00 AM	Dinner at Eight (1933)
	A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue. Dir: George Cukor Cast: Marie Dressler , John Barrymore , Wallace Beery . BW- 111 mins, CC,