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TCM in October has some really amazing pre-Code content, including October 2nd being packed with pre-Code goodies. Paul Muni gets a showcase on the 8th and Walter Huston gets one on the 18th. But, really, you can’t go two days in October without a great pre-Code popping up. Let’s relish it while it lasts!

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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in October

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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).
Plot descriptions and casts lists below come from TCM. See the full listings for the month here.
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Date & Time	Film
2nd 7:15 AM	Redemption (1930)
	A man thought dead returns to find his wife has built a new life. Dir: Fred Niblo Cast: John Gilbert , Renée Adorée , Conrad Nagel . BW- 66 mins,
2nd 8:30 AM	Lilly Turner (1933)
	After unwittingly marrying a bigamist, a pregnant woman faces many trials on the road to romance. Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Ruth Chatterton , George Brent , Frank McHugh . BW- 65 mins, CC,
2nd 9:45 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,
2nd 11:00 AM	Morning Glory (1933)
	A stage struck girl travels to New York determined to make it on Broadway. Dir: Lowell Sherman Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Douglas Fairbanks , Adolphe Menjou . BW- 74 mins, CC,
2nd 12:15 PM	Ever In My Heart (1933)
	During World War I, a woman suspects her husband of being a German spy. Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Otto Kruger , Ralph Bellamy . BW- 68 mins, CC,
2nd 1:30 PM	Chances (1931)
	When brothers fighting World War I together fall for the same girl, it spells danger. Dir: Allan Dwan Cast: Douglas Fairbanks , Rose Hobart , Anthony Bushell . BW- 71 mins,
2nd 4:00 PM	Side Streets (1934)
	A lady furrier marries a lovesick sailor then has to deal with his checkered past. Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Aline MacMahon , Paul Kelly , Ann Dvorak . BW- 64 mins,
2nd 5:15 PM	Desirable (1934)
	An aging actress tries to keep her teen-aged daughter out of the public eye. Dir: Archie L. Mayo Cast: Jean Muir , George Brent , Verree Teasdale . BW- 68 mins,
2nd 6:30 PM	One Way Passage (1932)
	An ocean voyage leads to romance for a dying heiress and a condemned criminal. Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: William Powell , Kay Francis , Aline MacMahon . BW- 68 mins, CC,
2nd 8:00 PM	Jewel Robbery (1932)
	A jewel thief falls for a tycoon’s wife in Vienna. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: William Powell , Kay Francis , Helen Vinson . BW- 68 mins, CC,
2nd 9:15 PM	Union Depot (1932)
	An out-of-luck con artist discovers a suitcase full of money at a train station. Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Douglas Fairbanks , Joan Blondell , Guy Kibbee . BW- 67 mins,
2nd 10:30 PM	Beauty and the Boss (1932)
	After being distracted by a string of pretty secretaries, a banker hires a plain Jane, only to fall in love with her. Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Marian Marsh , David Manners , Warren William . BW- 65 mins,
2nd 11:45 PM	Rafter Romance (1933)
	A salesgirl falls for a night worker without realizing they share the same apartment. Dir: William Seiter Cast: Ginger Rogers , Norman Foster , George Sidney . BW- 73 mins, CC,
3rd 1:15 AM	The Girl from Missouri (1934)
	A gold-digging chorus girl tries to keep her virtue while searching for a rich husband. Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Jean Harlow , Lionel Barrymore , Franchot Tone . BW- 72 mins, CC,
3rd 2:45 AM	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, CC,
3rd 4:00 AM	One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
	A small-town dentist longs to avenge an old friend who stole his love, but discovers there’s no need. Dir: Stephen Roberts Cast: Gary Cooper , Fay Wray , Neil Hamilton . BW- 69 mins, CC,
3rd 5:15 AM	Ex-Lady (1933)
	A female artist is torn between her belief in free love and the constraints of romance. Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Bette Davis , Gene Raymond , Frank McHugh . BW- 67 mins, CC,
6th 2:00 AM	Animal Crackers (1930)
	Three zanies try to recover a stolen painting during a madcap house party. Dir: Victor Heerman Cast: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx . BW- 97 mins, CC,
6th 4:00 AM	Monkey Business (1931)
	Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner. Dir: Norman McLeod Cast: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx . BW- 78 mins, CC,
7th 8:00 PM	Scarface (1932)
	A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Paul Muni , Ann Dvorak , Karen Morley . BW- 94 mins, CC,
7th 9:45 PM	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
	A World War I veteran faces inhuman conditions when he’s sentenced to hard labor. Dir: Mervyn Le Roy Cast: Paul Muni , Glenda Farrell , Helen Vinson . BW- 93 mins, CC,
8th 12:45 AM	The World Changes (1933)
	When a farmer strikes it rich in business, success goes to his head. Dir: Mervyn Le Roy Cast: Paul Muni , Aline MacMahon , Mary Astor . BW- 90 mins,
8th 2:30 AM	Hi, Nellie! (1934)
	A crusading newspaper editor keeps digging into corruption, even when he’s forced to write advice to the lovelorn. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Paul Muni , Glenda Farrell , Ned Sparks . BW- 75 mins, CC,
8th 6:00 AM	Anna Christie (1930)
	Eugene O’Neill’s classic about a romantic prostitute trying to run away from her past. Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Greta Garbo , Charles Bickford , George F. Marion . BW- 89 mins, CC,
8th 7:45 AM	Safe in Hell (1931)
	On the run from the police, a New Orleans prostitute gets stranded in a tropical haven for outlaws Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Dorothy Mackaill , Donald Cook , Ralf Harolde . BW- 73 mins, CC,
8th 2:30 PM	Millie (1931)
	A prostitute turns to murder to protect her teenage daughters honor. Dir: John Francis Dillon Cast: Helen Twelvetrees , Lilyan Tashman , Robert Ames . BW- 85 mins,
8th 6:30 PM	Hell’s Heroes (1930)
	Three cowboys risk their lives to get an abandoned baby to civilization. Dir: William Wyler Cast: Charles Bickford , Raymond Hatton , Fred Kohler . BW- 68 mins, CC,
9th 9:30 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, CC,
10th 12:30 AM	The Lost Patrol (1934)
	A British army troop fights off Arab snipers while holed up in an oasis. Dir: John Ford Cast: Victor McLaglen , Boris Karloff , Wallace Ford . BW- 72 mins, CC,
10th 1:45 AM	Captured! (1933)
	While in a POW camp, a man discovers his best friend was his wife’s lover. Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Leslie Howard , Douglas Fairbanks , Paul Lukas . BW- 69 mins,
10th 3:15 AM	Ace of Aces (1933)
	After he’s branded a coward, a sculptor travels to France to help fight World War I. Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Richard Dix , Elizabeth Allen , Ralph Bellamy . BW- 77 mins, CC,
10th 8:00 PM	The Black Cat (1934)
	A Satanist faces off with the vengeful man whose wife and daughter he has stolen. Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Karloff , Bela Lugosi , David Manners . BW- 65 mins, CC,
13th 6:00 AM	Footlight Parade (1933)
	A producer fights labor problems, financiers and his greedy ex-wife to put on a show. Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: James Cagney , Joan Blondell , Ruby Keeler . BW- 103 mins, CC,
13th 8:00 AM	The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
	A boxing champion falls for a gangster’s moll. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Myrna Loy , Max Baer , Primo Carnera . BW- 102 mins, CC,
14th 11:00 AM	Men of the North (1930)
	Mounties track down gold mine robbers. Dir: Hal Roach Cast: Gilbert Roland , Barbara Leonard , Arnold Korff . BW- 61 mins,
14th 3:00 PM	Haunted Gold (1932)
	A cowboy and his girl fight bandits and a ghost over an abandoned mine. Dir: Mack V. Wright Cast: John Wayne , Duke , Sheila Terry . BW- 58 mins, CC,
14th 4:00 PM	Ghost Valley (1932)
	A cowboy and a beautiful girl inherit a supposedly haunted gold mine. Dir: Fred Allen Cast: Tom Keene , Merna Kennedy , Kate Campbell . BW- 54 mins,
15th 3:15 AM	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,
15th 8:00 AM	Evelyn Prentice (1934)
	A criminal lawyer’s wife faces blackmail when she has an affair. Dir: William K. Howard Cast: William Powell , Myrna Loy , Una Merkel . BW- 79 mins, CC,
15th 5:30 PM	Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
	Boyhood friends grow up on opposite sides of the law. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Clark Gable , William Powell , Myrna Loy . BW- 90 mins, CC,
16th 12:00 AM	Lady For A Day (1933)
	A gangster helps an old apple-vendor pose as a society woman to fool her visiting daughter. Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Warren William , May Robson , Guy Kibbee . BW- 96 mins, CC,
16th 6:00 AM	Three on a Match (1932)
	A woman’s childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Virginia Davis , Joan Blondell , Dawn O’Day . BW- 63 mins, CC,
16th 7:15 AM	Midnight Mary (1933)
	An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime. Dir: William Wellman Cast: Loretta Young , Ricardo Cortez , Franchot Tone . BW- 74 mins, CC,
16th 8:30 AM	Taxi! (1932)
	A feisty independent cab driver fights off a crooked syndicate. Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney , Loretta Young , George E. Stone . BW- 69 mins, CC,
16th 1:30 PM	Blondie Johnson (1933)
	A female crook fights her way from poverty to the top of the underworld. Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell , Chester Morris , Allen Jenkins . BW- 67 mins, CC,
16th 2:45 PM	Star Witness (1931)
	An old man who witnessed a crime is threatened by gangsters. Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Walter Huston , Frances Starr , Grant Mitchell . BW- 68 mins, CC,
18th 7:30 AM	Abraham Lincoln (1930)
	In this biography the simple backwoods boy rises to become one of America’s most beloved presidents. Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast: Lucille La Verne , W. L. Thorne , Helen Freeman . BW- 94 mins, CC,
18th 9:15 AM	The Ruling Voice (1931)
	A powerful gangster goes soft when he meets his grown-up daughter. Dir: Rowland V. Lee Cast: Walter Huston , Loretta Young , Dudley Digges . BW- 72 mins,
18th 10:45 AM	The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932)
	A ship’s captain loses course in perilous waters when he discovers his wife cheating on him. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Lil Dagover , Walter Huston , Warren William . BW- 70 mins,
18th 12:00 PM	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,
18th 1:45 PM	Ann Vickers (1933)
	A social worker’s fight for reform is compromised by her love for a corrupt judge. Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Irene Dunne , Walter Huston , Conrad Nagel . BW- 76 mins, CC,
18th 3:00 PM	Storm at Daybreak (1933)
	Fictionalized account of the events leading up to Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination and the start of World War I. Dir: Richard Boleslavsky Cast: Kay Francis , Nils Asther , Walter Huston . BW- 79 mins, CC,
18th 4:30 PM	Keep ‘Em Rolling (1934)
	A soldier deserts when he’s separated from his horse. Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Walter Huston , Frances Dee , Minna Gombell . BW- 69 mins, CC,
18th 2:00 PM	White Zombie (1932)
	A zombie master menaces newlyweds on a Haitian plantation. Dir: Victor Halperin Cast: Bela Lugosi , Madge Bellamy , Joseph Cawthorn . BW- 67 mins,
20th 6:15 AM	Five And Ten (1931)
	A dime-store heiress elopes with a married man. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Marion Davies , Leslie Howard , Richard Bennett . BW- 89 mins, CC,
20th 8:00 AM	Grand Hotel (1932)
	Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through scandal and heartache. Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Greta Garbo , John Barrymore , Joan Crawford . BW- 113 mins, CC,
22nd 4:15 AM	Viva Villa! (1934)
	Rousing biography of the bandit chief who led the battle for Mexican independence. Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Wallace Beery , Leo Carrillo , Fay Wray . BW- 112 mins, CC,
23rd 6:00 AM	They Learned About Women (1930)
	Professional baseball players win big with their vaudeville act until love gets in the way. Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Joseph T. Schenck , Gus Van , Bessie Love . C- 95 mins, CC,
23rd 1:30 PM	Hips, Hips, Hooray (1934)
	Two salesmen try to market a flavored lipstick. Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Bert Wheeler , Robert Woolsey , Ruth Etting . BW- 68 mins, CC,
23rd 8:00 PM	Duck Soup (1933)
	When he’s named dictator of Freedonia, a con artist declares war on the neighboring kingdom. Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx . BW- 69 mins, CC,
23rd 11:00 PM	Sons of the Desert (1933)
	Two friends hatch a harebrained scheme to attend a lodge convention over their wives’ objections. Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Charley Chase . BW- 65 mins, CC,
24th 4:30 AM	You Said A Mouthful (1932)
	To sell his unsinkable bathing suit, an inventor passes himself off as a championship swimmer. Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Joe E. Brown , Ginger Rogers , Preston S. Foster . BW- 70 mins, CC,
24th 7:00 AM	High Pressure (1932)
	A scheming promoter tries to get rich selling artificial rubber. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: William Powell , Evelyn Brent , George Sidney . BW- 73 mins, CC,
25th 11:30 AM	Professional Sweetheart (1933)
	A radio star’s pure image leads to a fake engagement to a hayseed. Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Ginger Rogers , Norman Foster , ZaSu Pitts . BW- 73 mins, CC,
25th 1:00 PM	The Prodigal (1931)
	A wealthy southern boy takes to the road as a hobo. Dir: Harry Pollard Cast: Lawrence Tibbett , Esther Ralston , Roland Young . BW- 76 mins,
25th 2:30 PM	Elmer The Great (1933)
	A country hick bats his way to baseball stardom. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Joe E. Brown , Patricia Ellis , Frank McHugh . BW- 72 mins, CC,
27th 6:00 AM	King Kong (1933)
	A film crew discovers the “eighth wonder of the world,” a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc. Dir: Merian C. Cooper Cast: Fay Wray , Robert Armstrong , Bruce Cabot . BW- 104 mins, CC,
30th 9:45 AM	The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
	A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium. Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Edna May Oliver , James Gleason , Robert Armstrong . BW- 65 mins, CC,
30th 12:15 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,
30th 1:30 PM	The Public Defender (1931)
	A bank failure could land one of its executives in jail. Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Richard Dix , Shirley Grey , Purnell Pratt . BW- 70 mins, CC,
30th 6:30 PM	Fog Over Frisco (1934)
	A San Francisco heiress discovers her sister is hanging out with gangsters. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Bette Davis , Donald Woods , Margaret Lindsay . BW- 68 mins, CC,
30th 9:15 PM	The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
	A big game hunter decides to stalk human prey. Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Joel McCrea , Fay Wray , Robert Armstrong . BW- 63 mins, CC,
31st 6:45 AM	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,
31st 8:00 AM	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,