1930
The Lady of Scandal (1930) Review, with Ruth Chatterton
Ruth Chatterton is set to stay with a family of square uppercrust Brits. Will wackiness ensue or just hot sex with Basil Rathbone?
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Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930) Review, with Helen Kane, James Hall and Stuart Erwin
It's everyone's favorite BOOP-A-DOOP girl in... a movie. Yeah. That's all they've got, really.
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Blondie of the Follies (1932) Review, with Marion Davies, Billie Dove and Robert Montgomery
Marion Davies learns a lesson about love and friendship... well, no, she doesn't, but she *does* crossdress.
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TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Movies on TCM and Criterion Channel, January 2025
New year, new movies to view on Turner Classic Movies and the Criterion Channel.
TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Movies on TCM and Criterion Channel in December 2024
It’s a cool time in the old town tonight for a lot of obscure pre-Code goodness.
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in November 2024
We’ve got FRISCO JENNY, we’ve got FOG OVER FRISCO, we’ve got all kind of crazy Friscos over here
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM and Criterion Channel in October 2024
OOOOoooOOOO it’s time for SPOOOooooOOOKY moooooooviessss on TCM and the Criteeeeereon Channnnnelllll (is this annoying I can’t tell)
1932
Lady With a Past (1932) Review, with Constance Bennett and Ben Lyon
Constance Bennett gets pygmalion’d into a sex bomb in Lady With a Past (32). Will David Manners muck everything up like usual?
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Pre-Codes on TCM and Criterion Channel in September 2024
Movies that are showing etc etc you know the drill
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in August 2024
It’s Summer Under the Stars for 2024, and here’s all your pre-Codes to catch!