Fuck everything. If you need a good laugh, check out the number of pre-Code movies on Warner-owned HBO Max. I counted 11. Anyway, here’s some movies. Pre-Code Movies on TCM in June Please note: All times listed here are Eastern Standard. This schedule is subject to change (like if someone Read more…
Felix Ricardo Cortez Jessica Irene Dunne Magnus Noel Madison Released by RKO Directed by Gregory La Cava Run time: 94 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film One lady waves Felix over and whispers a dirty story in his ear. As it concerns the medical profession, several people don’t make Read more…
Mary Fanshawne Fay Wray Dr. Barclay Ralph Bellamy Dr. Selby Walter Connolly Released by Columbia Directed by Lambert Hillyer Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The movie opens with a having gotten acid in her face by a jilted lover. It’s certainly an attention-getter. A woman Read more…
Yes, somehow, inexplicably, it really is May. The good news: May 2020 sees none other than Eddie G. Robinson as the TCM Star of the Month, with many of his best pre-Code roles making an apperance on the network. There’s also a showing of 1933’s The Silver Cord, a fun Read more…
So Thursday night I wanted to catch the beginning of the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival: Special Home Edition, the 2020 virtual version of the annual TCM festival. (The 2020 festival had been cancelled because all of this (waves hand emphatically) and prevented the usual mass trek to Hollywood.) Of Read more…
Ah, TCMFF! How much I’ve missed you! And… how I still miss you. The 2020 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival was supposed to be my first long-term vacation since a wedding I attended last June. Now, thanks to The Great Lockdown, I am at home, working two part time jobs Read more…
Doris Blake Carole Lombard Jimmie Martin Chester Morris Ridgeway Cary Grant Released by Paramount Directed by Alexander Hall Run time: 69 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Lombard plays a clothing model who frequently strips down and hangs out in the dressing room. Doris Blake (Lombard) becomes a kept Read more…
Gerald Roland Young Germaine/”Chou Chou” Lily Damita Claire Thelma Todd Bunny Charles Ruggles Stephen Cary Grant Sparks Irving Bacon Released by Paramount Directed by Frank Tuttle Run time: 78 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Most of the film centers on two couples where everyone is chasing one or Read more…
Happy (?) April, everyone. The good news– Uh Anyway, there are some pre-Code movies playing on our favorite cable network this month, lots of good picks for you to enjoy in between bouts of standing at your window and gazing longingly at the outside world. With the cancellation of the Read more…
Calvin Joe E. Brown Ruth Ginger Rogers Oscar Spencer Charters Released by Warner Bros. Directed by Ray Enright Run time: 70 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Joe E. Brown ends up in a Jewish deli and gets yelled at in Yiddish. In one interesting (read: odd) moment, Brown’s Read more…