TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Movies on Turner Classic Movies in February 2021
Pre-Code films on TCM in February 2021
1932
Evenings for Sale (1932) Review, with Herbert Marshall and Mary Boland
Count Franz von Degenthal Herbert Marshall Jenny Kent Mary Boland Lela Fischer Sari Maritza Released by Paramount Directed by Stuart Walker Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “He ought to attract all the unsatisfied ladies of Vienna. Of Europe!” “Don’t forget America. America is full of Read more
TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Films on TCM in January 2021
Wow, is it January already? Of 2021? I had no idea that was coming. Boy. Only one more month until TCM’s annual 31 Days of Oscar, so enjoy the network while you can. I have been informed that TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar is being pushed back to April due Read more
1934
Death Takes a Holiday (1934) Review, with Fredric March
Death Fredric March Grazia Evelyn Venable Sir Guy Standing Duke Lambert Released by Paramount Directed by Mitchell Leisen Run time: 80 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film “I’m too restless for marriage. Besides, I’ve had that once.” Death Takes a Holiday: Knocking on Heaven’s Door “A moment ago I Read more
TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Movies on TCM in December 2020
For those of you still reading blogs, or specifically a blog, as I suppose you must be doing right now, hello. And I’m sorry. Those of you who’ve been with or near this site for the last ~9 years of its existence have every right to be annoyed or frustrated Read more
1931
City Streets (1931), with Sylvia Sydney and Gary Cooper
“Kid”Gary Cooper NanSylvia Sydney “The Big Fella”Paul Lukas Directed by Rouben MamoullianReleased by Paramount PicturesRuntime: 82 minutes Proof That It’s Pre-Code Concerns bootleggers and beer barons. City Streets: Wrong Ways “Good kid. You’ll never tell nobody nothing.” Rouben Mamoullian’s City Streets is a particularly stylish entry in the early-30s gangster Read more
TCM Schedules
Movies on TCM in November 2020
Movies showing on Turner Classic Movies in November 2020.
1932
The Old Dark House (1932) Review, with Boris Karloff
MorganBoris Karloff PenderelMelvyn Douglas Sir PorterhouseCharles Laughton Margaret WavertonGloria Stuart Gladys AKA “Perkins”Lilian Bond Horace FemmErnest Thesiger Released by Universal PicturesDirected by James WhaleRuntime: 72 minutes Proof That It’s Pre-Code People die, murders were committed, whatever, let’s get the hell out of here. The Old Dark House: Bumps in the Read more
TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Movies on TCM in October 2020
Hey! It’s October! Finally. This year is the year I’ve decided to become a Halloween person. There aren’t many holidays for me– I’m not patriotic or religious, and while I’m all for Labor Day (yay, Labor) and Veterans Day (yay, Vets), there still isn’t a set tradition for either handing Read more
1932
False Faces (1932) Review, with Lowell Sherman
Dr. Silas BrentonLowell Sherman Dr. John ParkerBenton Churchill Georgia RandLila Lee Directed by Lowell ShermanReleased by World Wide PicturesRuntime: 73 minutes Proof That It’s Pre-Code Dr. Brenton (Sherman) assails himself with a bevy of women. We see one arrive in his apartment and we cut to a short while later Read more