Mike Thomas Phillips Holmes Judge Moffett Walter Huston Mary Thomas Anita Page Released by MGM Directed by W.S. Van Dyke Run time: 92 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Based on a true story, this is a film about a corrupt judge who forces women into prostitution, frames and Read more
Doris Evans Anita Page Gordon Wayne Charles Starrett John Franklin Kenneth Thomspon Released by Monogram Studios Directed by Harry O. Hoyt and Albert H. Kelley Run time: 62 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Anita Page undresses with her back to the camera and you do manage to see Read more
Peter Stanislavsky Paul Lukas Marcia Loretta Young Philip Frank McHugh Blondie Glenda Farrell Lola Helen Vinson The Announcer Roscoe Karns Released by Warner Bros. Directed by William Dieterle Run time: 66 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Frank McHugh asks a gruff man, “Could you love a waiter?” “One Read more
Some pretty light pre-Code offerings on TCM this month, but I rushed a bit to get this up in time since there are a few fun ones on May 1st that may be worth checking out. If you haven’t yet, I hope you’re getting your copy of Mark Vieira’s Forbidden Read more
Marie / X-27 Marlene Dietrich Colonel Kranau Victor McLaglen Chief Gustav von Seyffertitz Released by Paramount Directed by Josef von Sternberg Run time: 91 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film The opening shot is of Marlene Dietrich adjusting her stockings. It’s called an attention-getter. The opening also involves a Read more
I went back to work today and my coworkers asked me where I’d been. “L.A.,” I replied. “To see some friends.” The 10th TCMFF (and my fifth) was a rollicking good time. I saw some good movies, I saw some bad. I saw some fun things, some frustrating ones. Some Read more
The fourth and final day of the 2019 Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) (I’ve done this literally every day, why) arrived with a warm breeze, a blue sky, and an episode of “Frasier” to keep me sane. Luckily, my first event of the day didn’t start until a Read more
Sleep eludes me. While Friday was a lot of fun, my third day at TCMFF was hectic and probably my toughest of the festival. Starting off the day, I made it into All Through the Night, a very fun Bogart film, that had a great, witty introduction by Michael Schlesinger. Read more
The second (!) day of the annual Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) was, for me, a packed affair, full of old favorites and new discoveries. It was a cornucopia of decades, tones, and swanky mixed drinks. Well, maybe drinking wasn’t the best idea before my first film of Read more
Thursday — yes, it’s somehow already Thursday– is the first official day of the 2019 Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival (#TCMFF). Here’s a run down of the events I participated in during the day, as far as I recall. Which may not be much… Sitting By the Pool at Read more