Welcome back to the third day of the pre-Code blogathon! Listed below are all of the entries for today. And then tomorrow head on over to Satin & Shadows to catch the last day! A great cast deserves another mention… BLOG TOPIC The Wonderful World of Cinema Murder! Silver Screenings Read more
Welcome to the first day of the pre-Code blogathon! Listed below are all of the entries for today. And then tomorrow head on over to Satin & Shadows to catch more entries! And, lastly, a great piece on Murder at the Vanities from Random Pictures.
Pre-Code.Com Site News for April 2015 Are you excited? I’m excited. Later this week I’ll make my way to the TCM Film Festival, as outlined here and here, where I will be posting daily updates. (Or I plan to, at least.) We’ll see how things go between sleeping on the Read more
THE BLOGATHON IS HERE! Day 1 Day 2 (at Shadows & Satin!) Day 3 Day 4 (at Shadows & Satin!) The original post: Jean Harlow. Joan Blondell. Warren William. Dorothy Mackaill. Kay Francis. Ricardo Cortez. Madge Evans. Leila Hyams. Lyle Talbot. Anita Page. Norma Shearer. Pick a star, any star. Read more
Johnny Dangerously Michael Keaton Lil Marilu Henner Danny Vermin Joe Piscopo Ma Kelly Maureen Stapleton Tommy Kelly Griffin Dunne Jock Dundee Peter Boyle Released by 20th Century Fox | Directed By Amy Heckerling Johnny Dangerously: Once. Once. “Dames are put on this earth to weaken us, drain our energy, and Read more
Dutch William Holden Antonia Fedora Marthe Keller Fedora The Countess Hildegard Knef Doctor Vando Jose Ferrer Miss Balfour Frances Sternhagen Himself Michael York Released by Allied Artists | Directed By Billy Wilder Fedora: The Times, They Are A-Changin’ “Monroe, Harlow… they were the lucky ones.” By 1978, Billy Wilder was Read more
Professor Echo … Lon Chaney Harry Earles … Twiddledee Hercules … Ivan Linow Rosie … Lila Lee Hector … Elliot Nugent The Prosecutor … John Miljan Proof That It’s Pre-Code The film opens with a dancer who “broke the sultan’s thermometer!” The fat lady has not seen her “… feet!” Read more