Pre-Code.Com Site News for January 2018 Boy howdy, hello 2018. Sorry I’m running behind on this– my daughter got very sick over Christmas, then I had in-laws visit for New Years, and, honestly, it’s winter, so I’m just damned sleepy all of the time. Meanwhile, I’m on the hunt for Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for December 2017 Oh thank you sweet merciful god this year is almost over. In November, besides having my car need a new engine, I also got bit by a spider. I’m sick and miserable. And happy holidays to you! I’ll be taking a few weeks off Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for November 2017 So the good news is that I got a promotion at the library. So you’re now reading the blog of a Reference Librarian, which you would think meant my sentences would be more grammatically right. The bad news is that I now have a Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for October 2017 It’s time to bust out the pumpkins and plastic ghosts! TCM this month has a line-up of almost all the great pre-Code horror films. (Sadly, no Murders in the Zoo or Murders in the Rue Morgue — it’s just a bad month for murders Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for September 2017 In some odd turn of events, our internet had to be reinstalled, and now I have free cable for a few months. So, yes, I’m somehow watching even more TCM than usual. That’s good in some ways– September has some excellent stuff showing. This Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for August 2017 Welcome to August, folks. It’s time for TCM’s annual Summer Under the Stars, with 30 days dedicated to 30 different stars. You can check out the SUTS site here, though I’ll be honest with you guys: not the best month for pre-Code films. There Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for July 2017 It’s sweltering summer! Well, I mean it was when I lived in Japan. Now I’m on the elbow of California and it’s foggy from about 6:00 PM to 10:00 AM every single day. It does get up to sunny and 65 in the afternoons Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for June 2017 Hey everyone! Holding on was again the name of the game for May. While I’m definitely sad I didn’t get to watch nearly as much Clark Gable as I wanted to, what I did catch wasn’t bad. June has a few good showings on Read more
Pre-Code.Com Site News for May 2017 Things are going alright here. I managed, within a very short amount of time, to pick up not one but two part time librarian jobs. Yay! Money! Sweet money I can send straight to Warner Archive! Since I’m still trying to find childcare, things Read more
The annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival (TCMFF) is a blur, there’s no doubt about it. This year was my third festival, and the first time I got to experience it without jet lag. We lucked out– great weather abounded, and the festival itself was excellent– lines were shorter, the Read more