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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in May 2016 and Other Site News

Pre-Code.Com Site News for May 2016 Hey! This is late. Between my semester wrapping up and a host of other preparation for the TCM Film Fest– which you’ll see coverage of starting here on late Wednesday– I’ve been swamped. So pardon if some of the descriptions below are glib or Read more

By Danny, 10 years ago
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TCMFF 2016 – Full Schedule Posted and Where You’ll Find Me!

“It’s here, it’s here!” proclaimed Raquel when I opened up Twitter Tuesday morning. Within a few minutes, Angela had sent me a half dozen Snapchats, half shaking fists, half drenched in excitement. Yes, Monday afternoon stateside, Turner Classic Movies released the full line up for the 2016 TCM Film Festival, Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsApril 12, 2016 ago
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in April 2016 and Other Site News

Pre-Code.Com Site News for April 2016 Exciting times here at this website you are currently browsing! Yes, it’s April, and April means that spring is in the air, the cherry blossoms are in bloom, all of the flowers I planted in mid-March are dead, and it’s time for me to Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsMarch 27, 2016 ago
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Pre-Code Retro – The Phynx (1970) Review

Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Lee H. Katzin The Phynx: It’s Got Moxie “Gentlemen, the United States government is pleased to announce an orgy.” For those not in the know, The Phynx is a legend to people who love bad movies. Barely released in 1970 after a management Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsMarch 11, 2016 ago
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in March 2016 and Other Site News

Pre-Code.Com Site News for March 2016 Happy March, everyone! Things are certainly interesting here at Casa de Reid as we juggle our newborn baby and very quickly learn that their oblong shape does not lend well to juggling. Luckily, thanks to very kind family and friends, I remain too well Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsFebruary 26, 2016 ago
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Pre-Code Retro – Two Faced Woman (1942) Review, with Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas

Karin Greta Garbo Larry Melvyn Douglas Griselda Constance Bennett Released by MGM | Directed by George Cukor Two-Faced Woman: The Two Farces of Eve “You’ve made me lose my poise; for that I shall never forgive you.” Two Faced Woman is kind of a disaster. Wresting mediocrity from the jaws Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsFebruary 22, 2016 ago
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ISSUE #4 of THE PRE-CODE COMPANION now available!

The newest issue of The Pre-Code Companion is now available at Amazon. It runs 76 pages and costs $2.99, with all profits being donated to the ASPCA. This issue’s contributors are: Midnight Mary – Kim Luperi Loretta Young – Molly Bugamelli The Purchase Price – Le Magalhães George Brent – Danny Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsJanuary 31, 2016 ago
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Pre-Code Retro – 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002) Review, with Andre Braugher, Charles S. Dutton and Mario Van Peebles

A. Philip Randolph Andre Baugher Ashley Totten Mario Van Peebles Milton Webster Charles S. Dutton Released by Showtime and Paramount | Directed by Robert Townsend 10,000 Black Men Named George: Standing for Dignity “Nobody got anything in this country unless they took it. Hell, I admire the white man. He Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsJanuary 18, 2016 ago
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in January 2016 and Other Site News

Pre-Code.Com Site News for January 2016 And so that wraps up another year here at the site. It was a busy, fun year, and will only increase in craziness next year as I start school (both teaching and attending) as well as, of course, having a baby. So I hope Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsDecember 25, 2015 ago
Pre-Code Companion

Thanks for the eBook Buys!

Hey everyone! Because I’m extraordinarily bad at planning, I will be doing a few new posts this week to wrap up the year before taking a two week break. (You’d think I’d plan it so I had Christmas off, but… nah…) The first one is an update about the many Read more

By Danny, 10 yearsDecember 21, 2015 ago

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