Ah, October. Here in California, that can only mean one thing: rain! Beautiful sweet rain! Living in a desert sucks sometimes, I swear. Oh, but it also means horror movies and stuff. While pre-Code horror movies rely a great deal less on gore and strangely persistent video cameras than most Read more…
I sometimes get worried that my site is too stuffy, what with it being 99% reviews of movies that were made several decades before my readership was born. I wanted to try my hand at being a little more cordial, so I’m going to try a post with this month’s Read more…
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for me between my grad school semester wrapping up, work, my wife’s trip to China, family issues, Roger Ebert’s passing, travel, and my pervasive drinking problem, but, on top of that, I was also given a Liebster Award from Karen over at Shadows Read more…
Hey! If you visit this site and live in the city of Toronto, you’ll be probably be interested to know that the Toronto Film Society is doing a series on Pre-Code films May 10th to the 12th at the Carlton Cinema (map). The Toronto Film Society Pre-Code Festival looks like Read more…
I’m about halfway through the bottle of wine. I promised myself that when I went the solo route with blogging that I would attempt to make it more personal, and when the news broke about the death of Roger Ebert earlier today, I knew I’d either have to fulfill that Read more…
Fellow blogger and all around cool guy 4DK (of Die Danger Die Die Kill) pointed out to me this morning that the Roxie Theater in San Francisco is doing a Pre-Code marathon for the next week, including showing some real rarities and a talk by Lyle Talbot’s daughter. Why does Read more…
So, part of creating this site is for me to try and branch out from just doing movie reviews. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy movie reviews, perhaps too much so. But it’s time for me to create a site about not just Pre-Code Hollywood, but my burgeoning fascination with Read more…
Hey– in an attempt to get some fun stuff in here, I’ve dug up five cool Joan Blondell pictures for you viewing pleasure. Most of these come from the Rose Joan Blondell tumblr and various eBay auctions.