Site News for January ’17 & Holiday Wishes Another year down the tubes, everyone. I know things were a bit rough this year, especially on this end. But I finished up my Masters (yay!), now have a beautiful daughter (yay! x2!), and am getting ready to move back stateside in Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for December 2016 IT’S MYRNA LOY O’CLOCK, PEOPLE. Yes, with Myrna Loy as TCM’s star of the month, they went all out, from many (many) of her obscure early works to an entire day of her collaborations with William Powell (the 23rd). It’s a bonanza for pre-Code Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for November 2016 Good news, everyone! It looks like I’m moving to Central California in mid-February of next year. That means that I will be closer to LA (yay!) and further away from Coco’s Curry (boo!). This hopefully will mean more research opportunities for the site, but Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for October 2016 September was rough for me. Was it rough for you? Between the disappearance of Rarefilmm and a couple of other places I get my movie fix from (I was even without TCM for a few days because of issues with my VPN), it’s been Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for September 2016 Well, I hope your August was good! You may have noticed that I added a few more reviews than expected– I’m just cool like that. In some ways. September will (mostly) be dedicated to exactly whom I wished I’d been able to cover a Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for August 2016 The good news: there’s some excellent pre-Code programming on TCM for August. There are early-30s focused days dedicated to stars like Robert Montgomery, Fay Wray, Jean Harlow, Ruby Keeler, Boris Karloff, Janet Gaynor and– amazingly– Constance Cummings. The bad news: between grad school and Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for July 2016 Hey everyone! My June was completely nuts– I had friends visit, summer semester started, I went to Alaska for two weeks (with no internet), and my beloved dog, Chico, passed away. My plans for July are school and possibly faking my own death so Read more…
Pre-Code.Com Site News for June 2016 If I’d planned ahead, I would have written some reviews for the TCM’s June Star of the Month, Marie Dressler. However, I did not plan ahead. In fact, I won’t be around the last two weeks of June (yes, yet another vacation), so I Read more…
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…
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…