Some pretty light pre-Code offerings on TCM this month, but I rushed a bit to get this up in time since there are a few fun ones on May 1st that may be worth checking out.

If you haven’t yet, I hope you’re getting your copy of Mark Vieira’s Forbidden Hollywood. (It sounds like the first printing has already sold out!) Raquel has a pretty great review of it over at her blog, Out of the Past, that’s worth reading.

I’ve been a mix between sick and miserable the last few weeks, (thanks, California superbloom), but I’m hoping things improve as all of the plants die inglorious deaths. And a happy May to all of you!

Pre-Code Movies on TCM in May

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All times listed here are Eastern Standard. This schedule is subject to change (like if someone dies or the world ends– you know how it is).
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Date & Time	Film
1st 6:00 AM	Alias French Gertie ( 1930)
	A female thief poses as a maid to bilk her high-society employers. Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Bebe Daniels , Ben Lyon , Robert E. O’Connor . BW- 68 mins,
1st 7:30 AM	Blondie Johnson (1933)
	A female crook fights her way from poverty to the top of the underworld. Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell , Chester Morris , Allen Jenkins . BW- 68 mins, CC,
1st 1:45 PM	Paid (1930)
	A young innocent plots revenge after being sent to prison unjustly. Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Joan Crawford , Robert Armstrong , Marie Prevost . BW- 86 mins, CC,
1st 4:45 PM	Midnight Mary (1933)
	An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime. Dir: William Wellman Cast: Loretta Young , Ricardo Cortez , Franchot Tone . BW- 74 mins, CC,
2nd 2:00 PM	Sinner’s Holiday (1930)
	A jealous young man frames his sister’s boyfriend. Dir: John G. Adolfi Cast: Grant Withers , Evelyn Knapp , James Cagney . BW- 60 mins, CC,
2nd 3:15 PM	The Guardsman ( 1931)
	A jealous husband dons a disguise to test his wife’s fidelity. Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Alfred Lunt , Lynn Fontanne , Roland Young . BW- 82 mins, CC,
2nd 8:30 AM	Sundown Trail ( 1931)
	A ranch foreman and an Eastern lady inherit a ranch. Dir: Robert F. Hill Cast: Tom Keene , Marion Shilling , Nick Stuart . BW- 53 mins,
7th 9:00 AM	One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
	A small-town dentist longs to avenge an old friend who stole his love, but discovers there’s no need. Dir: Stephen Roberts Cast: Gary Cooper , Fay Wray , Neil Hamilton . BW- 69 mins, CC,
7th 12:45 PM	A Farewell To Arms (1932)
	An American serving in World War I falls for a spirited nurse. Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Helen Hayes , Gary Cooper , Adolphe Menjou . BW- 89 mins, CC,
7th 8:00 PM	It Happened One Night (1934)
	A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour. Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable , Claudette Colbert , Walter Connolly . BW- 105 mins, CC,
8th 3:30 AM	Rafter Romance (1933)
	A salesgirl falls for a night worker without realizing they share the same apartment. Dir: William Seiter Cast: Ginger Rogers , Norman Foster , George Sidney . BW- 73 mins, CC,
17th 2:00 PM	Tarzan The Ape Man (1932)
	A British lord raised by apes kidnaps a beautiful noblewoman exploring Africa with her father. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Johnny Weissmuller , Neil Hamilton , C. Aubrey Smith . BW- 100 mins, CC,
17th 6:30 PM	The Bishop Misbehaves (1933)
	A church official with a taste for mysteries gets mixed up in the real thing. Dir: E. A. Dupont Cast: Edmund Gwenn , Maureen O’Sullivan , Lucile Watson . BW- 86 mins, CC,
18th 8:28 AM	Renegades of the West (1933)
	A cowboy goes undercover to catch the cattle thieves who killed his father. Dir: Casey Robinson Cast: Tom Keene , Rosco Ates , Betty Furness . BW- 55 mins,
18th 11:30 AM	Beers and Pretzels (1933)
	In this short film, Ted Healy and the his Stooges are fired by their theater and try out new jobs as waiters. Dir: Jack Cummings Cast: Edward Brophy , Moe Howard , Larry Fine . BW- 21 mins,
20th 10:45 AM	The Mad Genius (1931)
	A deranged ballet teacher will stop at nothing to keep control of his protegee. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: John Barrymore , Marian Marsh , Charles Butterworth . BW- 81 mins, CC,
21st 1:00 AM	Flying Down To Rio (1933)
	A dance-band leader finds love and success in Brazil. Dir: Thornton Freeland Cast: Dolores Del Rio , Gene Raymond , Raul Roulien . BW- 89 mins, CC,
21st 12:00 PM	The King (1930)
	In this comedic short film, a game of “musical beds” ensues when a queen attempts to trap a king in an affair. Dir: Charley Rogers Cast: Thelma Todd , Harry Langdon , Brad Michigan . BW- 20 mins, CC,
22nd 6:45 AM	Westward Passage (1932)
	An heiress gives up her fortune to wed a poor novelist, then dreams of giving their children the finer things. Dir: Robert Milton Cast: Ann Harding , Laurence Olivier , ZaSu Pitts . BW- 73 mins, CC,
24th 1:45 PM	Night Nurse (1931)
	A nurse discovers that the children she’s caring for are murder targets. Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Ben Lyon , Joan Blondell . BW- 72 mins, CC,
26th 6:00 AM	The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
	An invalid poetess defies her father’s wishes to marry a dashing young poet. Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Fredric March , Charles Laughton . BW- 110 mins, CC,
26th 10:15 PM	Jewel Robbery (1932)
	A jewel thief falls for a tycoon’s wife in Vienna. Dir: William Dieterle Cast: William Powell , Kay Francis , Helen Vinson . BW- 68 mins, CC,
31st 7:15 AM	The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
	A big game hunter decides to stalk human prey. Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Joel McCrea , Fay Wray , Robert Armstrong . BW- 63 mins, CC,
31st 8:30 AM	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
	Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fredric March , Miriam Hopkins , Rose Hobart . BW- 96 mins, CC,
31st 10:15 AM	The Vampire Bat (1933)
	Villagers suspect the town simpleton of being a vampire. Dir: Frank Strayer Cast: Lionel Atwill , Fay Wray , Melvyn Douglas . BW- 63 mins, CC,