Danny (aka Pre-Code.Com)
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Celebrating Pre-Code Hollywood 1930-34, when movies were sexy, smart, complex and a hell of a lot of fun. he/him #precode #TCMParty
In loving memory of the legendary Paul Muni, dynamic Oscar-winning golden age actor, on his 131st birthday. Acclaimed for his sheer versatility and incredible talent in films like SCARFACE, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, THE GOOD EARTH, THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, THE LAST ANGRY MAN, and more.
Yesterday I spent the afternoon with 500 Joan Crawford fans, as I introduced the restored LETTY LYNTON. Here’s what I said, with some added comments. selfstyledsiren.substack.com/p/one-hell-o...
One Hell of a Character
An afternoon with Letty Lynton and 500 Joan Crawford fans
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Dorothy Mackaill and Walter Byron for The Reckless Hour, 1931.
BTD: Ricardo Cortez. The Maltese Falcon, 1931. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Starring Cortez, Bebe Daniels, Dudley Digges, Thelma Todd, Walter Long, Una Merkel, and Dwight Frye. Swedish poster.
Swedish poster for TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932) Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Starring Kay Francis and Miriam Hopkins Poster designed by Gosta Aberg
Swedish poster for THE BLACK CAT (1934) Starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer - BOTD in 1904
It’s been one of those weeks so here’s Carole Lombard inexplicably holding a small furry animal in a publicity photo for Ladies’ Man (1931). Based on my exhaustive five minute Google image search Carole’s pint-sized friend is perhaps a baby kinkajou.
MATA HARI (1931) — 9:30 am ET — 1h 30m (TCM Birthday Tribute: Greta Garbo) Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore; directed by George Fitzmaurice Romantic biography of World War I's notorious lady spy. #TCM #TCMParty
Mata Hari (1931)
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JEWEL ROBBERY (1932) is coming to Warner Archive Blu-ray Oct 20. Is this Kay Francis and William Powell's greatest team-up, or is it ONE WAY PASSAGE (1932)? Everybody's right, because both films are now on Blu-ray in 4K restorations! #FilmSky
Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · 6d agoKay Francis and Helen Vinson #BOTD discuss the necessity of husbands, or lack thereof, in JEWEL ROBBERY (1932). #FilmSky
Remembering Fay Wray, born on this day, 1907. Pictured here in King Kong, 1933.
Just saw a narcissistic, womanizing president and his clueless advisers mired in a war based on nothing more than his ego. Also: I watched Leo McCarey's DUCK SOUP (1933) w/ the Marx Bros tonight. It’s like writers Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin had a crystal ball. #FilmSky
Ooooh, another pre-Code essential coming to blu-ray in October. Nice.
Claudette Colbert on the set of the 1932 film "The Sign of the Cross" (with Ernst Lubitsch) - BOTD
Fast and furious thrills aboard a mystery yacht in a cracking pre-code body count chiller. A daring delight with atmosphere to burn. A twisted treat. 1933. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #film #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam
42ND STREET (1933) — 6:30 am ET — 1h 25m (TCM Daytime: New York Musicals) Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent; directed by Lloyd Bacon A Broadway producer sends in the understudy when his show's star twists her ankle. #TCM #TCMParty
42nd Street (1933)
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Today's "Just Because" moment: Groucho Marx and Marlene Dietrich, probably at Paramount in 1932. Dig their two-tones.
A MODERN CINDERELLA (1932) — 9:40 am ET — 17m (TCM Extras) Ruth Etting, Adrian Rosley, Barbara Child; directed by Roy Mack In this comedic short, a poor shop girl delivers a lavish dress to a snobbish party girl and is mistaken for a rich socialite. #TCM #TCMParty
A Modern Cinderella (1932)
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85 years ago today, US Senators attacked Hollywood for making anti-Nazi movies. It didn't turn out like they'd hoped, of course. Below is an excerpt from my book on the hearings, called Hollywood Hates Hitler, that was released in 2020. chrisyogerst.substack.com/p/85-years-a...
85 Years Ago: US Senators Investigated Hollywood’s Anti-Nazi Activity
Isolationism and America Firsting Took Aim at the Movies
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Carole Lombard by Otto Dyar, c1931.
I have very few genuine practical skills but tracking down semi-hard-to-find movies is one of them and I finally got to use that skill to help a colleague!!
Jordan Hoffman@jhoffman.bsky.social · 3w agoI watched all six versions of THE INVITE for Foreign Policy Magazine. "What 6 Different Versions of This Sex Comedy Say About the Countries That Made Them" Please click this b/c it took me forever. This is a gift link. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/04/r...
1936 issue of Movie Classic magazine featuring a Charles Gates Sheldon portrait of Myrna Loy wearing her Dolly Tree designed costume for The Thin Man.
