Thank you to everyone who came out to see DESIGN FOR LIVING at the Roxie last night. It was a great print and a great crowd— and my 10yo loved the film too!
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
Remembering the unsung and incredibly underrated Ann Dvorak on her 115th birthday, spellbinding in SCARFACE, THREE ON A MATCH, MIDNIGHT ALIBI, G MEN, WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE, MERRILY WE LIVE, OUT OF THE BLUE, THE WALLS OF JERICHO, and many more. She was #BOTD on 8/2/1911.
Which raises the question, what was Myrna Loy's most brat role? My mind goes to her gold-digging nightclub dancer in THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUTH (1930).
Noobsbt@noobsbt.bsky.social · 3d agoMyrna Loy and Charli XCX share the same birthday. Coincidence, I think not.
Fredi Washington wearing an Anti-Lynching Armband. She was a Civil Rights Activist and co-founded the Negro Actors Guild of America (NAG), with Noble Sissle, W. C. Handy, Paul Robeson, and Ethel Waters.
Myrna Loy in Rouben Mamoulian’s LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932). Loy was particularly fond of this movie, the one in which she realized she could be funny (according to her autobiography).
Happy birthday to actress Myrna Loy, born on this day in 1905. A great comic actress. I particularly enjoy her great chemistry with William Powell in "The Thin Man" series of movies.
Cinemas first zombie feature and screen debut of voodoo. A living dead landmark led by superbly satanic Lugosi. Dark and diabolically creepy. 1932. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam #horror #film
My pre-Code series at the Roxie will have special guests this Monday! Please come out and get their book and welcome them!! MIRIAM HOPKINS Y'ALL 🎟️ 🍿 📽️ ✨
Danny (aka Pre-Code.Com)@pre-code.com · last wk.HEADS UP! Next Monday, August 3rd, the Roxie in San Francisco is showing DESIGN FOR LIVING, and Kim and I will be introducing and signing books! It'll be fun! #precode #TCMFF roxie.com/film/design-...
Browsing Michelin Star restaurants in San Francisco, desperately trying to find one with a kids menu offering chicken tenders. No luck so far.
Reupping the news that I had a new book drop this week, BUT HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK: ROMANCE EDITION.
New on the site! It's SUMMER UNDER THE STARS on TCM and there's some pre-Code pleasures to be found. -- pre-code.com/pre-code-mov...
Pre-Code Movies on TCM, August 2026
Hello again everybody! I apologize for the missing months there– my move from Germany to Colorado has been tumultuous, from having to re-purchase every appliance in my house to helping my kid…
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New on the site! It's SUMMER UNDER THE STARS on TCM and there's some pre-Code pleasures to be found. -- pre-code.com/pre-code-mov...
Pre-Code Movies on TCM, August 2026
Hello again everybody! I apologize for the missing months there– my move from Germany to Colorado has been tumultuous, from having to re-purchase every appliance in my house to helping my kid…
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SMART MONEY (1931) — 11:30 am ET — 1h 30m (TCM Daytime: Pre-Code Crime) Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp; directed by Alfred E. Green A barber's good luck turns him into a big-time gambling boss. #TCM #TCMParty
Smart Money (1931)
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Since The Public Enemy is on TCM this morning, it reminded me of one of my favorite book/film comparisons I've written about. (The book definitely wins for being the most difficult to find book I've tracked down for one of these posts.) hollywoodrevue.wordpress.com/2023/09/10/b...
Book vs. Movie: The Public Enemy (1931)
Shortly after Little Caesar made a star out of Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney had his own star-making turn in another gangster classic: The Public Enemy. There’s much to say about The Publi…
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Henry Wilcoxon and Claudette Colbert on the set of Cleopatra (1934)
Sass Mouth Dames Film Club returns! I’m introducing a sultry pre-Code and a sparkling screwball comedy: www.eventbrite.ie/e/sass-mouth...
William Powell and Kay Francis in ONE WAY PASSAGE (Tay Garnett, 1932)
The folks at @salon.com published an excerpt from BUT HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK: ROMANCE EDITION. My chapter on THE ENGLISH PATIENT is one of my favorites. www.salon.com/2026/07/28/t...
The colonial reckoning "The English Patient" adaptation couldn't capture
"But Have You Read the Book?" revisits the adaptation of Ondaatje's novel, which favored romance over history.
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Fall in love with your favorite stars all over again as we kick off our annual #SummerUnderTheStars celebration! From seductive romance to heated dramas, we're warming up every night this August as we introduce 5 newcomers and several TCM Premieres. Learn more on our website.
"It was beauty that killed the beast." King Kong, 1933, Fay Wray and Bruce Cabot, up next.
Remembering William Powell, charming sophisticate, #botd aurorasginjoint.com/2014/03/04/r...
Remembering William Powell, charming sophisticate
He had it all – impeccable comedic timing, an authoritative, urbane voice, looks that made ’em swoon with a manner unique to classic Hollywood, a lasting screen presence, and undeniable…
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