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Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Joesphine Baker enjoying a #precode warm-up🔥
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Baby Face 🎬
Alfred E. Green
1933
Barbara Stanwyck & Theresa Harris 🎼
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"Baby Face was certainly one of the top 10 films that caused the Production Code to be enforced."
(🪃 Ball of Fire 1941 de Howard Hawks)
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#precode #GaryCooper in his birthday suit for your viewing pleasure on a Monday morning.
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"Lily's attitude is that life under the control of the men of Erie was so miserable that she's owed everything that's coming to her, justifying all of the empty sex, seduction, lying, and manipulating that comes with her new mission in life."
boxd.it/dKoqqZ #FilmSky #precode #BarbaraStanwyck
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A poster for The Black Hand.
120 years ago:
The Black Hand (US)
Two gang members send a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding money if he did not want his shop to be destroyed and his daughter Maria kidnapped....
1906-03-29
#ClassicFilm #Pre-code
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/167976
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BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES (1932) Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Billie Dove, Jimmy Durante
Dir.: Edmund Goulding 9:00 AM PT
Two showgirls on the road from rags to riches compete for the same man.
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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A poster for Now or Never.
105 years ago:
Now or Never (US)
A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
1921-03-27
#Film #HaroldLloyd #Pre-code
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/53518
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MAKE ME A STAR (1932) Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin, Zasu Pitts
Dir.: William Beaudine 4:30 AM PT
A grocery clerk goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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BIG BUSINESS GIRL (1931) Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez, Joan Blondell
Dir.: William A. Seiter 3:00 AM PT
A college girl uses her brain and legs to conquer the business world.
1h 15m | Romantic Comedy | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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A poster for Hoodoo Ann.
110 years ago:
Hoodoo Ann (US)
A teenage orphan (who believes herself to be "hoodooed") is taken in by a childless couple and quickly falls for the boy next door; Her luck seems to ...
1916-03-26
#Film #MildredHarris #Pre-code
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/112485
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Finishing up this Mervyn LeRoy-directed Edward G. Robinson Gangster classic tonight.
1931
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FROM HEADQUARTERS (1933) George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette
Dir.: William Dieterle 5:00 PM PT
A police lieutenant uses scientific methods to solve the murder of a decadent playboy.
1h 4m | Police Procedural | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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WHEN LADIES MEET (1933) Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy
Dirs.: Harry Beaumont, Robert Z. Leonard 2:00 PM PT
The girlfriend of a publisher, who does not know he's married, meets his wife.
1h 25m | Romantic Comedy | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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A poster for The Lonedale Operator.
115 years ago:
The Lonedale Operator (US)
A young woman takes over her sick father's role as telegraph operator at a railway station, and has to deal with a team intent on train robbery.
1911-03-23
#Film #DWGriffith #DellHenderson #Pre-code
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/130450
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A poster for Honor Among Lovers.
95 years ago:
Honor Among Lovers (US)
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who causes trouble for both of them.
1931-03-21
#ClassicMovies #ClaudetteColbert #FredricMarch #CharlesRuggles #Pre-code
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/136106
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A poster for Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.
100 years ago:
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (US)
A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also ha...
1926-03-21
#Film #JoanCrawford #TomMurray #AlecBFrancis #Pre-code
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/111602
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Some good news! I’m curating / introducing a #PreCode double bill of Scarface (1932) and Female (1933) at the Chiswick Cinema on April 8th. All shares appreciated. Tell your friends! Etc. #PreCodeApril
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The joy of Una Merkel...
#PreCode #OldHollywood
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THE GAY DIPLOMAT (1931) Genevieve Tobin, Betty Compson, Ivan Lebedeff
Dir.: Richard Boleslawski 2:30 PM PT
A Russian diplomat takes on a notorious female spy in Bucharest.
1h 7m | Romantic Drama | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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THREE WHO LOVED (1931) Betty Compson, Conrad Nagel, Robert Ames
Dir.: George Archainbaud 1:15 PM PT
A bank teller's life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
1h 4m | Drama | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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THE LADY REFUSES (1931) Betty Compson, John Darrow, Gilbert Emery
Dir.: George Archainbaud 12:00 Noon PT
A millionaire hires an out-of-work girl to lure his son from a gold digger.
1h 12m | Romantic Drama | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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INSIDE THE LINES (1930) Betty Compson, Ralph Forbes, Montagu Love
Dir.: Roy Pomeroy 10:30 AM PT
During World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to find the Allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.
1h 12m | War | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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STREET GIRL (1929) Betty Compson, John Harron, Jack Oakie, Ned Sparks, Gus Arnheim
Dir.: Wesley Ruggles 8:45 AM PT
A girl from the wrong part of town is redeemed when she manages a jazz band.
1h 31m | Musical | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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ON WITH THE SHOW! (1929) Arthur Lake, Betty Compson, Joe E. Brown
Dir.: Alan Crosland 6:45 AM PT
An inexperienced newcomer steps in for a musical comedy's ailing star.
1h 44m | Musical | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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WEARY RIVER (1929) Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, William Holden
Dir.: Frank Lloyd 5:00 AM PT
A jailed criminal's life turns around when he fronts the prison band.
1h 26m | Romantic Drama | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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BABY FACE (1933) Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Theresa Harris
Dir.: Alfred E. Green 3:30 PM PT
A beautiful schemer sleeps her way to the top of a banking empire.
1h 16m | Drama | TV-PG
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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Only a #BusbyBerkley #PreCode musical number goes so dark that it incorporates domestic violence with gunfire, a stabbing, plus illegal drinking into the song and dance.
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Songs of experience, songs of innocence. BABY FACE (1933), today at 6:30 PM followed by NATIONAL VELVET (1944) at 8:00 PM, both on #TCM. #classicmovies #precode #childrensmovie
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FEMALE (1933) Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson
Dirs.: Michael Curtiz, William Dieterle, William A. Wellman 2:15 PM PT
A CEO used to buying love meets her match in an independent young executive.
1h | Romantic Drama | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
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