Danny (aka Pre-Code.Com)
@pre-code.com
Celebrating Pre-Code Hollywood 1930-34, when movies were sexy, smart, complex and a hell of a lot of fun. he/him #precode #TCMParty
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Danny (aka Pre-Code.Com)
@pre-code.com
· Mar 11
PRE-CODE ESSENTIALS by myself and Kim Luperi releases October 28th! Covers 50 of the wildest and sexiest movies of 1930-34, with over 200 pictures and tons of trivia.
- Amazon - amzn.to/4hNVqQO
- Barnes & Noble - www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pre-code-e...
- Bookshop - bookshop.org/a/111647/979...
- Amazon - amzn.to/4hNVqQO
- Barnes & Noble - www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pre-code-e...
- Bookshop - bookshop.org/a/111647/979...
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It’s alive… and thriving 🧟♂️
Which Frankenstein-inspired movie is your favorite?
Which Frankenstein-inspired movie is your favorite?
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It’s alive… and thriving 🧟♂️
Which Frankenstein-inspired movie is your favorite?
Which Frankenstein-inspired movie is your favorite?
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Nice review for Criterion's 4K of HELL'S ANGELS (1930) and some kind words for my visual essay on Jean Harlow, from Glenn Erickson at Trailers From Hell. trailersfromhell.com/hells-angels...
Hell's Angels - 4K - Trailers From Hell
A 4K remaster puts a high polish on Howard Hughes’ WW1 air war epic — an enormous personal project that allowed the playboy tycoon to indulge his obsessions for women, movies and especially aviation. ...
trailersfromhell.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Nice review for Criterion's 4K of HELL'S ANGELS (1930) and some kind words for my visual essay on Jean Harlow, from Glenn Erickson at Trailers From Hell. trailersfromhell.com/hells-angels...
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Marlene Dietrich in Dishonored (1931).
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Marlene Dietrich in Dishonored (1931).
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Hoping to see ya tomorrow at 12:30pm at the Los Feliz 3! I'll be signing copies of POPCORN DISABILITIES and introducing Tod Browning's phenomenal FREAKS!! I might even tell ya what I thought of WICKED: FOR GOOD if you ask. @amcinematheque.bsky.social
www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
Kristen Lopez Presents FREAKS - American Cinematheque
www.americancinematheque.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hoping to see ya tomorrow at 12:30pm at the Los Feliz 3! I'll be signing copies of POPCORN DISABILITIES and introducing Tod Browning's phenomenal FREAKS!! I might even tell ya what I thought of WICKED: FOR GOOD if you ask. @amcinematheque.bsky.social
www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
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Minna Gombell thinks Joan Marsh may have a pre-Code plan in mind in Bachelor’s Affairs (1932).
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Minna Gombell thinks Joan Marsh may have a pre-Code plan in mind in Bachelor’s Affairs (1932).
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So much fun talking to Kim Luperi and @pre-code.com about their new book from @tcmtv.bsky.social, Pre-Code Essentials!
www.watchingclassicmovies.com/2025/11/ther...
www.watchingclassicmovies.com/2025/11/ther...
Pre-Code Essentials with Kim Luperi and Danny Reid
YouTube video by Watching Classic Movies
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November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
So much fun talking to Kim Luperi and @pre-code.com about their new book from @tcmtv.bsky.social, Pre-Code Essentials!
www.watchingclassicmovies.com/2025/11/ther...
www.watchingclassicmovies.com/2025/11/ther...
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Leila Hyams on the cover of The New Movie Magazine, August 1930
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Leila Hyams on the cover of The New Movie Magazine, August 1930
New TCMFF merch dropped! Looks grape. store.fandango.com/collections/...
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
New TCMFF merch dropped! Looks grape. store.fandango.com/collections/...
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Images from films shot by cinematographer Sal Polito - BOTD in 1892
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
42nd Street (1933)
The Mind Reader (1933)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
42nd Street (1933)
The Mind Reader (1933)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Images from films shot by cinematographer Sal Polito - BOTD in 1892
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
42nd Street (1933)
The Mind Reader (1933)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
42nd Street (1933)
The Mind Reader (1933)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
On the flight back to Germany. Thanks again to everyone who came to our events in Maryland and NYC! It was a pip!
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
On the flight back to Germany. Thanks again to everyone who came to our events in Maryland and NYC! It was a pip!
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The Homes For Our Troops Veterans Day eBay auction has launched!! 🇺🇸 🏠 🫡
www.ebay.com/HFOT
BID on amazing once-in-a-lifetime experiences, VIP experiences at NFL and NHL games, or concerts!
Set visits or lunches/zooms with your favorite celebrities!
Visit 👇
www.ebay.com/HFOT
BID on amazing once-in-a-lifetime experiences, VIP experiences at NFL and NHL games, or concerts!
Set visits or lunches/zooms with your favorite celebrities!
Visit 👇
Homes For Our Troops | eBay. Annual Charity Auction
Annual Charity Auction
www.ebay.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Homes For Our Troops Veterans Day eBay auction has launched!! 🇺🇸 🏠 🫡
www.ebay.com/HFOT
BID on amazing once-in-a-lifetime experiences, VIP experiences at NFL and NHL games, or concerts!
Set visits or lunches/zooms with your favorite celebrities!
Visit 👇
www.ebay.com/HFOT
BID on amazing once-in-a-lifetime experiences, VIP experiences at NFL and NHL games, or concerts!
Set visits or lunches/zooms with your favorite celebrities!
Visit 👇
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Louise gets her ankle checked out by Norman Foster in It Pays to Advertise (1931).
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Louise gets her ankle checked out by Norman Foster in It Pays to Advertise (1931).
Pittsburgh! Kim will be introducing RED HEADED WOMAN on Saturday! Check it out!! trustarts.org/production/1...
trustarts.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Pittsburgh! Kim will be introducing RED HEADED WOMAN on Saturday! Check it out!! trustarts.org/production/1...
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My favorite opening credits come from the 1931 Frankenstein because they're so intent on creating a mystery around the monster that they credit him with "?" as if to say "Ooooh, who could it be? We don't knooowwwww... Is it even an actor?? Oooooh"
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My favorite opening credits come from the 1931 Frankenstein because they're so intent on creating a mystery around the monster that they credit him with "?" as if to say "Ooooh, who could it be? We don't knooowwwww... Is it even an actor?? Oooooh"
Okay, New Yorkers, I need to know if somewhere on this street is Charlie McCarthy Square.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Okay, New Yorkers, I need to know if somewhere on this street is Charlie McCarthy Square.
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a year later a giant part of the US economy is built on this notion most people don't care to know how to do basic things, want to be lazy, unprepared and incapable, phoning it all in. part of my doubt about a future for mainstream AI is I reject that premise. most people really are better than that
Apple's brand marketing history, Our Users Are
-Revolutionary visionaries (80s)
-Like Picasso, Einstein "think different" (late 90s)
-Cool creatives (iMac/iPod)
-Successful, high status (iPhone to iWatch)
-Unprepared bad workers, office loser, can't read/write one line emails (Apple Intelligence/AI)
-Revolutionary visionaries (80s)
-Like Picasso, Einstein "think different" (late 90s)
-Cool creatives (iMac/iPod)
-Successful, high status (iPhone to iWatch)
-Unprepared bad workers, office loser, can't read/write one line emails (Apple Intelligence/AI)
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
a year later a giant part of the US economy is built on this notion most people don't care to know how to do basic things, want to be lazy, unprepared and incapable, phoning it all in. part of my doubt about a future for mainstream AI is I reject that premise. most people really are better than that
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Clara Bow by Otto Dyar, 1929.
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Clara Bow by Otto Dyar, 1929.
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Film critic Kristen Lopez @kristenklopez.bsky.social discusses her new book “Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies” with Tessa Swehla @thebiparadox.bsky.social.
Interview: Kristen Lopez, film critic and author of POPCORN DISABILITIES — Moviejawn
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer Kristen Lopez’s new book Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies , out November 27, acts as an introductory guide to and hi...
www.moviejawn.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Film critic Kristen Lopez @kristenklopez.bsky.social discusses her new book “Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies” with Tessa Swehla @thebiparadox.bsky.social.
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#CineHistorians Podcast co-host @raquelstecher.bsky.social discusses the history of the English language version of the title Bicycle Thieves and how for a time it went by the singular The Bicycle Thief. #filmsky
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#CineHistorians Podcast co-host @raquelstecher.bsky.social discusses the history of the English language version of the title Bicycle Thieves and how for a time it went by the singular The Bicycle Thief. #filmsky
Visited MOMA this afternoon. They have a whole exhibit on classic celebrity press photography, and I saw a lot of old friends there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Visited MOMA this afternoon. They have a whole exhibit on classic celebrity press photography, and I saw a lot of old friends there.
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Honoring and remembering all of the sacrifices made by our military veterans. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His military achievements include being the "Father of the Beach Jumpers", a unit that performed deception operations.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Honoring and remembering all of the sacrifices made by our military veterans. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His military achievements include being the "Father of the Beach Jumpers", a unit that performed deception operations.
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Tonight in Brooklyn-- NIGHT NURSE in 35mm! Kim and I will introduce and sign books afterward. Hope to see you there! -- nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...
Night Nurse – Nitehawk Cinema – Prospect Park
nitehawkcinema.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tonight in Brooklyn-- NIGHT NURSE in 35mm! Kim and I will introduce and sign books afterward. Hope to see you there! -- nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...
My second highest-rated Letterboxd review. - letterboxd.com/Mr_Sheldrake/
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My second highest-rated Letterboxd review. - letterboxd.com/Mr_Sheldrake/