I know @filmfan1971.bsky.social, who runs #PreCodeApril every year, will surely have some recommendations…
thinking of getting into pre-code cinema, because I think we can all agree I don't have enough hobbies - where should I start? any recs, especially for someone who's almost entirely used to modern films?
June 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I know @filmfan1971.bsky.social, who runs #PreCodeApril every year, will surely have some recommendations…
For my #lastfourwatched we have the last film of #precodeapril a classic short adaptation of Shirley Jackson, the first ever horror film and Santo dealing with lepers in the Wild West (non porn version)
#filmsky #letterboxd
#filmsky #letterboxd
May 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For my #lastfourwatched we have the last film of #precodeapril a classic short adaptation of Shirley Jackson, the first ever horror film and Santo dealing with lepers in the Wild West (non porn version)
#filmsky #letterboxd
#filmsky #letterboxd
#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
Exploring Gloria Swanson's filmography to end my #PreCodeApril, a gothic teleplay that would be right at home in the world of Dark Shadows, it does what the title says it does, and a solid low budget, thirsty western.
Exploring Gloria Swanson's filmography to end my #PreCodeApril, a gothic teleplay that would be right at home in the world of Dark Shadows, it does what the title says it does, and a solid low budget, thirsty western.
May 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
Exploring Gloria Swanson's filmography to end my #PreCodeApril, a gothic teleplay that would be right at home in the world of Dark Shadows, it does what the title says it does, and a solid low budget, thirsty western.
Exploring Gloria Swanson's filmography to end my #PreCodeApril, a gothic teleplay that would be right at home in the world of Dark Shadows, it does what the title says it does, and a solid low budget, thirsty western.
Join #MadWed @ 8pm EST/7pm CST for some end of #PreCodeApril crime with “The Unholy 3” (1930) starring Lon Chaney SENIOR. Available for free here (ok.ru/video/345969...) See y’all then💕
April 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Join #MadWed @ 8pm EST/7pm CST for some end of #PreCodeApril crime with “The Unholy 3” (1930) starring Lon Chaney SENIOR. Available for free here (ok.ru/video/345969...) See y’all then💕
April 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
TORCH SINGER (1933) is also available on Kino Lorber Blu-ray w/ a terrific commentary by Kat Ellinger.
It's on sale right now for $14.97, which is too good a deal to pass up.
kinolorber.com/product/torc... #FilmSky #PreCodeApril #PhysicalMedia
It's on sale right now for $14.97, which is too good a deal to pass up.
kinolorber.com/product/torc... #FilmSky #PreCodeApril #PhysicalMedia
Torch Singer | Kino Lorber - Experience Cinema
When Sally Trent can no longer support her illegitimate child, she puts her daughter up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. She soon climbs to fame as a sexy nightclub singer and atte...
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April 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
TORCH SINGER (1933) is also available on Kino Lorber Blu-ray w/ a terrific commentary by Kat Ellinger.
It's on sale right now for $14.97, which is too good a deal to pass up.
kinolorber.com/product/torc... #FilmSky #PreCodeApril #PhysicalMedia
It's on sale right now for $14.97, which is too good a deal to pass up.
kinolorber.com/product/torc... #FilmSky #PreCodeApril #PhysicalMedia
Everybody please watch TORCH SINGER (1933) on Criterion Channel.
Claudette Colbert is so good as a world-weary chanteuse daylighting as a radio kids show host.
But watch for Cora Sue Collins (1927-2025) who knocks her small-but-pivotal role out of the park. What a natural.
#FilmSky #PreCodeApril
Claudette Colbert is so good as a world-weary chanteuse daylighting as a radio kids show host.
But watch for Cora Sue Collins (1927-2025) who knocks her small-but-pivotal role out of the park. What a natural.
#FilmSky #PreCodeApril
April 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Everybody please watch TORCH SINGER (1933) on Criterion Channel.
Claudette Colbert is so good as a world-weary chanteuse daylighting as a radio kids show host.
But watch for Cora Sue Collins (1927-2025) who knocks her small-but-pivotal role out of the park. What a natural.
#FilmSky #PreCodeApril
Claudette Colbert is so good as a world-weary chanteuse daylighting as a radio kids show host.
But watch for Cora Sue Collins (1927-2025) who knocks her small-but-pivotal role out of the park. What a natural.
#FilmSky #PreCodeApril
#NowWatching Only Yesterday (1933). #PreCodeApril
April 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#NowWatching Only Yesterday (1933). #PreCodeApril
#PrecodeApril > Pre-code horror * Dracula & The Mummy
When Dracula (1931) hit the screens, Universal studio was born anew & a glorious era of horror films began. The Mummy (1932) & other iconic horror characters soon followed, marking the precode period as a cultural oasis.
#horrorsky #universal
When Dracula (1931) hit the screens, Universal studio was born anew & a glorious era of horror films began. The Mummy (1932) & other iconic horror characters soon followed, marking the precode period as a cultural oasis.
#horrorsky #universal
April 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
#PrecodeApril > Pre-code horror * Dracula & The Mummy
When Dracula (1931) hit the screens, Universal studio was born anew & a glorious era of horror films began. The Mummy (1932) & other iconic horror characters soon followed, marking the precode period as a cultural oasis.
#horrorsky #universal
When Dracula (1931) hit the screens, Universal studio was born anew & a glorious era of horror films began. The Mummy (1932) & other iconic horror characters soon followed, marking the precode period as a cultural oasis.
#horrorsky #universal
#NowWatching Torch Singer (1933). #PreCodeApril
April 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#NowWatching Torch Singer (1933). #PreCodeApril
A huge thank you to Picturehouse Central for screening Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932) during #PreCodeApril, even if it was technically part of their Lynchspirations season. Watched it on the big screen last night, having not seen it since 1996.
April 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A huge thank you to Picturehouse Central for screening Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932) during #PreCodeApril, even if it was technically part of their Lynchspirations season. Watched it on the big screen last night, having not seen it since 1996.
My journey into #PreCodeApril took me into a remote gas station in the desert, where people can't seem to leave their past behind.
My ★★★½ review of Heat Lightning on Letterboxd boxd.it/9vN4X1
My ★★★½ review of Heat Lightning on Letterboxd boxd.it/9vN4X1
A ★★★½ review of Heat Lightning (1934)
Watched as part of my April 2025 Challenge. Freebie "Now, I'm not anything like that woman you knew back in Oklahoma. Whatever I was before, I'm different now. And I intend to stay different." The ter...
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April 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My journey into #PreCodeApril took me into a remote gas station in the desert, where people can't seem to leave their past behind.
My ★★★½ review of Heat Lightning on Letterboxd boxd.it/9vN4X1
My ★★★½ review of Heat Lightning on Letterboxd boxd.it/9vN4X1
Same here. #precodeapril has filled my stats with the grand stars of the thirties, plus it’s effectively doubled the number of thirties films I’ve seen.
April 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Same here. #precodeapril has filled my stats with the grand stars of the thirties, plus it’s effectively doubled the number of thirties films I’ve seen.
#NowWatching The Devil’s Brother (1933). #PreCodeApril
April 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#NowWatching The Devil’s Brother (1933). #PreCodeApril
April 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
#PrecodeApril > From the Bookshelf 🌟
Four classic books on the pre-code film period:
Sin in Soft Focus * TCM’s Pre-Code Essentials *
Pre-code Hollywood * Forbidden Hollywood
#TCMParty #cinephile #booklovers #precode
#booksky #filmsky
#femmefatale
Four classic books on the pre-code film period:
Sin in Soft Focus * TCM’s Pre-Code Essentials *
Pre-code Hollywood * Forbidden Hollywood
#TCMParty #cinephile #booklovers #precode
#booksky #filmsky
#femmefatale
April 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#PrecodeApril > From the Bookshelf 🌟
Four classic books on the pre-code film period:
Sin in Soft Focus * TCM’s Pre-Code Essentials *
Pre-code Hollywood * Forbidden Hollywood
#TCMParty #cinephile #booklovers #precode
#booksky #filmsky
#femmefatale
Four classic books on the pre-code film period:
Sin in Soft Focus * TCM’s Pre-Code Essentials *
Pre-code Hollywood * Forbidden Hollywood
#TCMParty #cinephile #booklovers #precode
#booksky #filmsky
#femmefatale
It’s #LastFourFriday
This week it’s the tail end of #precodeapril and the wonderously good Sinners.
#letterboxd #filmsky
This week it’s the tail end of #precodeapril and the wonderously good Sinners.
#letterboxd #filmsky
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s #LastFourFriday
This week it’s the tail end of #precodeapril and the wonderously good Sinners.
#letterboxd #filmsky
This week it’s the tail end of #precodeapril and the wonderously good Sinners.
#letterboxd #filmsky
I hadn't really got on #PreCodeApril yet, so I'm #NowWatching Heat Lightning (1934), recommended by @filmfan1971.bsky.social in our #PreCode Loot episode last year.
April 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I hadn't really got on #PreCodeApril yet, so I'm #NowWatching Heat Lightning (1934), recommended by @filmfan1971.bsky.social in our #PreCode Loot episode last year.
Thanks for tuning in despite BlueSky sucking. If you can drop by #SatMat for a #PreCodeApril horror double feature (info⤵️)+next week #MusComEnt celebrates #NationalLibraryWeek w/“The Breakfast Club”(1985) & #RetroView kicks off #AANHPIMonth w/“Always Be My Maybe” (2019). Enjoy the rest of your week💕
April 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Thanks for tuning in despite BlueSky sucking. If you can drop by #SatMat for a #PreCodeApril horror double feature (info⤵️)+next week #MusComEnt celebrates #NationalLibraryWeek w/“The Breakfast Club”(1985) & #RetroView kicks off #AANHPIMonth w/“Always Be My Maybe” (2019). Enjoy the rest of your week💕
First up is “Sons of the Desert” (1933) starring Stan Lauren, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, and Dorothy Christy (youtu.be/SVQHveBaBX8?...)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #PreCode #SonsOfTheDesert #LaurelAndHardy
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #PreCode #SonsOfTheDesert #LaurelAndHardy
April 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
First up is “Sons of the Desert” (1933) starring Stan Lauren, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, and Dorothy Christy (youtu.be/SVQHveBaBX8?...)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #PreCode #SonsOfTheDesert #LaurelAndHardy
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #PreCode #SonsOfTheDesert #LaurelAndHardy
⏰30 MINUTES⏰ until #RetroView closes out #PreCodeApril with hijinks (info⤵️)
April 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
⏰30 MINUTES⏰ until #RetroView closes out #PreCodeApril with hijinks (info⤵️)
The perfect event for #PreCodeApril: www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2025/women-a... Anyone else coming to this tonight?
Women and Cocaine presents As You Desire Me (1932) » The Cinema Museum, London
In this MGM production, Greta Garbo plays a mysterious amnesiac woman,who is swept into a whirlwind of passion and intrigue when a man (Melvyn Douglas) claims she’s his long-lost wife.
www.cinemamuseum.org.uk
April 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The perfect event for #PreCodeApril: www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2025/women-a... Anyone else coming to this tonight?
Thanks for tuning in! Join me tomorrow for a triple dose of #PreCodeApril hijinks from Laurel & Hardy and Zasu Pitts & Thelma Todd on #RetroView (link & info⤵️) Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday, #MusComEnt friends💕
April 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thanks for tuning in! Join me tomorrow for a triple dose of #PreCodeApril hijinks from Laurel & Hardy and Zasu Pitts & Thelma Todd on #RetroView (link & info⤵️) Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday, #MusComEnt friends💕
Claudette Colbert’s beautiful silk wedding dress in “It Happened One Night” was designed by Robert Kalloch
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #ItHappenedOneNight #ClaudetteColbert
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #ItHappenedOneNight #ClaudetteColbert
April 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Claudette Colbert’s beautiful silk wedding dress in “It Happened One Night” was designed by Robert Kalloch
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #ItHappenedOneNight #ClaudetteColbert
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #ItHappenedOneNight #ClaudetteColbert