Movie Poster of the Week: “Lady for a Day” and the Posters of 1933
Adrian CurryA look at the posters for “Hollywood’s Naughtiest, Bawdiest Year.”
Pre-Code
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Daily Briefing. "Nasty-Ass" Pre-Code, Melvin van Peebles and More
David HudsonAlso: Ruiz in Berkeley, the EU in Chicago and listening to Nina Menkes and Slavoj Žižek.
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Forgotten Pre-Codes: "One More Spring" (1935)
David CairnsThe Depression bites, as does winter, and survival until spring becomes paramount in this Fox Production.
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Forgotten Pre-Codes: "Take a Chance" (1933)
David CairnsA bunch of stuff happens: songs intrude intermittently. Part revue, part story, all strange.
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Forgotten Pre-Codes: "Afraid to Talk" (1932)
David CairnsCorruption runs rampant in a major city, until a mob hit threatens to expose it all.
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Forgotten Pre-Codes: "Sing and Like It" (1934)
David CairnsMobsters crash showbiz in this zippy, slangy pre-Code from Hollywood pro William A. Seiter.
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Forgotten Pre-Codes: "Stage Mother" (1933)
David CairnsA scheming stage mother frustrates her daughter’s romances in this pre-Code melo from savage scouser Charles Brabin.
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Forgotten Pre-Codes: "Her Man" (1930)
David CairnsBeginning a series looking at obscure pre-Code Hollywood films, made between the advent of sound and the strict enforcement of the Code.
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New York's "Essential Pre-Code" Series: Week 4
Daniel KasmanOur final guide to New York’s epic retrospective. Mae West, Safe in Hell, King Kong, Tarzan, Ernst Lubitsch, and more!
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New York's "Essential Pre-Code" Series: Week 3
Daniel KasmanPart three of our guide to New York’s retrospective on pre-Code films.
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New York's "Essential Pre-Code" Series: Week 2
Daniel KasmanPart two of our guide to New York’s retrospective on pre-Code films.
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New York's "Essential Pre-Code" Series: Week 1
Daniel KasmanPart one of our guide to New York’s retrospective on pre-Code films.