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#PrecodeApril > Horror
Pre-code Hollywood gave us three memorable icons - and a new genre - with Dracula, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man.
#UniversalStudio #Horror
#PrecodeApril >Blondes do have more fun!
Celebrating the reigning sex symbols of the 1930s Jean Harlow & Mae West, who challenged the Hays Code, and their
working-class sisters Joan Blondell & Una Merkel, who provided plenty of laughs during the precode era.
#TCMParty #precode
“Havana Widows” (1933) is the first of 5 films centered around the “Blonde Bombshell” comedy duo of Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, who were WB’s answer to Hal Roach’s female comedy pair Zasu Pitts & Thelma Todd
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #JoanBlondell #GlendaFarrell #PreCode
“With all my heart and all my soul, I still love the man I killed!”
Genteel Femme Fatale Alert > The Letter * 1929
Jeanne Eagels literally blasted her way to a posthumous #Oscar nomination as scorned Leslie Crosbie, who kills her lover (Herbert Marshall).
#PrecodeApril
#PrecodeApril > Crime Films
Public Enemy * Scarface * Little Caesar
Hollywood’s precode era gave voice to the crime wave hitting America w/ Public Enemy, Little Caesar & Scarface. These gritty thrillers would define the gangster genre til 1972’s The Godfather.
#precode
Béla Lugosi was paid nearly $3,000 in 1932 money (nearly $67K in today money!!!) for his work in “Chandu the Magician” (1932)
#MadWed #PreCodeApril #ChanduTheMagician #BelaLugosi
#PrecodeApril Diva > Mae West
Precode before precode existed, Ms. West made her mark in a daring new Broadway play, “Diamond Lil” April 9, 1928.
#fashion #stage
#PrecodeApril >
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang * 1932
Helen: How do you live? James: I steal.
Based on a true crime story, Paul Muni received his first Oscar nod for this harrowing tale of a man brutalized by the prison system.
#TrueCrime #precode
#PrecodeApril > Big City Blues, 1932
Small-town Bud discovers fast living, Joan Blondell, and a murder rap in this pre-code gem.
Lola Lola: I knew you'd be back. They all come back for me.
The precode femme fatale became one of the most unforgettable symbols of the empowered woman. Marlene Dietrich etched her form into the era with The Blue Angel * 1930.
#PrecodeApril
#PrecodeApril Fever💥
Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Joesphine Baker enjoying a #precode warm-up🔥
And our leading man this #SatMat is English-American actor Lionel Atwill. Mostly known for his work in 5 American horror films of the 30s and 40s, his career largely came to an end due to a heinous sex crime scandal
#MysteryOfTheWaxMuseum #DoctorX #FayWray #PreCodeApril #horror
Our #SatMat leading lady this week is Canadian-American actress Fay Wray AKA The Original Scream Queen. She appeared in 120 films and later tv shows over the course of her nearly 60yr career.
#MysteryOfTheWaxMuseum #DoctorX #FayWray #PreCodeApril #horror
“The Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) can be watched for free here (https://t.co/efUcyDWf7j) or if you hate InternetArchive you can watch it here (https://t.co/wxZ6qBdMjT)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #MysteryOfTheWaxMuseum #horror
#PreCodeApril in full effect now.
#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
I hadn't really got on #PreCodeApril yet, so I'm #NowWatching Heat Lightning (1934), recommended by @FilmFan1971 in our #PreCode Loot episode last year.
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