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Danny (aka Pre-Code.Com)

@pre-code.com
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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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Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931) — 2:00 pm ET — 1h 30m (TCM Daytime: The Sound of Silents (Silent Movie Day)) Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart; directed by Rouben Mamoulian Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within. #TCM #TCMParty
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
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Ticklish Business Podcast @ticklishbiz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ticklish Biz's spooky season schedule has dropped! The Patrons picked "haunted house" as this year's theme. We also have a great interview with Frankenstein's daughter herself, Sara Karloff! Now's a great time to subscribe to Ticklish Biz. Listen on all podcasts or subscribe to our YouTube channel!
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Miriam Hopkins, 1932.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Morning Bluesky.
B&w movie promo: a man in a suit raises his fists
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ahoy! It’s Carole Lombard, 1933. Photo by Irving Lippman.
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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BTD: George Raft. Bolero, 1934. Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Starring Raft, Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, Ray Milland, and William Frawley. Swedish poster. Art by Moje Aslund.
George Raft and Carole Lombard strike a dance pose
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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some Bela Lugosi comfort this afternoon: Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#BOTD 1901. Remembering actor George Raft. (d.1980) #FilmSky
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Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
HOLD YOUR MAN (1933) — 6:30 am ET — 1h 29m Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin; directed by Sam Wood A hard-boiled woman and a conman wear down each other's rough edges. #TCM #TCMParty
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Hold Your Man (1933)
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P.M.Bryant @pmbryant.com · 25/09/2026
Josephine Hutchinson, Glenda Farrell, Mervyn LeRoy, Joan Blondell and Anita Louise at Warner Brothers, 1935
The five stand outdoors facing camera and smiling.
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Barbara Stanwyck by the White Studio, NYC 1927.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One of my favourite Comedies of all time. SONS OF THE DESERT (1933) LAUREL AND HARDY
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David @eccherdavid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's a Marx Brother #DailyMarxBrother #Harpo Groucho wrote that Harpo simply was not very good at memorizing dialogue. It has also been said that Harpo reinvented himself as a mute clown by 1915 due to his nerves around speaking on stage; He did however sometimes speak in live performances.
Harpo Marx
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Diamanda Hagan @diamandahagan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kinda wild that John Brown has only been depicted a handful of times in cinema and almost half of them are by Raymond Massey, once as a villain and then 15years later as a hero.
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Carole Lombard "relaxing" in the drawing room of her William Haines-designed Hollywood Boulevard home, 1934.
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Matthew Dessem @matthewdessem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hollywood should go back to its original business model: inscrutable financial decisions made from the New York office, a bunch of miscreants in Los Angeles trying to avoid provoking New York into shutting down the party. (See also: New Line Cinema.)
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David Hollingsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @daveyh39.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In loving memory of the legendary Paul Muni, dynamic Oscar-winning golden age actor, on his 131st birthday. Acclaimed for his sheer versatility and incredible talent in films like SCARFACE, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, THE GOOD EARTH, THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, THE LAST ANGRY MAN, and more.
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sylvia Sidney by Edward Steichen, 1929.
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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yesterday I spent the afternoon with 500 Joan Crawford fans, as I introduced the restored LETTY LYNTON. Here’s what I said, with some added comments. selfstyledsiren.substack.com/p/one-hell-o...
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One Hell of a Character
An afternoon with Letty Lynton and 500 Joan Crawford fans
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Dorothy Mackaill and Walter Byron for The Reckless Hour, 1931.
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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BTD: Ricardo Cortez. The Maltese Falcon, 1931. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Starring Cortez, Bebe Daniels, Dudley Digges, Thelma Todd, Walter Long, Una Merkel, and Dwight Frye. Swedish poster.
Bebe Daniels leans on a bed pillow and points a pistol, in the background Ricardo Cortez emerges from behind a curtain
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Gaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swedish poster for TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932) Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Starring Kay Francis and Miriam Hopkins Poster designed by Gosta Aberg
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Gaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Swedish poster for THE BLACK CAT (1934) Starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer - BOTD in 1904
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s been one of those weeks so here’s Carole Lombard inexplicably holding a small furry animal in a publicity photo for Ladies’ Man (1931). Based on my exhaustive five minute Google image search Carole’s pint-sized friend is perhaps a baby kinkajou.
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Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
MATA HARI (1931) — 9:30 am ET — 1h 30m (TCM Birthday Tribute: Greta Garbo) Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore; directed by George Fitzmaurice Romantic biography of World War I's notorious lady spy. #TCM #TCMParty
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Mata Hari (1931)
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
JEWEL ROBBERY (1932) is coming to Warner Archive Blu-ray Oct 20. Is this Kay Francis and William Powell's greatest team-up, or is it ONE WAY PASSAGE (1932)? Everybody's right, because both films are now on Blu-ray in 4K restorations! #FilmSky
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Cinema Cult @jriddlecult.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Released on this day--16 Sept.--in 1932, Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel's THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME. #horror #filmsky #moviesky
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TCMFanatics @tcmfans.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Remembering Fay Wray, born on this day, 1907. Pictured here in King Kong, 1933.
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just saw a narcissistic, womanizing president and his clueless advisers mired in a war based on nothing more than his ego. Also: I watched Leo McCarey's DUCK SOUP (1933) w/ the Marx Bros tonight. It’s like writers Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin had a crystal ball. #FilmSky
Chico, Zeppo, Groucho and Harpo in costume for the climax of DUCK SOUP (1933)
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Danny (aka Pre-Code.Com) @pre-code.com · 15/09/2026
Ooooh, another pre-Code essential coming to blu-ray in October. Nice.
Jewel Robbery (1932)
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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Claudette Colbert on the set of the 1932 film "The Sign of the Cross" (with Ernst Lubitsch) - BOTD
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Fredric March and Claudette Colbert #BOTD in MANSLAUGHTER (1930). Similar beats to IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT—society girl is saved by the love of a good man—but here it's melodrama. Solid early Talkie w/ location sound photography, brisk pace + stars who understood naturalism from the get-go. #FilmSky
Claudette Colbert and Fredric March in Manslaughter (1930)
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Claudette Colbert #botd and Fredric March for Tonight Is Ours (1933).
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A.C. Miller @acmillerauthor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Joan Blondell with her sister, Gloria, c. 1934.
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horrorposterguy1.bsky.social @horrorposterguy1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fast and furious thrills aboard a mystery yacht in a cracking pre-code body count chiller. A daring delight with atmosphere to burn. A twisted treat. 1933. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #film #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam
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Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
42ND STREET (1933) — 6:30 am ET — 1h 25m (TCM Daytime: New York Musicals) Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent; directed by Lloyd Bacon A Broadway producer sends in the understudy when his show's star twists her ankle. #TCM #TCMParty
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42nd Street (1933)
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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today's "Just Because" moment: Groucho Marx and Marlene Dietrich, probably at Paramount in 1932. Dig their two-tones.
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Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A MODERN CINDERELLA (1932) — 9:40 am ET — 17m (TCM Extras) Ruth Etting, Adrian Rosley, Barbara Child; directed by Roy Mack In this comedic short, a poor shop girl delivers a lavish dress to a snobbish party girl and is mistaken for a rich socialite. #TCM #TCMParty
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A Modern Cinderella (1932)
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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 09/09/2026
85 years ago today, US Senators attacked Hollywood for making anti-Nazi movies. It didn't turn out like they'd hoped, of course. Below is an excerpt from my book on the hearings, called Hollywood Hates Hitler, that was released in 2020. chrisyogerst.substack.com/p/85-years-a...
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85 Years Ago: US Senators Investigated Hollywood’s Anti-Nazi Activity
Isolationism and America Firsting Took Aim at the Movies
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Carole Lombard by Otto Dyar, c1931.
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 09/09/2026
I have very few genuine practical skills but tracking down semi-hard-to-find movies is one of them and I finally got to use that skill to help a colleague!!
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
1936 issue of Movie Classic magazine featuring a Charles Gates Sheldon portrait of Myrna Loy wearing her Dolly Tree designed costume for The Thin Man.
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Gaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Fay Wray
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LithiumChaser @lithiumchaser.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Joan Crawford by George Hurrell (1932)
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Bette Davis, 1933.
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Lilyan Tashman by Otto Dyar, 1931.
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Screen Book magazine in 1937 embraces Surrealism with art by McGowan Miller. "The allegory illustrated in this phantasmagora deals with The Triumph of Silence, or Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Miss Garbo."
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Carole Lombard by Otto Dyar, 1931.
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The Tinseltown Twins @tinseltowntwins.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Joan Blondell and Dorothy MacKaill in The Office Wife (1930) 🏢
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LithiumChaser @lithiumchaser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Joan Blondell by Elmer Fryer (1932)
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