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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 #filmsky
#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
Saturday Watch Parties
Sat. @ 4pm EST/3pm CST- #SatMat #PreCodeApril. #Horror Double Feature: “Maniac” (1934) & “White Zombie” (1932) (tinyurl.com/4fm5kmyr)
Sat. @ 11:10pm EST/10:10pm CST- #SymSat (on Mastodon🐘) #JazzAppreciationMonth Leonard Bernstein on #Jazz (tinyurl.com/y3a7nvpj)
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Mid-Week Watch Parties
Wed. @ 6pm EST/5pm CST- #MusComEnt #RexManningDay - “Empire Records” (1995). On D!sney+ & H*l* and 🆓 here (ok.ru/video/133635...)
Thurs. @ 6:30pm EST/5:30pm CST- #RetroView #PreCodeApril - “I’m No Angel” (1933) (ok.ru/video/266936...)
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#PrecodeApril > Big City Blues, 1932
Small-town Bud discovers fast living, Joan Blondell, and a murder rap in this pre-code gem.
#precode #crime #filmsky
Thanks for tuning in/I’m sorry.. Join me next week when #SatMat properly kicks off #PreCodeApril with a #PreCode #horror double feature with “Maniac” (1934) and “The White Zombie” (1932) Enjoy the rest of your Easter weekend whether you celebrate it or not, y’all 💕
It’s #lastfourwatched time
It’s the first week of #precodeapril so there’s a bunch of censor baiting crime thrillers. Edward G. Robinson and Kay Francis are the headliners actors this year.
Plus I caught a showing of the classic Chinese vampire movie.
#filmsky #Letterboxd
Film posters for Emperor Jones (1933) - 3 and a half stars, The Big Knife (1955) - 3 and a half stars, Pretty Lethal (2026) - 2 and a half stars, Shakedown (1950) - 3 and a half stars.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Letterboxd #filmsky #PreCodeApril
Emperor Jones (1933)
The Big Knife (1955)
Pretty Lethal (2026)
Shakedown (1950)
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 #TCMParty #noirsky #filmsky #femmefatale
It’s April which means it’s #precodeapril
It’s my second time doing it, and I’ve gone almost all in on crime. Particularly crime films starring Edward G. Robinson and Kay Francis.
Thanks to @filmfan1971.bsky.social for the challenge.
#filmsky #Letterboxd
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#PrecodeApril Fever💥
Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Joesphine Baker enjoying a #precode warm-up🔥
#tcmparty #filmsky
Here’s what’s in store for April on #SatMat:
April 4: #HappyEaster2026 “Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!” (2022)
April 11: #Horror #PreCodeApril Double Feature: “Maniac” (1934) & “White Zombie” (1932)
April 18: Pre- #420Day “Up in Smoke” (1978)
April 25: #PreCodeApril #comedy “The Cocoanuts” (1929)
Just a head’s up: Here’s what’s in store for April on #LaEsoterica, #MusComEnt, #RetroView, #SatMat and what I’ll be sharing at some point on #SymSat and #BaroqueSun
#PreCodeApril #Easter2026 #EarthDay #420Day #RexManningDay #NationalLibraryWeek #JazzAppreciationMonth
Some good news! I’m curating / introducing a #PreCode double bill of Scarface (1932) and Female (1933) at the Chiswick Cinema on April 8th. All shares appreciated. Tell your friends! Etc. #PreCodeApril
Wow. What a brilliant resource, esp as #PrecodeApril is just a month away!
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
#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.
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💕
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
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
#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
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
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.
