#PreCode
And that's as close as you could get to rape in a precode film
#TCMParty #TheSinOfNoraMoran
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
JOEL McCREA
Photograph by Ernest Bachrach. 1932.
#botd #PreCode #westerns #classicfilms
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931) James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods
Dir.: William A. Wellman 1:00 PM PT

An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.

1h 14m | Crime | TV-PG

#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is the tops imo.
Dreamy, just dreamy!

If you want to see him in a fun precode, check him out in Love Is A Racket (1932) with Lee Tracy and Ann Dvorak. Directed William Wellman.
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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42ND STREET (1933) Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent
Dir.: Lloyd Bacon 9:45 AM PT

A director puts on a musical to earn the money he desperately needs -- then his star breaks her ankle.

1h 25m | Musical | TV-G

#TCM #TCMParty #BradfordRopes #PreCode
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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SECRETS OF THE FRENCH POLICE (1932) Gwili Andre, Gregory Ratoff, Frank Morgan
Dir.: A. Edward Sutherland 4:30 AM PT

Strange crimes committed by a hypnotized woman are solved by a French detective.

58m | Crime | TV-PG

#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan
Dir.: James Whale 10:00 AM PT

A scientist's experiments with invisibility turn him into a madman.

1h 11m | Monsters | TV-PG

#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode #HGWells
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Kay Johnson in MADAM SATAN (1930), beautifully whacky comedy/musical with spectacular costumes by Adrian.
#PreCode
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Of all the classic-era Universal Horrors, THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) appears to kill off the highest body count:
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Deep Focus on THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)
As we traverse into our latest Universal monster film, James Whale’s THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933), we feel a sense of familiarity with another examination into madness. But this tale goes deeper and mo…
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October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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FREAKS (1932) Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova
Dir.: Tod Browning 8:45 AM PT

A trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her little person husband.

1h 30m | Horror | TV-PG

#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Marie Antoinette vs. Boston Blackie! 🤗🍸🎬

#PreCode
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
There's pre-code and there's pre-code af. Night Nurse is the latter. Mad ruleage! Stanwyck and Blondell crush all comers. Just the best. #TCMParty #PreCode #NightNurse
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NIGHT NURSE (1931) Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable
Dir.: William A. Wellman 7:45 PM PT

A nurse discovers that the children she's caring for are murder targets.

1h 12m | Drama | TV-G

#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode #MilkBaths
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Aline MacMahon’s better than any man, mechanic or not
#TCMParty #PreCode #HeatLightning #AlineMacMahon #FilmNoir
October 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Here for “Heat Lightning”
#TCMParty #PreCode #HeatLightning #FilmNoir
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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THE DIVORCEE (1930) Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Chester Morris
Dir.: Robert Z. Leonard 9:15 PM PT

The double standard destroys a couple's marriage.

1h 20m | Drama | TV-G

#TCM #TCMParty #PreCode
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Just noticed that HEROES FOR SALE (1933) is on TCM at 4:15 am. Another #PreCode with Richard Barthelmess and Loretta Young, plus Aline McMahon. Shattering and depressing and not entirely fiction. Definitely catch it or DVR it. #TCMParty
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM