WonderMoon Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I just love the early to mid Thirties movies. They seem much more adventurous than later years, as the sound era brought a lot of experimentation and great characters actors often with a background in theatre. Some of my favorites are the B movies from the early Thirties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbeckuaf Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I'm with you 100%!!! They do show a fair amount, but not as frequently as I'd love to see! So yeah, more of them, for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinokima Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I certainly wouldn't mind considering the 1930's is probably my favorite film decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearskies Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 One of my favorite decades too. Beyond the great stars I also like the art deco movie sets and the costumes. Myrna Loy's outfits in many of the "Thin Man" series are outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anns917 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 thats one of my favorite eras too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 *Yeah! How about Street Scene!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I love the 30's! It's my favorite decade for film, followed closely (and MUCH to my surprise) the 50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalnovelty Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Yes! Please! MORE early thirties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottman1932 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Yes, the '30s rock! (Sorry Mark, I couldn't resist!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VP19 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 We want pre-Code! (clap-clap-clap-clap-clap) We want pre-Code! (clap-clap-clap-clap-clap) We want pre-Code! (clap-clap-clap-clap-clap) etc., etc., etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellykoop Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Agree completely! In fact, I'd love to see a month focusing on pre-code films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta109 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Good topic. Don't know if this list is complete, but top stars and directors made lots of great pre-code films. Would also like to see more shown on TCM: *_Pre-code Movies_* *1929* * Alibi * Applause * The Broadway Melody * The Cocoanuts * Coquette * The Desert Song * The Godless Girl * Gold Diggers of Broadway * Glorifying the American Girl * Hallelujah! * The Last of Mrs. Cheyney * The Love Parade * Our Modern Maidens * Redskin * Rio Rita * The Trial of Mary Dugan * Sunny Side Up * Voice of the City * The Wolf Song *1930* * All Quiet on the Western Front * Animal Crackers * Anna Christie * The Big Pond * The Blue Angel * Bride of the Regiment * Cheer Up and Smile * Children of Pleasure * The Divorcee * Good News * Hell's Angels * Hold Everything * Kismet * Ladies of Leisure * The Life of the Party * Madame Satan * The Matrimonial Bed * Morocco * The Office Wife * Our Blushing Brides * Paid * Renegades * Romance * She Couldn't Say No * Song of the Flame * Song of the West * Son of the Gods * Sweet Kitty Bellairs * The Truth About Youth * Under A Texas Moon * Viennese Nights * Whoopee! *1931* * Arrowsmith * Bad Company * Blonde Crazy * Dance, Fools, Dance * Dishonored * Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde * Dracula * The Easiest Way * Private Lives * The Guardsman * Five Star Final * Frankenstein * A Free Soul * Girls About Town * Goldie * Kiki * Ladies of the Big House * Little Caesar * The Maltese Falcon * Mata Hari * Night Nurse * Platinum Blonde * Possessed * Private Lives * Iron Man * The Public Enemy * Safe in Hell * The Secret Six * The Smiling Lieutenant * Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) * Tarnished Lady * Trader Horn * Waterloo Bridge *1932* * American Madness * A Farewell to Arms * As You Desire Me * The Beast of the City * Blonde Venus * The Cabin in the Cotton * Call Her Savage * The Devil is Driving * Devil and the Deep * Doctor X * Freaks * Grand Hotel * The Greeks Had a Word for Them * Horse Feathers * Hot Saturday * I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang * Jewel Robbery * Letty Lynton * Love Me Tonight * Madame Racketeer * The Mask of Fu Manchu * The Mummy * Murders in the Rue Morgue * Night After Night * Old Morals for New[4] * One Hour with You * One Way Passage * Rain * Red Dust * Red-Headed Woman * Scarface * Shanghai Express * Shopworn * The Sign of the Cross * Skyscraper Souls * Smilin' Through * Strange Interlude * Tarzan the Ape Man * Thirteen Women * Three on a Match * Trouble in Paradise * Two Kinds of Women * The Mask of Fu Manchu * The Wet Parade *1933* * 42nd Street * Ann Vickers * Baby Face * The Barbarian * Beauty for Sale * Bed of Roses * The Bitter Tea of General Yen * Blood Money * Bombshell * The Bowery * Cavalcade * Christopher Strong * Convention City * Counsellor at Law * Dancing Lady * Design for Living * Dinner at Eight * Duck Soup * The Emperor Jones * Employees' Entrance * Ex-Lady * Female * Flying Down to Rio * Footlight Parade * Gabriel Over the White House * Going Hollywood * Gold Diggers of 1933 * Hello Sister! * Hold Your Man * Hoop-La[7] * I'm No Angel * Island of Lost Souls * King Kong * Ladies They Talk About * The Mayor of Hell * Murders in the Zoo * Mystery of the Wax Museum * My Weakness * Only Yesterday * Penthouse * Pick-Up * Rafter Romance * This Day and Age * Torch Singer * Queen Christina * Roman Scandals * Sailor's Luck * She Done Him Wrong * Should Ladies Behave * Sitting Pretty * The Song of Songs * The Story of Temple Drake * Too Much Harmony * The Warrior's Husband[ * When Ladies Meet * Wild Boys of the Road *1934* * Belle of the Nineties * The Black Cat * Black Moon[3] * The Cat and the Fiddle * Cleopatra * Dames * Fashions of 1934 * The Gay Divorcee * Hollywood Party * It Happened One Night * Manhattan Melodrama * Men in White * The Merry Widow * Murder at the Vanities * No Greater Glory * Of Human Bondage * Riptide * The Scarlet Empress * Tarzan and His Mate * The Thin Man * Twenty Million Sweethearts * Viva Villa! * Wonder Bar (from Wikipedia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbeckuaf Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Kelly I'm with you! A month focusing on pre-codes would be awesome, kind of like the months we had focusing on comedy, and westerns, etc, in the past. Some of those had 3 featured nights per week plus showing more on weekends sometimes, that would rock!! Roberta that's a GREAT list, thank you! And Scottman, yep, the early 30's rock the house! Thank goodness that TCM does air them fairly frequently, but a spotlight or more would be sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceSaliano Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 It's time to finally dig Carl Laemmle-era Universals out of the vaults. Fay Wray starred in three in 1934...MADAME SPY, THE COUNTESS OF MONTE CRISTO and CHEATING CHEATERS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I'd like to see a re-running of the documentary Complicated Women, along with the films that were shown along with it. Several Paramount pre-codes were featured, mostly from Mae West and Marlene Dietrich and also Trouble in Paradise and Design for Living. It would be great if they could pick up some others, like The Story of Temple Drake and some of the Fox films, like Hoopla, Broadway Bad, Born to be Bad, Blood Money and so on. I know TCM has played a few of these, but an entire series would be very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbeckuaf Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Tracey, COMPLICATED WOMEN will be airing Jan 24 in the wee morning at 5:15AM! It follows an airing of BABY FACE!! Taking another glance at the Jan schedule shows quite a few early 30's flix throughout! Highlights are Kay Francis' birthday, plus one of the Friday evenings they are showing pre-code gangster films, but there are lots more too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coder1953 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 George Arliss films from the early/mid 1930's are very entertaining.TCM has a few scheduled for February: "The House of Rothschild" along with "Disraeli". However Arliss starred in quite a few other films from that era: "The Green Goddess" (1930) mixes sly humor with melodrama while Arliss (as the Raja of Rukh) is planning to murder his captives; "The Man Who Played God" (1932); "The Millionaire" (1931) ... and many more. It seems these films aired more often in the past. They deserve some air time. They're enjoyable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 > {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote} > Tracey, COMPLICATED WOMEN will be airing Jan 24 in the wee morning at 5:15AM! It follows an airing of BABY FACE!! > > Taking another glance at the Jan schedule shows quite a few early 30's flix throughout! Highlights are Kay Francis' birthday, plus one of the Friday evenings they are showing pre-code gangster films, but there are lots more too! WOOT! I'll never get up that early LOL so I'll have to DVR it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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