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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in September 2026
Ah, the fall! What a wonderful time of year. I’m on my third month of living in Colorado, and now I can finally transition away from having to wear shorts. I have also, for the first time in five...
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM, August 2026
Hello again everybody! I apologize for the missing months there– my move from Germany to Colorado has been tumultuous, from having to re-purchase every appliance in my house to helping my kids weather...
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TCMFF 2026: Full Schedule and Where You’ll Find Me
Well, well, well. Here we are again. For those of you unfamiliar, I was a regular attendee of the annual Turner Classic Movie Film Festival (TCMFF) held in April an May and often covered it...
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Family Movie Night Menus by Leonard and Jessie Maltin Book Review
Apologies up front — this post is possibly a little more unhinged than what you usually get around here. (Unless you’ve been around here long enough, I suppose.) When the call came out for anyone...
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in April 2026
Well, it’s a quiet month on TCM for pre-Codes, but that’s okay. At the end of the month the annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival kicks off in Los Angeles. I will be attending for the first time...
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in March 2026
If you want a little insight as to how things go behind-the-scenes here, I was putting together the schedule below and said out loud, “Oh, god, is George Brent Star of the Month?” Folks, I was right....
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM and Criterion Channel, February 2026
Wow, what a year, everyone. I’m glad we made it all through. Can’t believe 2026 is drawing to a– I’m sorry, I’m getting news in that that was only January. Well. That’s not great. Plenty of stuff...
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Along Came Youth (1930) Review, with Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Stuart Erwin,...
Along Came Youth, released December 20, 1930. Directed by Lloyd Corrigan and Norman Z. McLeod. Starring Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Frances Dee, and Stuart Erwin. Released by Paramount Pictures. Runtime...
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The Pre-Code Essentials Book Tour
Happy publication month to my newest book, Pre-Code Essentials, with Kim Luperi and coming from TCM and Running Press. As part of the book’s release, Kim and I will be doing several screenings and...
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Pre-Code Films on TCM in October 2025
It’s finally release month for my new book, pre-Code Essentials, from TCM and Running Press! (I’ll get the hawking out of the way first: buy it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, and/or...
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Pre-Codes on TCM in September 2025 PLUS Upcoming Screenings!
I was driving down the road this past week and saw leaves accumulating on the ground. “No!” I yelled. “It is AUGUST. Not yet!“ The leaves didn’t listen, and it is now September. I don’t have a leg to...
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in August 2025
Hey everyone! Happy August. Temperatures have cooled over here in Germany, and now I get to enjoy rain and mud. But there are still bright spots available. For example, my author’s copy of Pre-Code...
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in July 2025
I’m on day 5 of a lengthy European heatwave over here, so everyone out there in a nation with air conditioning built into your homes, enjoy it! I’m just going to siesta until next month. Buy my book....
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in June 2025
I was buying a copy of “Sight and Sound” in Berlin last week when I asked the clerk at the bookstore if they had the newest issue. She pointed at the date– May 2025. “This is the newest issue.” I had...
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in May 2025
May means warm weather, allergies, and, yes, once again, me shilling my upcoming Pre-Code Essentials book. We’ve finished up our final review of the manuscript, so now it is just waiting to get a copy...
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM in April 2025
Happy April, everyone! Uh, I guess to everyone who isn’t heavily invested in either the stock market or global stability. As someone who has read extensively about The Great Depression, I will let you...
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT plus Pre-Codes on TCM in March 2025
Long time readers will fondly recall the entirety of 2024 where I kept hinting that I had something big in the works. Well, it wasn’t that Young Man of Manhattan review that somehow took me for...
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Young Man of Manhattan (1930) Review, with Claudette Colbert and Norman Foster
Like Starring: Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster, Ginger Rogers, and Charlie Ruggles Directed by: Monta BellReleased by: Paramount Pictures Runtime: 81 minutesRelease date: May 17, 1930 Availability...
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Pre-Code Movies on TCM and Criterion Channel in February, 2025
It’s February, the short month, the month of love, the month of… sigh… 31 Days of Oscar on TCM. But that’s okay. We’re all okay. We are eating cookies and we are all okay. Anyway, watch some pre-Codes...
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The Lady of Scandal (1930) Review, with Ruth Chatterton
Starring: Ruth Chatterton, Basil Rathbone, and Ralph ForbesDirected by: Sidney FranklinReleased by: MGMRuntime: 76 minutesRelease date: May 24, 1930 Availability Produced by MGM, the copyright for...
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