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Book

Pre-code essentials : must-see cinema from Hollywood's untamed era, 1930-1934

Call Number

  • 791.4375 L965 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Philadelphia : Running Press, 2025.

Physical Description

xviii, 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Summary

"From Turner Classic Movies and the creators of social media's favorite pre-Code account, this is the first film-by-film guide to must-see cinema from Hollywood's most wild and wonderful slice of history, and a distinctive, modern look at the era"--

Contents

  • The divorcee
  • All quiet on the western front
  • Madam Satan
  • The public enemy
  • Night nurse
  • Safe in Hell
  • Frankenstein
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • Shanghai express
  • Freaks
  • Merrily we go to Hell
  • Red-headed woman
  • Downstairs
  • Scarface
  • Jewel robbery
  • Love me tonight
  • Grand hotel
  • The most dangerous game
  • Red dust
  • Trouble in paradise
  • Three on a match
  • I am a fugitive from a chain gang
  • Call her savage
  • The sign of the cross
  • The bitter tea of General Yen
  • Ladies they talk about
  • Employees' entrance
  • Gabriel over the White House
  • King Kong
  • The story of Temple Drake
  • So this is Africa
  • Gold diggers of 1933
  • Heroes for sale
  • Baby face
  • The Emperor Jones
  • Ann Vickers
  • I'm no angel
  • Wild boys of the road
  • Footlight parade
  • Duck soup
  • The sin of Nora Moran
  • I am Suzanne!
  • Flying down to Rio
  • Design for living
  • Queen Christina
  • Heat lightning
  • Tarzan and his mate
  • The black cat
  • Smarty
  • Murder at the vanities.

Subjects

Added Authors

Danny Reid