Pre-code essentials : must-see cinema from Hollywood's untamed era, 1930-1934
(2025)
By:
Luperi, Kim
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
NEW POP CULTURE
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PUBLISHED
Philadelphia : Running Press, 2025
©2025
©2025
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xviii, 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9798894140551, 9798894140551, CIPO000284376
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"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