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Cine visto en 2023:
1. Shichinin no samurai (Los siete samuráis) (1954). Dir: Akira Kurosawa 
2. Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love) (2000). Dir: Wong Kar-Wai
#PreCodeApril thread for 2022. Please check the hashtag regularly - it was an absolute treasure trove last year.
This is my Pre-Code Films list on @letterboxd. If you’re looking for recommendations, the top 90 or so are in approximate order of preference. letterboxd.com/filmfan1971/li…
This is my Pre-Code Films list on @letterboxd. If you’re looking for recommendations, the top 90 or so are in approximate order of preference. letterboxd.com/filmfan1971/li…
Here’s last year’s insanely long #PreCodeApril thread.
This is my provisional #PreCodeApril @letterboxd Watchlist for 2022. Includes three favourites, the rest will all be first time watches. letterboxd.com/filmfan1971/li…
Most of the Production Code Administration files I’ve browsed have less than 60 pages. Some hit 100+. And then there’s SCARFACE (‘32) with an overwhelming 356. #PreCodeApril
No surprise, but Howard Hughes pushed the envelope with this film, & the censorship file details some of his moves, the title battle & much more. At one point, an idea was even floated to position SCARFACE as an anti-gangster/anti-gun picture to get it past censors. #PreCodeApril
Given its perilous censorship situation, a jury of MPPDA Board of Director members was called at one point to review the film. Robert Cochran declared: “We have got to make this picture propaganda enough against firearms to save it. The way it is, it is impossible.” #PreCodeApril
A short thread of #PreCode podcast episodes for #PreCodeApril. I’ve yet to find a podcast dedicated exclusively to Pre-Code movies, so if you come across one (or start one), please let me know. #PreCodePodcasts
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@KarinaLongworth’s @RememberThisPod is essential listening. Several episodes touch on #PreCode movies, so here’s a short selection. First, the episode on Kay Francis. overcast.fm/+gMpGbyqDI #PreCodeApril
@KarinaLongworth’s @RememberThisPod is essential listening. Several episodes touch on #PreCode movies, so here’s a short selection. First, the episode on Kay Francis. overcast.fm/+gMpGbyqDI #PreCodeApril
So this month's themed film viewing will be American films from 1930 -1934 as part of @FilmFan1971's #PreCodeApril initiative. Expect lots of gangsters, sex and scandal!
Born Reckless (1930, John Ford)
Part-Gangster, part-WW1 movie + a few musical numbers thrown in & all in 76 mins! A judge gives gangster Louis (Edmund Lowe) the choice of prison or war, chooses war. On his return he opens a nightclub & gets caught up in crime again. #PreCodeApril
Part-Gangster, part-WW1 movie + a few musical numbers thrown in & all in 76 mins! A judge gives gangster Louis (Edmund Lowe) the choice of prison or war, chooses war. On his return he opens a nightclub & gets caught up in crime again. #PreCodeApril
The Doorway to Hell (1930, Archie Mayo)
Louie (Lew Ayres) a ruthless gangster tries to go straight after getting married but gets sucked back in. His right-hand-man Mileaway (James Cagney) tries to help. Cagney's charisma is electric, this was his 2nd screen role. #PreCodeApril
Louie (Lew Ayres) a ruthless gangster tries to go straight after getting married but gets sucked back in. His right-hand-man Mileaway (James Cagney) tries to help. Cagney's charisma is electric, this was his 2nd screen role. #PreCodeApril
#PreCodeApril Thread.
Feels appropriate to start off with photographer A.L. “Whitey” Schafer’s wonderful Thou Shalt Not image, created in 1941 to satirise the Hays Code restrictions. More background here: ladailymirror.com/2013/11/04/mar…
Feels appropriate to start off with photographer A.L. “Whitey” Schafer’s wonderful Thou Shalt Not image, created in 1941 to satirise the Hays Code restrictions. More background here: ladailymirror.com/2013/11/04/mar…
Here’s my @letterboxd list of over 800 #PreCode films (I’m still adding to it). The top 50 are personal favourites / recommendations / Pre-Code must-sees. Also, everything from around 650 onwards is on the Pre-Code Movies YouTube channel. #PreCodeApril letterboxd.com/filmfan1971/li…
A big thank you again to @CookieNScreen and @filmstoriespod for helping me to spread the word about #PreCodeApril with this interview. filmstories.co.uk/news/old-movie…
