TCM Classic Movie Alert 1/9/13

TCM ^ | 1/9/12 | Vision

[Vision]

This is your Turner Classic Movie channel alert!

Tonight...Employee's Entrance(1933), 8pm est

"An unscrupulous department store manager stops at nothing to get what he wants."

Overview & Cast

[Vision]

Trailer

[Vision]

TCM Classic Movie Alert!

Employee's Entrance(1933), - 8pm est

Pre-code

[skinkinthegrass]

thanks...

[nutmeg]

Thanks for the ping, Vision. Sounds interesting...

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I was thinking it must be pre-code, as the synopsis sounds rather racy.

[Vision]

The code didn’t start until ‘34 or ‘35.

[greene66]

Warren William could always play such amoral sleazebags with elan. He was so often regarded as a poor man’s John Barrymore, but I’ve frankly always found him much more engaging than Barrymore.

[Vision]

That is extremely insightful, with the limited amount of what I know of the two I agree. Well said.

[SevenofNine]

Last week they were jamming on alot of Loretta Young pre code films I saw Midnight Mary on DVR

[SevenofNine]

Last week they were jamming on alot of Loretta Young pre code films I saw Midnight Mary on DVR

[Vision]

Nice, must have missed that.

[nothingnew]

What does "pre-code" mean? Does it mean "before rating"?

FMCDH(BITS)

[Political Junkie Too]

You can google the movie code, but essentially, the industry voluntarily agreed to a set of moral codes in the movie to not glorify premarital sex or violence, "bad gus" had to reach an appropriate end for their actions (e.g., prison, death), etc.

See Pre-Code Hollywood and Motion Picture Production Code.

-PJ

[SevenofNine]

They were showring alot of pre code films last Wednesday going into overnight early Thursday morning hours I fill up my DVR on her pre codes films

[SevenofNine]

If you really want see Warren William as cad watch Skyscraper souls that good pre code film in 1932

He play somewhat Donald Trump character who blackmail his business partner jump off the building

[greene66]

Oh, I’ve seen “Skyscraper Souls,” albeit many years ago. In fact, I’ve probably seen just about all of Warren Williams’ films! Although there’s one Columbia “Lone Wolf” film I think I’ve missed, and need to catch up with. And there was some Paramount film he starred in, “Outcast,” which has become rather rare in recent decades (although it circulated on late-shows pretty regularly in the 60s/70s).

[nothingnew]

Thanks PJT.

FMCDH(BITS)

[SaraJohnson]

“An unscrupulous department store manager stops at nothing to get what he wants.”

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I had no idea they made a movie about LIEbertarians way back then? : )

[SevenofNine]

OHHH speaking of Lone Wolf for while I think back in November Antenna and THIS TV network was showing that back to back to back for month during the month

I caught one of the Lone wolf movie in marthron on Antenna TV

Since Antenna TV does have right of Columbia pre 1950 films you may caught on that network also THIS TV network

[greene66]

The “Lone Wolf” films with Warren William are generally pretty nice. There’s one I particularly liked, which had Frances Robinson as a rather fetching leading lady.

There was also a “Lone Wolf” tv-series in the 1950s with Louis Hayward portraying Michael Lanyard. The old Nostalgia/Goodlife network used to rerun it. It was actually pretty slick and well-produced, but somehow didn’t catch on, and only lasted a single season.