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Day 2 of The Pre-Code Blogathon – brought to you by Danny of Pre-Code.com and yours truly – is shaping up to be a most awesome day filled with decadent dames and flashy fellas. In other words, a veritable banquet of naughty! Be sure to visit Danny’s blog for the great posts served up read more

This is the poster from Spain’s release of the film. I kind of love it. “This is our house now – yours and mine. Think what that means, Douglas. Every morning I can come downstairs and fix the flowers. And Hilda and John will be here, too – and they’ll say ‘Yes, Mrs. Proctor’ to me, read more

I’m going to just jump right in here. My Pre-Code Crazy pick for March (March? Geez, it was just Thanksgiving!) is The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931). There’s a whole lot of pre-Codey stuff going on in this 76-minute film. Pre-marital sex. Cohabitation without benefit of clergy. Illegitimate birth. read more

For all of those pre-Code lovers who are participating in our Pre-Code Blogathon, March 31-April 3, 2015, the following are the dates of the various posts. If you need to change your date, just leave a comment below! And if you’re interested in participating but you haven’t signed up yet read more

shadowsandsatin: Hang onto your fedoras, y’all: here we go again . . . Originally posted on Speakeasy: The first Great Villain Blogathon in 2014 was such a fun and huge event that, in the tradition of the greatest movie villains, we threatened promised to return and wreak havoc again with ano read more

About 15 minutes after I started watching The Last Seduction (1994), I found myself thinking how familiar it felt – so “noir-esque,” if you will. And after just a single viewing, it became my favorite neo-noir. The film stars Linda Fiorentino, whom I’d never seen before and have read more

Every year, when the Academy Award nominations are announced, I excitedly print out the list of nominees and set about seeing as many films as I can before the night of the big event. I usually don’t think about films or performances that didn’t make the cut, or give much consideration to “Oscar read more

Lizabeth Scott: 1922-2015 It is with a heavy heart that I share that Lizabeth Scott passed on January 31, 2015, at the age of 92. Born Emma Matzo in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the future star was raised in a home fairly brimming with culture, but she was frequently rebellious and outspoken: “As a child read more

What in the actual hell?!? One of my many resolutions for 2015 was to get off my “rusty dusty” and start converting some of my many blog post ideas from concept to actuality. Here, then, is my first post in my new series, which is to watch and write about every film in the “Dark Crimes” DVD read more

I love gangster movies from the 1930s, but for reasons that are not quite clear to me, I usually don’t watch them over and over like I do with so many of my other favorites. (Hmm.) As a result, when I recently watched The Public Enemy (1931), my Pre-Code Crazy pick for this month, I felt almost read more

To be sure, Miriam Hopkins is not the star of 24 Hours. Not on paper, anyway. She’s third billed, and she’s not even in the whole movie. But for me, she IS the movie. Before I go any further down that path, though, let’s dispense with a little housekeeping:  the plot. (Spoiler alert!) The entire read more

Jean Harlow. Joan Blondell. Warren William. Dorothy Mackaill. Kay Francis. Ricardo Cortez. Madge Evans. Leila Hyams. Lyle Talbot. Anita Page. Norma Shearer. Pick a star, any star. Or any movie released between 1930 and 1934 – that absolutely awesome, totally titillating, sinfully scandalous era of read more

Jean Harlow. Joan Blondell. Warren William. Dorothy Mackaill. Kay Francis. Ricardo Cortez. Madge Evans. Leila Hyams. Lyle Talbot. Anita Page. Norma Shearer. Pick a star, any star. Or any movie released between 1930 and 1934 – that absolutely awesome, totally titillating, sinfully scandalous era of read more

Loretta Young’s birth date is January 6th, and TCM is celebrating the occasion by showing a string of films starring this talented and lovely actress, including such pre-Code gems as Big Business Girl (1931), They Call It Sin (1932), Weekend Marriage (1932), and Employees’ Entrance (1933). In fact, read more

Loretta Young’s birth date is January 6th, and TCM is celebrating the occasion by showing a string of films starring this talented and lovely actress, including such pre-Code gems as Big Business Girl (1931), They Call It Sin (1932), Weekend Marriage (1932), and Employees’ Entrance (1933). In fact, read more

Norma Shearer and Shadows and Satin wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanzaa, and a safe and prosperous New Year!! About these ads Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading... Related ~ by shadowsandsatin on December 25, 2014. Posted in Uncategorized Stuf read more

Norman Foster, man of many talents. Saluting one of my favorite pre-code actors today – Norman Foster, born on December 13, 1903. He’s not necessarily the best actor of the pre-Code era, and he’s certainly not the most remembered, but to me, he’s always a delight to watch. Foster was born Norman read more

Selecting this month’s Pre-Code Crazy pick was a tiny bit difficult – TCM’s December line-up isn’t exactly brimming with pre-Code features. But no worries –I found a good one; it’s airing on December 2nd, so start making plans now to check out Under Eighteen, starring Marian read more

Sonia Darrin. Helene Stanton. Two actresses from Hollywood’s Golden Age who didn’t have blockbuster screen careers – in fact, I’ll wager that you’d be hard-pressed to find a half-dozen classic film fans who even recognize their names. But they have several characteristics in common – both read more

Who was Signe Hasso? With her composed beauty, glacial countenance, and stately bearing, Signe Hasso was always considered less a star than a true actress. Sadly, many of today’s classic film fans don’t know her – although she appeared opposite some of Hollywood’s most romantic leading men, read more