FILM OF THE DAY: Final teaming of #JamesCagney & #JoanBlondell was this surprisingly serious sentimental 1934 #precode he plays safecracker/stoolie on run from crook pals & she plays reformed prostitute who plans to marry nice Portuguese fisherman #VictorJory before meeting Jim

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#ComingUpOnTCM CENTRAL PARK (1932) Joan Blondell, Wallace Ford, Guy Kibbee Dir.: John G. Adolfi 5:30 AM PT Small-town kids out to make it in the big city inadvertently get mixed up with gangsters. 58m | Comedy | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty #PreCode

#ComingUpOnTCM THREE ON A MATCH (1932) Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis, Warren William Dir.: Mervyn LeRoy 2:15 PM PT A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters. 1h 4m | Drama | TV-PG #TCM #TCMParty #PreCode

#ComingUpOnTCM A FREE SOUL (1931) Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable Dir.: Clarence Brown 3:45 AM PT The daughter of a hard-drinking lawyer falls for one of his underworld clients. 1h 31m | Drama | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty #PreCode

#ComingUpOnTCM THE BEAST OF THE CITY (1932) Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford Dir.: Charles Brabin 2:15 AM PT A police chief goes ruthlessly after organized crime. 1h 26m | Crime | TV-14 #TCM #TCMParty #PreCode

FILM OF THE DAY: Usually serious & stoic #PaulMuni has a breezy role as reporter demoted to advice columnist trying to get back via big story in zippy 1934 #precode (mostly) #comedy 🎥 by #MervynLeRoy with #1930s stalwarts #GlendaFarrell #NedSparks #DouglasDumbrille #DonaldMeek

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#ComingUpOnTCM SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933) Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore Dir.: Lowell Sherman 9:15 PM PT A saloon singer fights off smugglers, an escaped con, and a Salvation Army officer. 1h 6m | Comedy | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty #PreCode

#ComingUpOnTCM LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932) Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles Dir.: Rouben Mamoulian 7:30 PM PT A Parisian tailor falls in love with a princess. 1h 2m | Musical | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty #RichardRodgers #LorenzHart #PreCode

New to me #precode #NowWatching #GirlMissing1933 with my man #GuyKibbee and one of my faves, #GlendaFarrell. #classicfilm.

Watch and Enjoy... "Get That Girl (1932)" Richard Talmadge, Shirley Grey, Fred Malatesta, Carl Stockdale, Lloyd Ingraham, Geneva Mitchell, Victor Metzetti, Billy Jones, James Guilfoyle, Lydia Knott, et al - youtu.be/5UMQXhdVAmk?si… #Action #Adventure #Crime #Thriller #PreCode

#ComingUpOnTCM TARZAN THE APE MAN (1932) Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton Dir.: W. S. Van Dyke 5:00 PM PT A British Lord raised by apes kidnaps a woman exploring Africa with her father. 1h 40m | Adventure | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty #PreCode

"If you've never seen Stanwyck in a pre-Code film, you've never seen Stanwyck.” ~ Mick LaSalle, author Ladies of Leisure 1930, The Miracle Woman 1931, Forbidden 1932, and The Bitter Tea of General Yen 1933 - all four films directed by Frank Capra. #Precode #cinema

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#JoanBlondell #BotD 🎂🎁 (Aug 30, 1906 - Dec 25, 1979) #precode actress

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More Kay is never wrong and always right! #NowWatching #301 “Mandalay” (1934) #KayFrancis #LyleTalbot #RicardoCortez #OldHollywood #TCM #PreCode #PreCodeHollywood #2025MyMovieList #KayEveryday

That dress! That wonderful, amazing dress she wears in this. IYKYK #NowWatching #300 “Jewel Robbery” (1932) #WilliamPowell #KayFrancis #HelenVinson #AlanMowbray #OldHollywood #TCM #PreCode #PreCodeHollywood #2025MyMovieList

@tcm @suesueapplegate BEST character entrance in a film! #Rain (1932) #precode #JoanCrawford