Despite only lasting four short years from 1930 to 1934, the pre-code era of Hollywood’s Golden Age produced films that pushed the boundaries of cinema and storytelling, even by today’s standards.
Frequent Pasatiempo contributor Mark Tiarks is a freelancer, and it’s a good thing, too. Otherwise, we’d have to bust him for sneaking out during the day to work on other projects. But his newest one ...
About 20 years ago I was in a kind of partnership with another film historian who told me that, no, there wasn’t a market for a book on pre-code movies. I can only wonder what he thinks today after ...