Would you feel sympathy for a cold-blooded murderer? Certain types of crime seem more glamorous than others. Gangsters from the 1920s and ‘30s, particularly in Chicago, were celebrities in their own ...
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 ...
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.