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🎬 Why does MOROCCO (1930) still captivate after nearly 100 years?

Filmmaker & scholar Denah Johnston explores the film's enduring appeal in this excerpt from our post-screening Q&A.

Watch the full discussion + much more of our gala Morocco screening event at https://blog.archive.org/2026/06/24/top-hats-tails-and-timeless-cinema-celebrating-marlene-dietrichs-morocco/

#PreCode #PublicDomain

🎬 Why does MOROCCO (1930) still captivate after nearly 100 years?

Filmmaker & scholar Denah Johnston explores the film's enduring appeal in this excerpt from our post-screening Q&A.

Watch the full discussion + much more of our gala Morocco screening event at https://blog.archive.org/2026/06/24/top-hats-tails-and-timeless-cinema-celebrating-marlene-dietrichs-morocco/

#PreCode #PublicDomain

Visit MOROCCO from anywhere! 🌐

Even if you can't attend our in-person screening, you can watch this iconic Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper romance on the Internet Archive!

Put on your virtual top hat 🎩, get your popcorn 🍿 & enjoy this 1930 classic, newly in the public domain this year!

📽️ https://archive.org/details/morocco-1930-marlene-dietrich-gary-cooper-full-movie?start=55

#PublicDomian #PreCode #ClassicCinema

Visit MOROCCO from anywhere! 🌐

Even if you can't attend our in-person screening, you can watch this iconic Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper romance on the Internet Archive!

Put on your virtual top hat 🎩, get your popcorn 🍿 & enjoy this 1930 classic, newly in the public domain this year!

📽️ https://archive.org/details/morocco-1930-marlene-dietrich-gary-cooper-full-movie?start=55

#PublicDomian #PreCode #ClassicCinema

Posters for “Monte Carlo” (1930) from The USA and Sweden
#Comedon #MonteCarlo #PreCode

Posters for “Monte Carlo” (1930) from The USA and Sweden
#Comedon #MonteCarlo #PreCode

The music for “The Cocoanuts” stage show and film was composed by none other than Irving Berlin
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #IrvingBerlin #PreCodeApril #PreCode

The music for “The Cocoanuts” stage show and film was composed by none other than Irving Berlin
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #IrvingBerlin #PreCodeApril #PreCode

“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy

“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy

I was embarrassingly old before I realized that Groucho’s trademark eyebrows and mustache were grease paint 😶 BUT he did grow a real mustache later in life
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #GrouchoMarx #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode

I was embarrassingly old before I realized that Groucho’s trademark eyebrows and mustache were grease paint 😶 BUT he did grow a real mustache later in life
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #GrouchoMarx #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode

“The Cocoanuts” began life as one of The Marx Brothers’ stage shows which also starred their frequent collaborator Margaret Dumont. She went on to be in 6 more of their films!
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #MargaretDumont #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode

“The Cocoanuts” began life as one of The Marx Brothers’ stage shows which also starred their frequent collaborator Margaret Dumont. She went on to be in 6 more of their films!
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #MargaretDumont #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode

And now our feature presentation: “The Cocoanuts” (1929) staring Harpo, Chico, Groucho AND Zeppo Marx (https://youtu.be/9FxpREDf_l0?si=4GvI__dJtRR4hvS9)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #PreCode

And now our feature presentation: “The Cocoanuts” (1929) staring Harpo, Chico, Groucho AND Zeppo Marx (https://youtu.be/9FxpREDf_l0?si=4GvI__dJtRR4hvS9)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #PreCode

Next up is “The Stolen Jools” (1931) (https://youtu.be/Y0GSQpZu7AQ?si=IZS5wvGAuq9ea9u-) which is stuffed with some of the biggest stars of the stage & screen of the 1920s and early 1930s to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheStolenJools #PreCode

Next up is “The Stolen Jools” (1931) (https://youtu.be/Y0GSQpZu7AQ?si=IZS5wvGAuq9ea9u-) which is stuffed with some of the biggest stars of the stage & screen of the 1920s and early 1930s to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheStolenJools #PreCode

This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh

This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from #SilentFilm & #PreCode -era films it’s that folx got publically rowdy and destructive quickly and at the drop of a hat!
#RetroView #TheHotSpot

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from #SilentFilm & #PreCode -era films it’s that folx got publically rowdy and destructive quickly and at the drop of a hat!
#RetroView #TheHotSpot

<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:

Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:

Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

“Havana Widows” (1933) in summation:
#MusComEnt #HavanaWidows #PreCodeApril #PreCode

“Havana Widows” (1933) in summation:
#MusComEnt #HavanaWidows #PreCodeApril #PreCode

#PreCode films: (near) nudity for everyone… even Guy Kibbee 🥴
#MusComEnt #HavanaWidows

#PreCode films: (near) nudity for everyone… even Guy Kibbee 🥴
#MusComEnt #HavanaWidows

And the man of the hour: Frank McHugh (May 23, 1898 – Sept. 11, 1981), who was from a theatrical family. He struck out on his own in 1930 and quickly made his way into film & later TV, where he easily cornered the market on being the (often tipsy) comic relief
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

And the man of the hour: Frank McHugh (May 23, 1898 – Sept. 11, 1981), who was from a theatrical family. He struck out on his own in 1930 and quickly made his way into film & later TV, where he easily cornered the market on being the (often tipsy) comic relief
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

“Havana Widows” (1933) is the first of 5 films centered around the “Blonde Bombshell” comedy duo of Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, who were WB’s answer to Hal Roach’s female comedy pair Zasu Pitts & Thelma Todd
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #JoanBlondell #GlendaFarrell #PreCode

“Havana Widows” (1933) is the first of 5 films centered around the “Blonde Bombshell” comedy duo of Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, who were WB’s answer to Hal Roach’s female comedy pair Zasu Pitts & Thelma Todd
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #JoanBlondell #GlendaFarrell #PreCode

RE: https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/116400447546036723

⏰ONE HOUR⏰ until #MusComEnt honors one of the unsung character actors of the #PreCode era: Frank McHugh (info⤵️)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/116400447546036723

⏰ONE HOUR⏰ until #MusComEnt honors one of the unsung character actors of the #PreCode era: Frank McHugh (info⤵️)

Tune in Thursday @ 6:30pm EST/5:30pm CST when #RetroView continues our #PreCodeApril Frank McHugh salute with some #PreCode Comedy Shorts! Playlist available here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfsT1JWpxwBvHsXQRV2LZomr&si=TwWqx1_IkNU-l9nX) I’ll see y’all then💕
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Tune in Thursday @ 6:30pm EST/5:30pm CST when #RetroView continues our #PreCodeApril Frank McHugh salute with some #PreCode Comedy Shorts! Playlist available here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfsT1JWpxwBvHsXQRV2LZomr&si=TwWqx1_IkNU-l9nX) I’ll see y’all then💕
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So yeah, the cat in this film was already missing an eye when it was production. They simply placed a glass eye in the usual area and then did The Thing™️
#SatMat #Maniac #PreCodeAPril #horror #scifi #PreCode

So yeah, the cat in this film was already missing an eye when it was production. They simply placed a glass eye in the usual area and then did The Thing™️
#SatMat #Maniac #PreCodeAPril #horror #scifi #PreCode

There’s A LOT of really fucked up things in today’s #SatMat selections not limited to: simulated animal abuse, nudity, etc.. if this isn’t for you I can recommend the #PreCode Marx Bros. comedy “Monkey Business “ (1931) (https://youtu.be/E77bb799hE0?si=5Ux0m0JKPj3QmYF_)

There’s A LOT of really fucked up things in today’s #SatMat selections not limited to: simulated animal abuse, nudity, etc.. if this isn’t for you I can recommend the #PreCode Marx Bros. comedy “Monkey Business “ (1931) (https://youtu.be/E77bb799hE0?si=5Ux0m0JKPj3QmYF_)

Our first film today is the #PreCode psychological sexploitation #horror film “Maniac” AKA “Dwain Esper’s Maniac” AKA “Sex Maniac” (1934) (https://youtu.be/yfDZH0Vr5p8?si=6isMaFOILou6nZ3P)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #Maniac #scifi

Our first film today is the #PreCode psychological sexploitation #horror film “Maniac” AKA “Dwain Esper’s Maniac” AKA “Sex Maniac” (1934) (https://youtu.be/yfDZH0Vr5p8?si=6isMaFOILou6nZ3P)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #Maniac #scifi

Mae West’s iconic wiggle was the product of her being inspired by vaudeville drag performers and b/c underneath her dresses she would wear these weird double decker shoes to make herself taller than her natural 5ft height
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ImNoAngel #MaeWest #PreCode

Mae West’s iconic wiggle was the product of her being inspired by vaudeville drag performers and b/c underneath her dresses she would wear these weird double decker shoes to make herself taller than her natural 5ft height
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ImNoAngel #MaeWest #PreCode

“I’m No Angel” (1933) was written by and stars Mae West. While it was her 3rd film appearance, West was a major broadway and night club star.
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ImNoAngel #MaeWest #PreCode

“I’m No Angel” (1933) was written by and stars Mae West. While it was her 3rd film appearance, West was a major broadway and night club star.
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ImNoAngel #MaeWest #PreCode

3 things about Stephen Roberts’ THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE [1933]

1. The judge removes a bottle of whiskey from his desk and pours two drinks, one for himself and one for his future son-in-law. During Prohibition.
2. Post-rape catatonia.
3. “Be proud of her. I am!”

#3things #movies #precode #williamfaulkner #cinema

3 things about Stephen Roberts’ THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE [1933]

1. The judge removes a bottle of whiskey from his desk and pours two drinks, one for himself and one for his future son-in-law. During Prohibition.
2. Post-rape catatonia.
3. “Be proud of her. I am!”

#3things #movies #precode #williamfaulkner #cinema

Need something to do Saturday afternoon? Drop by for #SatMat @ 4pm EST/3pm CST when we honor #PreCodeApril with a #PreCode #horror double feature of “Maniac” (1934) AND “White Zombie” (1932). Playlist available here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfsrnThIE1-O2K2g42pz5Nce&si=om3ezP-C_fVQBsnc) Hope y’all can make it💕
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Need something to do Saturday afternoon? Drop by for #SatMat @ 4pm EST/3pm CST when we honor #PreCodeApril with a #PreCode #horror double feature of “Maniac” (1934) AND “White Zombie” (1932). Playlist available here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfsrnThIE1-O2K2g42pz5Nce&si=om3ezP-C_fVQBsnc) Hope y’all can make it💕
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Thanks for tuning in/I’m sorry.. Join me next week when #SatMat properly kicks off #PreCodeApril with a #PreCode #horror double feature with “Maniac” (1934) and “The White Zombie” (1932) Enjoy the rest of your Easter weekend whether you celebrate it or not, y’all 💕

Thanks for tuning in/I’m sorry.. Join me next week when #SatMat properly kicks off #PreCodeApril with a #PreCode #horror double feature with “Maniac” (1934) and “The White Zombie” (1932) Enjoy the rest of your Easter weekend whether you celebrate it or not, y’all 💕

PS- here’s all of the Pre-Code films I’ll be showing on various Watch Parties in honor of Pre-Code April
#Comedon #PreCodeApril #PreCode

PS- here’s all of the Pre-Code films I’ll be showing on various Watch Parties in honor of Pre-Code April
#Comedon #PreCodeApril #PreCode

Buster Keaton and Anita Page in “Free and Easy” (1930)
#Comedon #FreeAndEasy #PreCodeApril #PreCode #BusterKeaton #AnitaPage

Buster Keaton and Anita Page in “Free and Easy” (1930)
#Comedon #FreeAndEasy #PreCodeApril #PreCode #BusterKeaton #AnitaPage

Posters for “Free and Easy” AKA “Easy Go” AKA “On The Set” AKA “Buster in Filmland” (1930) from The USA, Sweden and France
#Comedon #FreeAndEasy #PreCodeApril #PreCode #BusterKeaton

Posters for “Free and Easy” AKA “Easy Go” AKA “On The Set” AKA “Buster in Filmland” (1930) from The USA, Sweden and France
#Comedon #FreeAndEasy #PreCodeApril #PreCode #BusterKeaton