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As loathe as I am to sample yet another streaming service, I took a glance at PEACOCK this morning. Run by NBCUniversal, it has a not-terrible selection of pre-1980 Universal and pre-1950 Paramount titles. Certainly not perfect, but it wipes the floor with the pathetic library titles offered on Disney Plus and HBO Max.
It looks like some titles are only available to watch if you become a Premium subscriber, but most are free to watch. The most notable are Universal Horror titles, as you might expect, but there are some curveballs like Wesley Ruggles' True Confession (1937).

Nice find.

They have a few more interesting titles that are less expected. To Each His Own which has yet to get a physical release in the US. Man of a Thousand Faces, despite being on disc from Arrow, is one I didn't expect to see, and is a great film. King Vidor's Texas Rangers and Frank Borzage's Desire are nice treats too that are less than expected.

I got all excited and then...the screen says "This Service Is Unavailable In Your Region"

So I guess it is only accessible in the USA.

Damn!

TCM and AMC ...and now this.

There are several interesting (and previously unavailable) titles listed on Peacock, particularly on the upper tier additional-cost plans. But a lot of this stuff looks like what we used to see on the "Million Dollar Movie" on WPIX out of New York 50-60 years ago. Hopefully, the prints are in better shape now than they were back then, and at least we won't have to set the alarm clock for 2 a.m. in order to watch KING KONG or MY MAN GODFREY, as was the case in those pre-VHS and pre-DVR days.

I'm not complaining, mind you, and I'm glad that lots of classic titles are being run again. But as far as I can see, the Peacock programming isn't as deep or unique as what you could view on TCM, if you can still get TCM through your local cable provider. SETH