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Pre-code Hollywood [1929 - July 1934]

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1. The Cecil B. DeMille Collection (Cleopatra/ ... (2006)

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2. Platinum Blonde (1931)

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9.5

3. She Done Him Wrong (Universal Cinema Classic...

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9.7

4. Forbidden Hollywood Collection 3 [Region 1... (2009)

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5. Born to Be Bad (2004)

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8.5

6. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Double Feature (1932/1... (2004)

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7. Little Women (1933)

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8. TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood Collection... (2006)

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9.3

9. TCM Archives - Forbidden Hollywood Collectio... (2008)

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10. Hell's House

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11. Of Human Bondage (1934)

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9.3

12. Mae West - The Glamour Collection (Go West Y... (1969)

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13. I'm No Angel [Cary Grant and Mae West]

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8.8

14. Little Caesar

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15. Anna Christie (1930)

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16. Mata Hari

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17. Grand Hotel (Snap case) (2004)

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9.2

18. Dancing Lady

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19. The Broadway Melody of 1929

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20. Flying Down to Rio

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21. Bird of Paradise

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9.5

22. Anna Christie

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23. Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)

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24. Millie

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25. The Animal Kingdom (2004)

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9.5

26. Vanity Fair [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (1937)

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27. The Royal Bed (1931)

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28. Kept Husbands

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29. Party Girl (1930)

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30. Behind Office Doors (1931)

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31. Directed By William & Love Trap [Region 1]... (1986)

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32. No Man of Her Own (2007)

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8.5

33. Hell's Angels (1930)

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34. Hallelujah (1929)

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35. Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

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36. Waterloo Bridge [Region 1] [US Import] [NT... (2009)

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8.5

37. Scarface [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (1932)

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38. Pre-code Hollywood 2: Bird of Paradise/Lady ...

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39. Pre-Code Hollywood Collection (The Cheat / M... (2009)

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40. Cleopatra 75th Anniversary Edition (Universa... (2009)

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Hollywood feature films released before July 1934

Vice vs. Virtue in Pre-Code Hollywood

A new and remarkable energy animated the American cinema between the coming of sound at the end of the 1920’s and the strict enforcement of the 1934 Production Code censoring "unwholesome" onscreen behavior. During the pre-Code era Hollywood found commercial and critical success in a series of films that radically expanded the previously acceptable thresholds for exploring sex and crime related themes. The twilight of the Jazz Age and the Great Depression encouraged directors and screenwriters to seriously
examine the moral and sociopolitical underpinnings of the changing nation through frank and, quite often, extremely graphic stories designed to titillate and shock. Encouraged by the box office, Hollywood produced startling depictions of infidelity, prostitution, drug use, crime, homosexuality and miscegenation. The injustices of corporate capitalism and the sexual experimentation of the period, particularly by women, were also newly exploited as fitting subjects for the screen.