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A tribute to the wild and wonderful Pre-Code Era of Hollywood filmmaking.
\\ WHAT IS PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD?
Pre-Code Hollywood refers to the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in pictures in 1929 and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known as the "Hays Code", in mid-1934. (Wikipedia)
// PRE-CODE FILMS FEATURED (100 TOTAL) \\
Of Human Bondage (1934)
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
Born to Be Bad (1934)
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Mata Hari (1931)*
Bombshell (1933)
Five and Ten (1931)
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Call Her Savage (1932)
Anna Christie (1930)
Guity Hands (1931)
Baby Face (1933)
Morocco (1933)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
A Free Soul (1931)
Midnight Mary (1933)
Big City Blues (1932)
It Happened One Night (1934)
The House on 56th Street (1933)
What Price Hollywood (1932)
Morning Glory (1933)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Man of the World (1931)
Other Men's Women (1931)
Torch Singer (1933)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
The Thin Man (1934)
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
Scarface (1932)
Search for Beauty (1934)
Shanghai Express (1932)
Imitation of Life (1934)
Mandalay (1934)
Dracula (1931)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
The Public Enemy (1931)
The Divorcee (1930)
Red Dust (1932)*
Hot Saturday (1932)
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
Thirteen Women (!932)
Possessed (1931)
Platinum Blonde (1931)
Bad Girl (1931)
No Man of Her Own (1932)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Design for Living (1933)
The Lost Patrol (1934)
Little Caesar (1931)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Female (1933)
Faithless (1932)
I'm No Angel (1933)
Wondar Bar (1934)
The Beast of the City (1932)
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Footlight Parade (1933)
42nd Street (1933)*
Dames (1934)
Mata Hari (1931)*
The Sign of the Cross (1934)
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
Tonight or Never (1931)
One Way Pasasge (1932)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
The Purhcase Price (1932)
Street Scene (1931)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Heroes for Sale (1933)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Five Star Final (1931)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
Three on a Match (1932)
Cleopatra (1934)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Cheat (1931)*
Min and Bill (1930)
Forbidden (1932)
King Kong (1933)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
The Champ (1931)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Mummy (1932)
Employees Entrance (1933)
Blonde Crazy (1931)
Night Nurse (1931)
Freaks (1932)
The Black Cat (1934)
Queen Christina (1933)
* denotes film appears in video more than once.
I'll keep this short. Before May of this year, pre-codes weren't something I was overly passionate about. I didn't hate them- I just had never really explored this pocket of film history to its fullest extent. Almost by accident (I was on a Barbara Stanwyck binge), I ended up watching several pre-codes in a short period of time and an overwhelming love was born. If you've never explored this period of film history- I highly recommend it. Go visit the sensational "pre-code.com", read up on the essential films and actors/actresses of the period and dive in head first! They're fun, salacious, daring and unforgettable. You won't regret it.