T he pre-Code era of Hollywood filmmaking ran from 1930 to 1934. During these years, Hollywood films contained increasing levels of violence, sexuality, drug use, and morally ambiguous protagonists.

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For those not familiar with Hollywood history, the term pre-code movies generally refers to films made during the first few years of talking pictures—roughly 1929-1933.

“In pre-code, there was adultery, violence, sex and nudity, a lot of aspects of film you don’t think of in 1930s Hollywood. In doing so they were able to explore some real issues,” says TCM ...

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Pre-Code films have a reputation for being salacious. That was not exactly a product of progressive ideals but a business tactic meant to draw in Depression-era audiences with sheer titillation.

For basically the first time since pre-code Hollywood and the advent of the Hays Code in 1930, films were allowed to have some moral ambiguity and weren’t underwritten with the express desire to ...

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