Pre code

Between 1930-1934, a progressive era in Hollywood had a relaxed code of censorship which allowed sin to rule the movies.writes author Mark Vieira in n...

Pre-Code Hollywood is seen by many critics as one of the greatest eras in American cinema, and when it comes to costume design, I'm inclined to agree.

Norma Shearer in Riptide (1934) If Norma Shearer doesn't ring a bell like other legendary names of the silver screen might, then you too, have fallen victim to the Hays Code. Before we even knew it as “Hollywood”, the American film industry was producing a surreal amount of extraordinarily libera

Anything went for a brief period in Hollywood at the start of the sound era, when suggestions of sex, sin and sordidness were all waved through by the censors. Here are 10 films that pushed the envelope.

Oh, what a little skin can do.

Between the arrival of sound and the imposition of the Motion Picture Production Code on July 1, 1934; Hollywood was essentially free to talk about plentifu

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In the 1930s, the stars of Pre Code Hollywood dictated the body shape. The escapism that Hollywood offered drew huge audiences and many women and men were captivated by a new generation of sex idols,

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