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Pre-Code Hollywood. In this 1931 publicity photo, Dorothy Mackaill plays a secretary-turned-prostitute in Safe in Hell, a pre-Code Warner Bros. film. Pre-Code films such as The Public Enemy (1931) were able to feature criminal, anti-hero protagonists. Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the American film industry that occurred between the ...
Pre-Code sex films explored women's issues and challenged the concept of marriage, and aggressive sexuality was the norm. The sexual subject matter of the uncensored period was found within many movie genres, most especially in dramas, crime films, exotic-adventure films, comedies and musicals.
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. [1] Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde ...
The result was the reinstitution of the Production Code, a censorship board that dominated all aspects of Hollywood filmmaking until the 1960s, when a rating-based system replaced it. This filmography is intended to broaden a contemporary audiences' knowledge and appreciation of pre-code film and explore the ways in which these works can be ...
Pre-Code Hollywood is the era in the American film industry after the introduction of sound in the early 1920s [1] and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code) censorship guidelines. Although the Code was adopted in 1930, oversight was poor and it did not become effectively enforced until July 1, 1934.
Douglas Shearer (brother) Cresswell Shearer (uncle) Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983) [2] [3] was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. [4] Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women. [5]
Gloria Frances Stuart (born Gloria Stewart; July 4, 1910 – September 26, 2010) was an American actress, visual artist, and activist.She was known for her roles in pre-code films, and garnered renewed fame late in life for her portrayal of Rose Dawson Calvert in James Cameron's epic romance Titanic (1997), one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) [a] was an American actress [3] who performed in film and television for 50 years. Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on a film career, establishing herself as a Pre-Code staple of Warner Bros. Pictures in wisecracking, sexy roles ...