KnowraPre-Code HollywoodLinked fromLinked fromThe 19 pages that link to Pre-Code Hollywood, each with the reason it gives.All 19Related 6Narrower topic 11Compared with 2Hays CodeCompared with: Its films show what studio productions could depict before strict enforcement.Motion Picture Production CodeCompared with: Films from this period reveal what studios could depict before enforcement tightened.Screwball comedyRelated: Early screwball films inherited a frankness about sex and marriage from this period.Ernst LubitschNarrower topic: His early sound comedies used the period’s latitude for frank sexual suggestion and social satire.Mervyn LeRoyNarrower topic: LeRoy’s early Warner films used the period’s latitude for crime, sexuality, and social criticism.Grand HotelRelated: Its 1932 release belongs to a period of Hollywood filmmaking before stricter code enforcement.Mae WestNarrower topic: West's early films used the greater latitude for sexual humor available before enforcement tightened.Dinner at EightNarrower topic: The film belongs to this period of Hollywood filmmaking and its looser content restrictions.Edward G. RobinsonRelated: Little Caesar presented criminal ambition with a bluntness associated with this period.It Happened One NightNarrower topic: The film was made as Hollywood’s Production Code enforcement was tightening.Claudette ColbertNarrower topic: Colbert’s early sound-film roles emerged during this period of greater screen latitude.Norma ShearerNarrower topic: Shearer’s bold roles in this era tested what Hollywood films could depict.Jean HarlowNarrower topic: Harlow's early roles flourished in films that portrayed sexuality more openly than later Hollywood productions.Ben HechtNarrower topic: Scarface’s violence and moral ambiguity belong to the era’s less restrictive screen culture.Softcore pornographyRelated: Its suggestive films helped establish screen conventions later restricted by the Code.Kay FrancisRelated: Many of Francis’s early Warner films belong to this period of franker screen subjects.SchlitzieRelated: Freaks appeared during this period of less restrictive studio filmmaking.George RaftNarrower topic: Raft’s early crime films emerged when Hollywood could depict violence and criminal ambition more openly.Lewis MilestoneNarrower topic: The Front Page belongs to a period when Hollywood films could address adult subjects more freely.
KnowraPre-Code HollywoodLinked fromLinked fromThe 19 pages that link to Pre-Code Hollywood, each with the reason it gives.All 19Related 6Narrower topic 11Compared with 2Hays CodeCompared with: Its films show what studio productions could depict before strict enforcement.Motion Picture Production CodeCompared with: Films from this period reveal what studios could depict before enforcement tightened.Screwball comedyRelated: Early screwball films inherited a frankness about sex and marriage from this period.Ernst LubitschNarrower topic: His early sound comedies used the period’s latitude for frank sexual suggestion and social satire.Mervyn LeRoyNarrower topic: LeRoy’s early Warner films used the period’s latitude for crime, sexuality, and social criticism.Grand HotelRelated: Its 1932 release belongs to a period of Hollywood filmmaking before stricter code enforcement.Mae WestNarrower topic: West's early films used the greater latitude for sexual humor available before enforcement tightened.Dinner at EightNarrower topic: The film belongs to this period of Hollywood filmmaking and its looser content restrictions.Edward G. RobinsonRelated: Little Caesar presented criminal ambition with a bluntness associated with this period.It Happened One NightNarrower topic: The film was made as Hollywood’s Production Code enforcement was tightening.Claudette ColbertNarrower topic: Colbert’s early sound-film roles emerged during this period of greater screen latitude.Norma ShearerNarrower topic: Shearer’s bold roles in this era tested what Hollywood films could depict.Jean HarlowNarrower topic: Harlow's early roles flourished in films that portrayed sexuality more openly than later Hollywood productions.Ben HechtNarrower topic: Scarface’s violence and moral ambiguity belong to the era’s less restrictive screen culture.Softcore pornographyRelated: Its suggestive films helped establish screen conventions later restricted by the Code.Kay FrancisRelated: Many of Francis’s early Warner films belong to this period of franker screen subjects.SchlitzieRelated: Freaks appeared during this period of less restrictive studio filmmaking.George RaftNarrower topic: Raft’s early crime films emerged when Hollywood could depict violence and criminal ambition more openly.Lewis MilestoneNarrower topic: The Front Page belongs to a period when Hollywood films could address adult subjects more freely.