Despite only lasting four short years from 1930 to 1934, the pre-code era of Hollywood’s Golden Age produced films that pushed the boundaries of cinema and storytelling, even by today’s standards.

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Parents, lock up your children. Wives, keep a wary eye on your husbands. “Baby Face” is coming to town. More specifically, the uncensored version of the profane Holy Grail of pre-Code Hollywood cinema ...

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) 64 Starring Valerie Spencer John Landis Jonathan Kuntz Writer Steven C. Smith ...

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"The Mask of Fu Manchu" screens as part of the Breaking the Commandments: Pre-Code Hollywood film series at Digital Gym Cinema. It stars Boris Karloff as the evil Asian title character and that raises ...