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    Yes, pre-Code movies are packed with more sin, sex, and

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    fascinating because they come from such a unique time,
    not only in Hollywood's history, but in the history of the
    world.

    These 11 Pre-Code Hollywood Movie Histories progress


    from 1930 through 1934, offering a sampling of product
    from eight different Hollywood movie studios along the way.
    They are linked by the world that they emerged from.

    The following films are covered in this collection:

    Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)


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    For the Defense (1930)
    Gentleman's Fate (1931)
    City Streets (1931)
    Hell's Highway (1932) Available in: Kindle, eBook

    Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)


    Call Her Savage (1932)
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    Employees' Entrance (1933)
    Only Yesterday (1933)
    The Sin of Nora Moran (1933) KOBO
    Jimmy the Gent (1934)

    The movies talked, the stock market crashed, the pre-Code


    era was begun. During these four-plus years of movie
    history the Great Depression deepened and films were
    allowed a frankness and cynicism that is absent for
    decades after Production Code enforcement.

    These 11 titles, by and large random, are united in


    presenting a view of a generation that rose from the ashes
    of the Great War, spent the '20s either roaring along with
    the party or finding themselves all but forgotten, before
    coping
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    Learn about pre-Code movie stars Alice White, William


    Powell, Sylvia Sidney, Monroe Owsley, and Margaret
    Sullavan within the appropriate entries, plus delve into the
    period headlines to discover what William J. Fallon, Dashiell
    Hammett, Florida's Sunbeam Prison Camp, and the Bonus
    Army have to do with any of this.

    From the Introduction:


    The entries will variously look at source material, pre-
    production notes, casting changes, basic story and plot, the
    history behind any story elements unique to their time, brief
    biographies of key film players, and other relevant aspects
    of each film. I’ll resist the temptation to give away endings
    or spoil other fun surprises that might ruin the viewing
    experience for you.

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