The era of American film production from the early sound era to the enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934 is denoted as Pre-Code Hollywood. The era contained...

Pre-Code sex films refers to movies made in the Pre-Code Hollywood era, roughly encompassed between either the introduction of sound in the late 1920s...

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Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement...

of pre-Code films PMRC, a similar group, which sought to control musical content with the Parental Advisory sticker Pre-Code Hollywood Pre-Code crime films...

Little Caesar is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film distributed by Warner Brothers, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Douglas...

"constrained by a strong moral code" and prior to Little Caesar (1931), were essentially romance films. European films of the period explored the mystique...

1931 American pre-Code crime film based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film stars Ricardo...

has signed to direct the film, with the script from Coen brothers. Scarface is often associated with other pre-code crime films released in the early 1930s...

Drummond is a 1929 American pre-Code crime film in which Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond helps a beautiful young woman in distress. The film stars Ronald Colman as...

The Crime of the Century is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by William Beaudine and featuring a star-studded cast including Jean Hersholt...

Behind the Mask is a 1932 American pre-Code crime/horror film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Jack Holt, Boris Karloff and Edward Van Sloan...

The Crime of Helen Stanley is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey and Gail Patrick...

Brothers is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Walter Lang. A print of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. Bert Lytell...

Above the Clouds is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Robert Armstrong, Richard Cromwell and Dorothy Wilson...

Outside the Law is a 1920 American pre-Code crime film produced, directed and co-written by Tod Browning and starring Priscilla Dean, Lon Chaney and Wheeler...

Source Code is a 2011 U.S. science fiction action thriller film directed by Duncan Jones and written by Ben Ripley. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Captain...

a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Lew Ayres and James Cagney in his second film role. The film was based on the...

Court is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and written by Bayard Veiller and Lenore Coffee. The film stars Phillips Holmes,...

The Criminal Code is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay...

The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard, written by Akiva Goldsman, and based on Dan Brown's 2003 novel of the same name...

in several film archives. The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film by Paramount) Pre-Code crime films "Progressive Silent Film List: Underworld"...

Case is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by S. S. Van Dine and Bartlett Cormack. The film stars William Powell,...

Quick Millions is a 1931 pre-Code crime film directed by Rowland Brown and starring Spencer Tracy, Marguerite Churchill, Sally Eilers, and featuring George...

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states formed film censorship boards that exercised prior restraint on film exhibition, which both pre-dated and outlasted the Hays Code: Massachusetts...

Born Reckless is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by John Ford and staged by Andrew Bennison from a screenplay written by Dudley Nichols based...

The Guilty Generation is a 1931 American pre-code crime film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Leo Carrillo, Constance Cummings and Robert Young...

Mafia films—a version of gangster films—are a subgenre of crime films dealing with organized crime, often specifically with Mafia organizations. Especially...

1929 American pre-Code crime film, directed by Lewis Milestone, and based on the 1928 play Tin Pan Alley by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. The film is known for...