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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.
The Canary Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code crime-mystery film based on the 1927 novel of the same name by S.S. Van Dine (the pseudonym for Willard Huntington Wright). ). The film was directed by Malcolm St. Clair, with a screenplay by Wright (under the Van Dine pseudonym), Albert Shelby LeVino, and Florence Ryer
The Preview Murder Mystery (1936) Satan Met a Lady (1936) Secret Agent (1936) The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937) Night of Mystery (1937) Silver Blaze (1937) Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) Young and Innocent (1937) Arsène Lupin ...
Double Door is a 1934 American pre-Code thriller film [2] directed by Charles Vidor, written by Jack Cunningham and Gladys Lehman, and starring Evelyn Venable, Mary Morris, Anne Revere, and Kent Taylor. The film follows a young bride who finds herself tormented by her wealthy husband's abusive spinster sister in their New York City mansion. It ...
Pre-Code Double Feature (March 29, 2012) with The Crash and Registered Nurse; Dorothy Mackaill Pre-Code Double Feature (March 29, 2012) with Bright Lights and The Reckless Hour. Turner has also released MOD DVD-Rs, including: Pre-Code Double Feature (May 17, 2012) with The Song of Songs and This Is the Night.
Midnight Mystery is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by George B. Seitz, from a screenplay by Beulah Marie Dix, which was adapted from the play Hawk Island by Howard Irving Young. Betty Compson starred, leading an ensemble cast which included Hugh Trevor , Lowell Sherman , Rita La Roy , Ivan Lebedeff , Raymond Hatton , June Clyde ...
Thirteen Women is a 1932 American pre-Code psychological thriller film, produced by David O. Selznick and directed by George Archainbaud. It stars Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne and Ricardo Cortez. The film is based on the 1930 bestselling novel of the same name by Tiffany Thayer and was adapted for the screen by Bartlett Cormack and Samuel Ornitz. [2]
The Phantom of Crestwood is a 1932 American pre-Code murder-mystery film released by Radio Pictures, directed by J. Walter Ruben, and starring Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Anita Louise, H.B. Warner, and Pauline Frederick. Morley plays Jenny Wren, who plans to extort money from various wealthy ex-lovers, after she ...