Searches , social queries for PRE CODE
Search references for PRE CODE. Phrases containing PRE CODE
See searches and references containing PRE CODE!
Search references for PRE CODE. Phrases containing PRE CODE
See searches and references containing PRE CODE!PRE CODE
American film era (1920s–1930s)
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
Pre-Code_Hollywood
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up pre-Code or precode in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pre-code may refer to: Pre-Code Hollywood (1927–1934), the American film industry between
Pre-code
Film genre popular before The Hays Code
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
Pre-Code_sex_films
U.S. film studio self-censorship rules (1930–1967)
List 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
Hays_Code
Pre-Code Hollywood is the era in the American film industry after the introduction of sound (talkies) in the early 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion
List_of_pre-Code_films
Film genre popular before The Hays Code
from the early sound era to the enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934 is denoted as Pre-Code Hollywood. The era contained violence and crime in pictures
Pre-Code_crime_films
1933 film by Alfred E. Green
Baby Face is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy drama film directed by Alfred E. Green for Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Barbara Stanwyck as Lily
Baby_Face_(film)
Broadway and Hollywood actor (1894–1948)
stardom during the early 1930s. Later earning the nickname the "King of Pre-Code", he typified the cunning, often-amoral leading men of early sound cinema
Warren_William
1931 film by James Whale
Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film directed by James Whale and produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.. It is adapted from the 1927 play Frankenstein:
Frankenstein_(1931_film)
Canadian-American actress (1902–1983)
of the Production Code in 1934. Shearer's work was seen anew, and the critical focus shifted from her noble roles to her pre-Code roles. Even for a pampered
Norma_Shearer
Early history of the American film studio
to the common man. The studio was one of the most prolific producers of Pre-Code pictures and had a lot of trouble with the censors once they started clamping
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923–1967)
Warner_Bros._Pictures_(1923–1967)
that the Code, lacking an aggressive enforcement body, was unable to redress. This era is known as Pre-Code Hollywood. An amendment to the Code, adopted
Film censorship in the United States
Film_censorship_in_the_United_States
1931 American crime film
The Maltese Falcon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett and directed by Roy Del Ruth.
The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)
The_Maltese_Falcon_(1931_film)
1933 film by Lloyd Bacon
Footlight Parade is a 1933 pre-Code American musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, with songs written by Harry Warren (music), Al Dubin (lyrics), Sammy
Footlight_Parade
Lightweight markup language used in message boards
BBCode ("Bulletin Board Code") is a lightweight markup language used to format messages in many Internet forum software. It was first introduced in 1998
BBCode
1933 film by Michael Curtiz
Private Detective 62 is a 1933 American pre-Code detective film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring William Powell as a private detective who falls
Private_Detective_62
American pre-Code romantic drama film
Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming, and starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Mary Astor. It is based
Red_Dust_(1932_film)
1932 film
American pre-Code film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Edmund Lowe. The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many pre-Code films
The Devil Is Driving (1932 film)
The_Devil_Is_Driving_(1932_film)
Fountain code class
code'. This pre-code may itself be a concatenation of multiple codes, for example in the code standardized by 3GPP a high density parity check code derived
Raptor_code
1934 film by Jack Conway, Cedric Gibbons
Tarzan and His Mate is a 1934 American pre-Code action adventure film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in his novel Tarzan
Tarzan_and_His_Mate
American film critic
May 7, 1959) is an American film critic and the author of two books on pre-Code Hollywood. Up to December 2025, he had written approximately 5,000 reviews
Mick_LaSalle
1931 film
Dance, Fools, Dance is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Lester Vail in a story
Dance,_Fools,_Dance
British-American actress (1903–1990)
British-American actress, most active during the silent-film era and into the pre-Code era of the early 1930s. Mackaill was born at 20 Newstead Street in the
Dorothy_Mackaill
1931 film directed by Clarence Brown
A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown, starring Norma Shearer, and featuring Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, James
A_Free_Soul
1933 film by Frank R. Strayer
The Vampire Bat is a 1933 American Pre-Code horror film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, and Dwight Frye
The_Vampire_Bat
1934 film
Upperworld is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Warren William as a wealthy married railroad tycoon whose friendship
Upperworld
1932 film
Doctor X is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery horror film produced jointly by First National and Warner Bros. Pictures. Based on the 1931 play Doctor X
Doctor_X_(film)
1932 pre-Code drama film
Call Her Savage (also known as Red Headed Savage), is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon. The film was based on the book
Call_Her_Savage
1933 film
International House is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce and W. C. Fields, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and released
International_House_(film)
Canadian-American actor (1900–1998)
portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in The Mummy (1932), another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures. David Joseph Manners (originally Rauff
David_Manners
Lost 1933 pre-code film
Convention City is a 1933 American pre-Code sex comedy film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Mary Astor and
Convention_City
1931 film by William A. Wellman
Night Nurse is a 1931 American pre-Code crime tragedy mystery film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, directed by William A. Wellman, and
Night_Nurse_(1931_film)
1931 film
The Phantom is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Alan James. A reporter goes in search of a deranged masked killer hiding in an insane
The_Phantom_(1931_film)
1933 film by Stephen Roberts
The Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts and starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue. It tells the
The_Story_of_Temple_Drake
1933 film by W. S. Van Dyke
Penthouse is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film starring Warner Baxter as a lawyer and Myrna Loy as a call girl who helps him with a murder case. The
Penthouse_(film)
1932 American film
Shanghai Express is a 1932 American pre-Code film about a group of train passengers held hostage by a warlord during the Chinese Civil War. It was directed
Shanghai_Express_(film)
Topics referred to by the same term
Melbourne, Australia, station code PRE Prince Edward station, Hong Kong, station code PRE Microphone preamplifier, or pre Palm Pre, a smartphone Partial-redundancy
Pre
1931 American drama film
Mata Hari is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice loosely based on the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and courtesan
Mata_Hari_(1931_film)
Voluntary code to self-regulate the content of comic books in the United States
comic-book publisher and the code authorities, EC Comics' William Gaines reprinted the story "Judgment Day", from the pre-code Weird Fantasy #18 (April 1953)
Comics_Code_Authority
1934 US pre-Code romantic drama film by Mitchell Leisen
Death Takes a Holiday is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing
Death_Takes_a_Holiday
1930 film
The Doorway to Hell is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Lew Ayres and James Cagney in his second film role. The
The_Doorway_to_Hell
1931 film
Arrowsmith is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Ford and starring Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, and Myrna Loy. It was
Arrowsmith_(film)
1932 - 1933 film series
Baby Burlesks was a series of Pre-Code short films produced by Educational Pictures in the early 1930s. The series featured three-year-old Shirley Temple
Baby_Burlesks
Signal processing technique
quantized CSI to the transmitter based on a pre-defined threshold. Dirty paper coding is a coding technique that pre-cancels known interference without power
Precoding
1931 film by William A. Wellman
The Public Enemy (Enemies of the Public in the UK) is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film
The_Public_Enemy
1932 film
Ghost Valley is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Tom Keene. It garnered a profit of $60,000. A jailed cowpoke is hired by the corrupt Judge
Ghost_Valley
1931 film by Rouben Mamoulian
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fredric March, who plays a possessed doctor
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)
Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde_(1931_film)
1940 film by Mervyn LeRoy
Bridge is a 1940 American drama film as well as the remake of the 1931 pre-Code film of the same name, adapted by S. N. Behrman, Hans Rameau and George
Waterloo_Bridge_(1940_film)
British actor (1873–1937)
World War I, he became a noted actor in theater and then subsequently in pre-code Hollywood. He is known mainly for his roles playing authority figures,[citation
Guy_Standing_(actor)
1933 film by Mervyn LeRoy
Gold Diggers of 1933 is an American pre-Code musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). The film's
Gold_Diggers_of_1933
1932 film
American Madness is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Walter Huston as a New York banker embroiled in scandal. At
American_Madness
1932 film by Ernst Lubitsch
Trouble in Paradise is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis,
Trouble in Paradise (1932 film)
Trouble_in_Paradise_(1932_film)
1931 film
Safe in Hell is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Dorothy Mackaill and Donald Cook, with featured performances
Safe_in_Hell
Film by Howard Hawks
The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard
Scarface_(1932_film)
1933 American film directed by Alexander Hall
Torch Singer is a 1933 American pre-Code Paramount Pictures film directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes and starring Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez
Torch_Singer
1931 film
The Lady Refuses is a 1931 American pre-Code melodrama film, directed by George Archainbaud, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on an original story
The_Lady_Refuses
1932 film
Merrily We Go to Hell is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner for Paramount Pictures, starring Sylvia Sidney
Merrily_We_Go_to_Hell
1931 film
Little Caesar is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It stars Edward G. Robinson
Little_Caesar_(film)
1934 film by Edgar G. Ulmer
The Black Cat is a 1934 American pre-Code horror film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. It was Universal Pictures'
The_Black_Cat_(1934_film)
1934 film directed by Ryszard Bolesławski
Men in White is a 1934 pre-Code drama film starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy, and directed by Ryszard Bolesławski. The story is loosely based on the Sidney
Men_in_White_(1934_film)
1933 film by Stephen Roberts
One Sunday Afternoon is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Roberts and starring Gary Cooper and Fay Wray. Based on
One Sunday Afternoon (1933 film)
One_Sunday_Afternoon_(1933_film)
American actress (1906–1979)
beauty pageant, she embarked on a film career, establishing herself as a Pre-Code staple of Warner Bros. Pictures in wisecracking, sexy roles, appearing
Joan_Blondell
1933 film by Michael Curtiz
Mystery of the Wax Museum is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery-horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell
Mystery_of_the_Wax_Museum
1930 film
Madam Satan or Madame Satan is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film in black and white with Multicolor sequences. It was produced and directed
Madam_Satan
1934 film noir directed by Chester Erskine
Midnight is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film, the first directed by Chester Erskine, and starring Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull and Margaret Wycherly
Midnight_(1934_film)
1931 American film
The Criminal Code is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay
The_Criminal_Code
1931 film
The Cheat is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Harvey Stephens. The film is a remake of
The_Cheat_(1931_film)
1929 film by Roy Del Ruth
The Desert Song is a 1929 American pre-Code sound (All-Talking) operetta film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda
The_Desert_Song_(1929_film)
1930 film
Ingagi is a 1930 pre-Code pseudo-documentary exploitation film directed by William S. Campbell. It purports to be a documentary about "Sir Hubert Winstead"
Ingagi
1930 film
Regiment (also known as The Lady of the Rose in the UK) is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by John Francis Dillon and filmed entirely in Technicolor
Bride_of_the_Regiment
1932 film
Blonde Venus is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall and Cary Grant. It was produced, edited and directed by
Blonde_Venus
1932 film
Tarzan the Ape Man is a 1932 pre-Code American action adventure film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and starring
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)
Tarzan_the_Ape_Man_(1932_film)
1932 film
Hell's Highway is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Rowland Brown. The film centers around brutal conditions in a prison of the Southern
Hell's_Highway_(1932_film)
1933 American film
Design for Living is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch from a screenplay by Ben Hecht, based on the 1932 play of
Design_for_Living_(film)
1932 film
The Monster Walks is a 1932 American Pre-Code black-and-white horror film directed by Frank R. Strayer. The film opens with Ruth Earlton and her fiancé
The_Monster_Walks
1933 film by A. Edward Sutherland
Murders in the Zoo is a 1933 pre-Code horror film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller. Particularly dark, even
Murders_in_the_Zoo
1931 film
The Naughty Flirt is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Edward Cline and starring Alice White, Paul Page and Myrna Loy. Attorney
The_Naughty_Flirt
1929 film
The Battle of Paris (a.k.a. The Gay Lady) is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film. The Battle of Paris is a movie set during World War 1. The film follows
The_Battle_of_Paris
1931 film
Private Lives is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sidney Franklin. The screenplay by Hanns Kräly and Richard Schayer is based on the 1930
Private_Lives_(1931_film)
1933 film by Lowell Sherman
Morning Glory is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film which tells the story of an excited would-be actress and her journey to stardom. As well as, her gains
Morning_Glory_(1933_film)
1930 film
Shadow of the Law is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring William Powell, Richard Tucker, and Regis Toomey. Mechanical
Shadow_of_the_Law_(1930_film)
1930 American comedy film
Free and Easy is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's first leading role in a talking motion picture. When small-town
Free_and_Easy_(1930_film)
1931 film
Svengali is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo. The film stars John Barrymore and Marian Marsh. It is based on the 1894 George
Svengali_(1931_film)
1932 film
The Sport Parade is a 1932 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Dudley Murphy and starring Joel McCrea, Marian Marsh, William Gargan, Robert
The_Sport_Parade
American actor (1882–1956)
actor, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1925 to 1942. A star of pre-Code Hollywood, he is best known as the tough guy lead in four Josef von Sternberg
George_Bancroft_(actor)
1933 film by William A. Seiter
Sons of the Desert is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. Directed by William A. Seiter, it was released in the United States
Sons_of_the_Desert
1933 film by Edward L. Cahn
pre-Code drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Pat O'Brien. The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many Pre-Code
Laughter_in_Hell
1931 film
A House Divided is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Walter Huston, Douglass Montgomery (billed as Kent Douglass)
A_House_Divided_(1931_film)
1929 film by Sam Taylor
Coquette is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring Mary Pickford, who won the second Academy Award for Best Actress for
Coquette_(film)
1930 film
Hog Wild is a 1930 American pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film, directed by James Parrott. Ollie is embroiled in a futile search for his missing hat, initially
Hog_Wild_(1930_film)
1929 film
Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers.
Glorifying_the_American_Girl
1932 film
Tiger Shark is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama romantic film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen and Zita Johann
Tiger_Shark_(film)
1933 film
The Barber Shop is a 1933 short American pre-Code comedy film starring W.C. Fields, directed by Arthur Ripley, and produced by Mack Sennett. It was written
The_Barber_Shop
1932 American horror film
Behind the Mask is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Jack Holt, Boris Karloff and Edward Van Sloan. A federal
Behind_the_Mask_(1932_film)
1934 film by Alfred L. Werker, Sidney Lanfield
The House of Rothschild is a 1934 American pre-Code historical drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George Arliss, Loretta Young and Boris
The_House_of_Rothschild
Topics referred to by the same term
trespassers may refer to: The Trespasser (1929 film), a 1929 American pre-Code film The Trespassers, a 1976 Australian film The Trespasser (1947 film)
Trespasser_(disambiguation)
1933 film by Benjamin Stoloff
Night of Terror is a 1933 American pre-Code horror film directed by Benjamin Stoloff, and starring Bela Lugosi, Sally Blane, Wallace Ford, and Tully Marshall
Night_of_Terror
1929 film
The Squall is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Myrna Loy, Richard Tucker, Alice Joyce,
The_Squall
1930 film by Benjamin Stoloff
Soup to Nuts is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film written by cartoonist, sculptor, author, and inventor Rube Goldberg and directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Soup_to_Nuts
1930 film
Up the River is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Luce as well as Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in their
Up_the_River
travel, tourism, insurance
PRE CODE
PRE CODE
PRE CODE
PRE CODE
PRE CODE
PRE CODE
PRE CODE
PRE CODE
PRE CODE
travel, tourism, insurance