Pre Code
Innuendo, profanity, drugs, promiscuity, prostitution, infidelity, abortion, violence...What's not to like?
Until the 1934 crackdown, Hollywood depicted adults in adult-themed movies, albeit a bit blatantly.
If it's over-the-top sensationalism you want, you got your quarter's worth back then. And in color to boot!
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Blonde Crazy (1931)
This Pre-code film stars James Cagney and Joan Blondell. Source of Cagney's famous line, "That dirty, double-crossin' rat!"
Extras
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Bad Girl (1931) There's one in every town!
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Actors: James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Minna Gombell