Despite only lasting four short years from 1930 to 1934, the pre-code era of Hollywood’s Golden Age produced films that pushed the boundaries of cinema and storytelling, even by today’s standards.

It’s only seven little letters, with a hyphen thrown in just for the heck of it, but to people in the know, the phrase “pre-Code” signifies cinematic buried treasure of the most satisfying kind.

With the arrival of the Production Code in the 1930s, a chill descended on Hollywood that lasted for decades. The Code was an attempt to protect audiences from racy topics such as adultery, drug use ...

PRE-CODE is back. For the third time in less than five years, the UCLA Film & Television Archive has come up with a series devoted to this most exciting era of American film, a time when movies were ...

Today's Hollywood actresses frequently lament the lack of juicy roles. Often, all but the biggest stars are relegated to playing appendages to men or flashing their own appendages for publicity. If ...

About 20 years ago I was in a kind of partnership with another film historian who told me that, no, there wasn’t a market for a book on pre-code movies. I can only wonder what he thinks today after ...