Did you know that Pre-Code Hollywood was so proactive or did you think that the late 1920s and early 30s were a pretty conservative era for a film?
▬Contents of this video▬ 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Mae West – The First Big Hollywood Sex Symbol 04:11 - Jean Harlow – The First Blonde Bombshell 05:55 - Norma Shearer – The Fiercely Determined Star 07:16 - Barbara Stanwyck, Kay Francis, and Joan Blondell 08:59 - Outro
Pre-code era Hollywood was this brief blip in the American film industry's history between the widespread adoption of sound in motion pictures – aka talkies - in 1929 and the mandatory implementation of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship enforcement guidelines, most commonly known as the Hays Code in 1934.
This era of film is known for being not nearly as censored as the films that were produced post-July 1934. Now, these movies weren't necessarily 'anything goes’ as there were still some censorship policies in place, but during these several years it wasn’t uncommon to see themes such as sex, drugs, homosexuality, mixed-race relationships, and a whole slew of other controversial topics being presented on the motion picture screen.
Pre-Code bad girls like Mae West, Jean Harlow, Barbara Stanwyck, and Kay Francis broke all of the rules that supposedly kept society civil, safe, and untarnished. This scandalous time in film history showed off a very different side of early 20th-century society that is often overlooked. Watch this video to learn how some of the biggest actresses of that time broke all of the rules and looked fantastic doing it!
Women Who Broke All the Rules in Pre-Code Hollywood
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