Links to coverage of Hollywood and films made before the Production Code Administration Code (aka Pre-Code), 1929 to mid-1934, which was implemented to censor what was seen as excessive sex, violence, and vice in motion pictures.
Pre-Code HollywoodThe history of the Production Code Administration- how it came to be and impact it had on motion pictures
http://www.greencine.com/static/primers/precode.js...
Pre-Code Hollywood DVD Collection6 classic Universal films on DVD from the most decadent era in motion picture history all in one collection including: The Cheat, Merrily We Go to Hell, Hot Saturday, Torch Singer, Murder at the Vanit
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QFFBAM...
Sin In Soft Focus: Pre-Code HollywoodAuthor Mark A. Vieira's look at Hollywood before the 1934 Code captures the naughty debauchery of the films and stars of the era with some truly revealing photographs.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810944758...