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.

A progressive era in Hollywood film-making in the early 1930's and a lax code of censorship allowed sin to rule the movies. Violence, actresses with dresses open (and no panties), two men kissing, ...

Back in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Hollywood operated with a different set of rules. Before the Hays Code cracked down on content in the middle of 1934, films were brushed with hot topics such as ...