Pre-code Hollywood collection

Six films made before the Production Code. In 1934, Hollywood was turned upside down by the enforcement of a strict "Production Code" that would change the way movies were made for the next 34 years. But during the "pre-Code" period (1929-1934), censorship barely existed and fil...

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Corporate Authors: Paramount Pictures Corporation., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968., Sidney, Sylvia, 1910-1999., Grant, Cary, 1904-1986., Scott, Randolph, 1898-1987., Colbert, Claudette., Baby Le Roy., McLaglen, Victor, 1886-1959., Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978., Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007., Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974., Crabbe, Buster, 1908-1983., Lupino, Ida, 1918-1995.
Language:English
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Summary:Six films made before the Production Code. In 1934, Hollywood was turned upside down by the enforcement of a strict "Production Code" that would change the way movies were made for the next 34 years. But during the "pre-Code" period (1929-1934), censorship barely existed and filmmakers had free rein to make the movies they wanted and the public demanded. No subject was taboo including adultery, murder or sex.
Item Description:Universal backlot series
Title from set container.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (463 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, full screen, Dolby digital 2.0 mono., digitally remastered, dual-layer, NTSC.
Audience:Not rated.
Published: Universal Cily, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]
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511 1 |a The Cheat cast: Tallulah Bankhead, Irving Pichel. 
511 1 |a Merrily we go to Hell cast: Frederic March, Sylvia Sidney. 
511 1 |a Hot Saturday cast: Nancy Carroll, Randolph Scott, Cary Grant. 
511 1 |a Torch singer cast: Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, Lydia Roberti, Baby Le Roy. 
511 1 |a Murder at the Vanities cast: Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Dorothy Stickney, Gertrude Michael. With the musical talents of Kitty Carlisle and Duke Ellington. 
511 1 |a Search for beauty cast: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Ida Lupino, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Toby Wing, Gertrude Michael, Bradley Page. 
520 |a Six films made before the Production Code. In 1934, Hollywood was turned upside down by the enforcement of a strict "Production Code" that would change the way movies were made for the next 34 years. But during the "pre-Code" period (1929-1934), censorship barely existed and filmmakers had free rein to make the movies they wanted and the public demanded. No subject was taboo including adultery, murder or sex. 
521 |a Not rated. 
505 0 0 |t The cheat /  |r Paramount Pictures ; silent film script, Hector Turnbull ; writer, Harry Hervey ; directed by George Abbott ;  |g (1931 ; 68 min.) --  |t Merrily we go to Hell /  |r Paramount Pictures ; writer, Edwin Justus Mayer ; directed by Dorothy Arzner ;  |g (1932 ; 84 min.) --  |t Hot Saturday /  |r Paramount Pictures ; writers, Josephine Lovett, Joseph Moncure March, Seton I. Miller ; directed by William A. Seiter ;  |g (1932 ; 73 min.) ;  |t Torch singer /  |r Paramount Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Lenore Coffee and Lynn Starling ; directed by Alexander Hall, George Somnes ;  |g (71 min.) --  |t Murder at the Vanities /  |r Paramount Pictures ; dialogue, Sam Hellman ; writers, Joseph Gollomb, Carey Wilson ; directed by Mitchell Leisen ;  |g (1934 ; 90 min.) --  |t Search for beauty /  |r Paramount Pictures ; story by David Boehm, Maurine Watkins ; dialogue, Sam Hellman ; writers, Claude Binyon, Frank Butler ; directed by Erle C. Kenton ;  |g (1934 ; 78 min.) 
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700 1 |a Bankhead, Tallulah,  |d 1902-1968. 
700 1 |a Sidney, Sylvia,  |d 1910-1999. 
700 1 |a Grant, Cary,  |d 1904-1986. 
700 1 |a Scott, Randolph,  |d 1898-1987. 
700 1 |a Colbert, Claudette. 
700 0 |a Baby Le Roy. 
700 1 |a McLaglen, Victor,  |d 1886-1959. 
700 1 |a Oakie, Jack,  |d 1903-1978. 
700 1 |a Carlisle, Kitty,  |d 1910-2007. 
700 1 |a Ellington, Duke,  |d 1899-1974. 
700 1 |a Crabbe, Buster,  |d 1908-1983. 
700 1 |a Lupino, Ida,  |d 1918-1995. 
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