Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in pictures in [1] and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known as the "Hays Code", in mid Although the Code was adopted in , oversight was poor, and it did not become rigorously enforced until July 1, , with the establishment of the Production Code Administration PCA. Before that date, movie content was restricted more by local laws, negotiations between the Studio Relations Committee SRC and the major studios, and popular opinion, than by strict adherence to the Hays Code, which was often ignored by Hollywood filmmakers. As a result, some films in the late s and early s depicted or implied sexual innuendo , romantic and sexual relationships between white and black people , mild profanity , illegal drug use , promiscuity , prostitution , infidelity , abortion , intense violence , and homosexuality. Nefarious characters were seen to profit from their deeds, in some cases without significant repercussions. For example, gangsters in films like The Public Enemy , Little Caesar , and Scarface were seen by many as heroic rather than evil. Along with featuring stronger female characters, films examined female subject matters that would not be revisited until decades later in US films. Robinson got their start in the era. Other stars who excelled during this period, however, like Ruth Chatterton who decamped to England and Warren William the so-called "king of Pre-Code", who died in , would wind up essentially forgotten by the general public within a generation.


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