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 Pre-Code Books

1.  Pre-Code Hollywood:  Sex, Immorality, Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934.   Thomas Doherty 1999 Columbia University Press
2.  Complicated Women:  Sex Power in Pre-Code Hollywood.  Mick LaSalle2000 Thomas Dunne Books
3.  Sin in Soft Focus:  Pre-Code Hollywood.  Mark A. Viera 1999 Abrams
4.  Dangerous Men:  Pre-Code Hollywood & the Birth of the Modern Man.  Mick LaSalle 2002 Thomas Dunne Books
5.  Dame in the Kimono:  Hollywood Censorship & the Production Code.  Leonard J. Leff & Jerold L. Simmons 2001 University of Kentucky Press
6.  The Wages of Sin:  Censorship & the Fallen Woman Film, 1928-1942.  Lea Jacobs 1995 University of California Press
7.  Hollywood Censor:  Joseph I. Breen & the Production Code.  Thomas Doherty 1983 Columbia University Press
8.  Hollywood Censored:  Morality Codes, Catholics & the Movies.  Gregory D. Black 1994 Cambridge University Press
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      • Top 10 Nicholas Ray Films
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    • Top 10 Noir Films (Classic Era)
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  • Reviews
    • The 1920's >
      • Wild Orchids ('29)
    • The 1930's >
      • Blonde Crazy
      • Bombshell ('33)
      • The Cheat
      • The Conquerors
      • The Crowd Roars
      • The Divorcee
      • Heroes for Sale
      • L'Atalante (1934)
      • Let Us Be Gay
      • My Man Godfrey
      • No Man of Her Own (1932)
      • Platinum Blonde ('31)
      • Reckless ('35)
      • True Confession ('37)
      • Virtue ('32)
      • The Women
    • The 1940's >
      • Criss Cross (1949)
      • Pursued (1947)
      • The Red Shoes (1948)
      • The Set-Up ('49)
      • The Third Man
    • The 1950's >
      • In a Lonely Place
      • Mogambo ('53)
      • The Night of The Hunter ('55)
    • The 1960's >
      • Cape Fear ('62)
      • The Misfits ('61)
    • The 1980's >
      • Blood Simple ('84)
  • Artists
    • Actors/Actresses >
      • Joan Blondell
      • Clark Gable Bio
      • Jean Harlow Bio
      • Norma Shearer
    • Directors/Producers >
      • William Wellman
    • Studio
  • Resources
    • Books >
      • Book Reviews >
        • Book Review: Clark Gable by D. Bret
      • Pre-Code
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