I've tried to collect what I could find from the forum with regards to past discussion and would appreciate links to anything that belongs in that section. I no doubt need help with the DVD guide as well. Recommendations of books on the subject and any other worthwhile docs also sought!
PRE-CODE DVDS
A Farewell to Arms (1932) (PD but Kino best option, pressed / RB BFI)
After Tomorrow (1932) (Fox, pressed)
Animal Crackers (1930) (Universal, pressed)
the Animal Kingdom (1932) (Alpha, pressed)
Anna Christie (1930) (Warners, pressed)
Arrowsmith (1932) (MGM, pressed)
Bad Girl (1931) (Fox, pressed)
the Barbarian (1933) (Warners Archive, MOD)
the Beast of the City (1932) (Warners Archive, MOD)
Beauty and the Boss (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
the Big House (1929) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Bird of Paradise (1932) (Kino, pressed)
Black Moon (1934) (Sony, MOD)
Blonde Venus (1932) (Universal, pressed)
Bombshell (1933) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Born Reckless (1930) (Fox, pressed)
Born to be Bad (1934) (Fox, pressed)
the Broadway Melody (1929) (Warners, pressed)
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Carole Lombard in the Thirties (TCM Vault, initially pressed, may now be MOD)
Brief Moment (1933)
Lady by Choice (1934)
No More Orchids (1932)
the Champ (1931) (Warners, initially pressed now MOD)
Cimarron (1931) (Warners, pressed)
the Coconauts (1929) (Universal, pressed)
Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection (TCM Vault, initially pressed, may now be MOD)
Arizona (1931)
Shopworn (1932)
Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
Three Wise Girls (1932)
Virtue (1932)
Counsellor at Law (1933) (Kino, pressed)
the Criminal Code (1931) (TCM Vault, initially pressed, may now be MOD)
the Crowd Roars (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
the Dawn Patrol (1930) (Warner Archives, MOD)
the Death Kiss (1932) (Kino, pressed)
Design for Living (1933) (Criterion Collection, pressed)
Dinner at Eight (1931) (Warners, pressed)
Diplomaniacs (1933) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Doctor Bull (1933) (Fox, pressed)
the Doorway to Hell (1930) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Dorothy MacKaill Pre-Code Double Feature (Warner Archives, MOD)
Bright Lights (1930)
the Reckless Hour (1931)
Dorothy MacKaill Double Feature (Warner Archives, MOD)
the Office Wife (1930)
the Party Husband (1931)
Double Harness (1933) (TCM Vault, MOD)
Duck Soup (1933) (Universal, pressed)
Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde (1932) (Warners, pressed)
the Eagle and the Hawk (1933) (TCM Vault, initially pressed now MOD)
Evelyn Prentice (1934) (Warners, pressed)
Five Star Final (1931) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Flesh (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Forbidden Hollywood Vol 1 (Warners, pressed)
Baby Face (Pre-release and release versions) (1933)
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Forbidden Hollywood Vol 2 (Warners, pressed)
the Divorcee (1930)
Female (1933)
A Free Soul (1931)
Night Nurse (1931)
Three on a Match (1932)
plus Thous Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
Forbidden Hollywood Vol 3 (Warners, pressed)
Frisco Jenny (1932)
Heroes for Sale (1933)
Midnight Mary (1933)
Other Men's Women (1931)
the Purchase Price (1932)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
plus Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
and WIlliam A Wellman: the Men Who Made Movies (1973)
Forbidden Hollywood Vol 4 (Warners, initially pressed now MOD)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
Lawyer Man (1932)
Man Wanted (1932)
They Call it Sin (1932)
Forbidden Hollywood Vol 5 (Warners, initially pressed now MOD)
Hard to Handle (1933)
Ladies They Talk About (1933)
the Mind Reader (1933)
Miss Pinkerton (1932)
Forbidden Hollywood Vol 6 (Warners, initially pressed, eventually MOD)
Downstairs (1932)
Mandalay (1934)
Massacre (1934)
the Wet Parade (1932)
Forbidden Hollywood Vol 7 (Warners, initially pressed, eventually MOD)
Employees' Entrance (1933)
Ex-Lady (1933)
the Hatchet Man (1932)
Skyscraper Souls (1932)
Forbidden Hollywood Vol 8 (Warners, initially pressed, eventually MOD)
Blonde Crazy (1931)
Dark Hazard (1934)
Hi, Nellie! (1934)
Strangers May Kiss (1931)
42nd Street (1933) (Warners, pressed)
Frank Capra: the Early Collection (TCM Vault, initially pressed, may now be MOD)
the Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
Forbidden (1932)
Ladies of Leisure (1930)
the Miracle Woman (1931)
Rain or Shine (1930)
Frankenstein (1931) (Universal, pressed)
Gabriel Over the White House (1931) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Girl Missing (1933) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) (Warners, pressed)
Grand Hotel (1932) (Warners, pressed)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum! (1933) (MGM, pressed)
Heat Lightning (1934) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Hell's Angels (1930) (Universal, pressed)
Hell's Heroes (1930) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Hell's House (1932) (Kino, pressed)
Horse Feathers (1932) (Universal, pressed)
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang! (1933) (Warners, pressed)
I'm No Angel (1933) (Universal, pressed)
Illicit (1931) (Warner Archives, MOD)
In Old Arizona (1931) (Fox, pressed)
International House (1933) (Universal, pressed)
Island of Lost Souls (1932) (Criterion Collection, pressed)
Kept Husbands (1931) (PD)
King Kong (1933) (Warners, pressed)
Kongo (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Lady Killer (1933) (Warners, pressed)
the Last Flight (1931) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Let Us Be Gay (1930) (Warner Archives, MOD)
the Letter (1929) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Liliom (1930) (Fox, pressed)
Little Caesar (1931) (Warners, pressed)
the Little Giant (1933) (Warners, pressed)
Love Me Tonight (1934) (Kino, pressed)
the Love Trap (1929) (Kino, pressed)
Lubitsch Musicals (Criterion Collection -- Eclipse, pressed)
the Love Parade (1929)
Monte Carlo (1930)
One Hour With You (1933)
the Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Madam Satan (1930) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Marlene Dietrich: Directed by Josef von Sternberg (TCM Vault, initially pressed now MOD)
Dishonored (1931)
Shanghai Express (1932)
the Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) (Warners, pressed)
Mata Hari (1931) (Warners, pressed)
the Mayor of Hell (1933) (Warners, pressed)
Men O' War (Short, 1929) (Vivendi, pressed)
Millie (1931) (PD)
Monkey Business (1931) (Universal, pressed)
Morocco (1930) (Universal, pressed)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) (Universal, pressed)
Murders in the Zoo (1933) (TCM Vault, initially pressed now MOD)
Night After Night (1932) (Universal, pressed)
Night Flight (1933) (Warners, pressed)
the Old Dark House (1932) (Kino, pressed)
One Man's Journey (1933) (TCM Vault, MOD)
Our Modern Maidens (1929) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Penthouse (1933) (Warners Archive, MOD)
Picture Snatcher (1933) (Warners, pressed)
Pilgrimage (1933) (Fox, pressed)
Platinum Blonde (1931) (Sony, pressed)
the Power and the Glory (1933) (Fox, MOD)
Pre-Code Double Feature (Warner Archives, MOD)
the Crash (1932)
Registered Nurse (1934)
Pre-Code Hollywood Collection (Universal, pressed)
the Cheat (1931)
Hot Saturday (1932)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
Search For Beauty (1934)
Torch Singer (1933)
Precode Hollywood Double Feature (VCI, pressed)
Hell Harbor (1931)
Jungle Bride (1933)
the Public Enemy (1931) (Warners, pressed)
Queen Christina (1933) (Warners, pressed)
Rafter Romance (1933) (TCM Vault, MOD)
Rain (1932) (PD)
Rasputin and the Empress (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Red Dust (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Riptide (1934) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Road to Paradise (1930) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Safe in Hell (1931) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Scarface (1932) (Universal, pressed)
the Scarlet Empress (1934) (Criterion Collection, pressed)
Seas Beneath (1931) (Fox, pressed)
She Done Him Wrong (1933) (Universal, pressed)
the Sign of the Cross (1932) (Universal, pressed)
the Sin of Nina Moran (1930) (PD but Image best quality, initially pressed now MOD)
Sit Tight (1931) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Smart Money (1931) (Warners, pressed)
Song O' My Heart (1930) (Fox, pressed)
the Song of Songs (1933) (TCM Vault, MOD)
the Sport Parade (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
the Squall (1929) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Stingaree (1934) (TCM Vault, MOD)
the Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Street Scene (1931) (Image, pressed)
Susan Lenox (Her Rise and Fall) (1931) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Svengali (1931) (Alpha, pressed)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934) (Warners, pressed)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) (Warners, pressed)
the Tenderfoot (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Their Own Desire (1929) (Warner Archives, MOD)
They Had to See Paris (1929) (Fox, pressed)
Tiger Shark (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Today We Live (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Trouble in Paradise (1932) (Criterion Collection, 1932)
Under 18 (1931) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Up the River (1930) (Fox, pressed)
Week-End Marriage (1932) (Warner Archives, MOD)
William Powell at Warner Bros. (Warner Archives, initially pressed, eventually MOD)
High Pressure (1931)
the Road to Singapore (1931)
Private Detective 62 (1933)
the Key (1934)
Wonderbar (1934) (Warner Archives, MOD)
Young America (1932) (Fox, pressed)
BOOKS
Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall Richard Barrios
Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934 by Thomas Doherty
the Wages of Sin: Censorship and the Fallen Woman Film, 1928-1942 by Lea Jacobs
the Dame in the Kimono: Hollywood, Censorship And the Production Code, From the 1920s to the 1960s by Leonard J. Leff & Jerold L. Simmons
Censored Hollywood Sex, Sin & Violence On Screen by Frank Miller
Sin In Soft Focus by Mark Vieira
DOCUMENTARIESMatt wrote:Richard Maltby's gimlet-eyed historiographical work on the Code is very good, but doesn't seem to be collected in a single volume anywhere. Here's a good overview article from about 10 years ago, and he has a good chapter on the Code in Tino Balio's volume on '30s Hollywood, Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939 and a similar chapter in Steve Neale's The Classical Hollywood Reader.
Complicated Women (Hugh Munro Neely, 2003) -- TCM-produced doc, no commercial DVD release
Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film Episode 03 "Single Beds & Double Standards" (Kevin Brownlow and David Gill, 1980) -- VHS and Laserdisc copies circulating, no commercial DVD release
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) -- Extra on Forbidden Hollywood Vol 2
PAST FORUM DISCUSSION
the Alternate Oscars: Best Picture (1927-1968)
the Animal Kingdom
Blonde Venus
Busby Berkeley Collections
the Cecil B DeMille Collection
Design for Living
the Eagle and the Hawk
Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals
Gangsters Collection
the Greta Garbo Signature Collection
Howard Hawks
Island of Lost Souls (Criterion)
Island of Lost Souls (MoC)
Island of Lost Souls (Spanish)
Josef von Sternberg
the Last Flight
Marlene Dietrich 18 DVD Collection
Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, and Carole Lombard Collections
Murnau, Borzage, and Fox
the Musicals List Discussion and Suggestions
Night Flight
1930s List Discussion and Suggestions (2.0)
the Scarlet Empress
Screen Goddesses Collection: Marlene Dietrich
the Story of Temple Drake
Street Scene
Sternberg and Dietrich in R2
Sternberg Dietrichs in different regions
TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood Collections
TCM Vault Collection
Thirteen Women
Trouble in Paradise (Criterion)
Trouble in Paradise (MoC)
Universal Backlot Series
Unreleased Warner Bros Titles
Upcoming Movies on TV (UK)
Vintage Film Buff
Warner Brothers Archive Collection
Warner Classic Comedies Collection
William A Wellman
William Dieterle
EXTERNAL LINKS
All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing!
DVD Beaver's Pre-Code DVD Guide (Outdated/Incomplete)
Pre-Coded Messages
Last Edited: 01/06/2015