Pre Hays Code Hollywood (Mostly)

The list author says:
	"A good introduction to the torrid melodramas that were popular before the Hays code had its way with Hollywood."

The list author says:
	"She Done Him Wrong, I'm No Angel. I'm not that keen on Mae West in all honesty her films are a little dry but she's an archetypal figure from the era."

The list author says:
	"Greta Garbo's best, like Mae West she is an interesting figure and a good actress but most of her films are a little flat (this may be an unpopular view)."

The list author says:
	"See all the pre-code Dietrichs this is just a cheap way to get some of them. Listed in order of preference: The Scarlet Empress, Blonde Venus, Dishonored, Morocco, Shanghai Express, Song of Songs"

The list author says:
	"Three great films 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade even if you don't like musicals the numbers are mini masterpieces of technical innovation plus the films are funny and engergetic."

The list author says:
	"The Mask of Fu Manchu is a very fun and surprisingly kinky adventure that could almost be used to define what Edward Said meant by Orientalism. Doctor X is a great 2 strip technicolor comic shocker."

The list author says:
	"Probably the best pre-code horror film that I've seen, both very Victorian and very Modern."

The list author says:
	"Another fine adventure romp with a good serving of kink on the side. Will be interesting for fans of King Kong as it's by the same production team and reuses many of the sets and actors."

The list author says:
	"I'm not so keen on the Universal films but this is probably the one closest to my sensibility."

The list author says:
	"A little dull given its reputation though it does have one or two powerful scenes."

The list author says:
	"Social issue films from this era were a lot tougher in depicting a grim and corrupt world. Politically many of these films leant to the left more heavily then Hollywood would again until the 60s."

The list author says:
	"The gangster film was an off shot of the social problem picture. This is probably the most iconic film along with 'Public Enemy' but the thick and sterotypical Italian American accents grate."

The list author says:
	"In particular Tarzan and His Mate a good natured adventure complete with a funny attitude to monogamy and Maureen O' Sullivan's famous nude swim."

The list author says:
	"Not great but an interesting collection of shorts by a comedian who doesn't conform to the Chaplin mould. Misanthropic and laid back in style and occasionally very funny."

The list author says:
	"More realistic and more likeable then later 'screwball comedies'."

The list author says:
	"Sign of the Cross, Four Frightened People. One's a epic kink fest with the Christians getting thrown to the lions and then some, the other is yet another adventure romp in an exotic locale."

The list author says:
	"A classic anti war film and a good example of populist and challenging American cinema."

The list author says:
	"The silent version not the monotnous 50s one. Surprisingly Christian and enjoyabley adult (these things can go hand in hand) this is really quite watchable slice of American silent cinema."

The list author says:
	"The Unknown is one of the most enjoyable silent I've ever seen, extremely bizzare and almost demanding of a Freudian interpretation, it is also tinged with Lon Chaney's uniqued brand of pathos."

The list author says:
	"Erich von Stroheim was a good director but his films are a little over blown, the Wedding March is probably the best. This is the film that Gloria Swanson watches of herself in Sunset Boulevard."

The list author says:
	"Betty Boop is more pre-hays codey but this Popeye set is much better quality then any of the Boop dvd's available, These films showcase the Fliescher's amusing, cartoony surrealism."

The list author says:
	"A lot of global cinema from the 1930s is of interest, this French film is in keeping with the pre-hayes code spirit in its energetic and satirical approach to historical subject matter."

The list author says:
	"This is a very early sound film and a good example of sophisticated pre WW2 European cinema."

The list author says:
	"Lot's of pretty pictures."

The list author says:
	"Not too academic but a lot good inormation."