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Mar 27
1h 17m

Pre-Code Hollywood (She Done Him Wrong &...

Brian Rowe
About this episode
Paul and Chris return to the pod to bring their expertise on classic Hollywood. In 1934, Will Hays, then the president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, began strenuously enforcing the Production Code. This code was a guideline used to determine what films could depict on screen and the behavior of characters. These included drug u ... Show More
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