Despite only lasting four short years from 1930 to 1934, the pre-code era of Hollywood’s Golden Age produced films that pushed the boundaries of cinema and storytelling, even by today’s standards.

We've all heard the nostalgic tales. The glory days of cinema when movies were pure magic, untainted by modern commercialism. When every frame was art and every performance legendary. But here's the ...

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Bruce Goldstein loves movies from the Pre-Code Era. Give him 30 minutes, and he’ll give you the entire history of it. As the founding director of repertory programming at New York’s Film Forum (as ...

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