Pre-Code Hollywood
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Pre-Code Hollywood refers to the brief era in American cinema between the introduction of sound and the strict enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934, known for its relatively frank depictions of sex, violence, and social taboos.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pre-Code Hollywood | 37 |
| Pre-Code Hollywood canonical | 30 |
| pre-Code Hollywood era | 3 |
| Hollywood pre-Code era | 2 |
| Passed (pre-Code era) | 1 |
| Pre-Code Hollywood (late period) | 1 |
| Pre-Code Hollywood cinema | 1 |
| Pre-Code Hollywood film | 1 |
| pre-Code Hollywood cinema | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pre-Code Hollywood Context triple: [Cleopatra (1934 film), era, Pre-Code Hollywood]
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A.
100 Años de Cine
100 Años de Cine is a film project directed by Australian filmmaker Gillian Armstrong, likely exploring the history and evolution of cinema over a century.
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B.
The Heart of Screenland
The Heart of Screenland is the official motto of Culver City, California, reflecting its historic role as a major center of film and television production.
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C.
Sunrise Boulevard
Sunrise Boulevard is a major north–south arterial road in the Sacramento County region of California, serving communities such as Fair Oaks and connecting residential, commercial, and commuter areas.
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D.
Dirty Thirties
The Dirty Thirties refers to the devastating period of severe dust storms and agricultural collapse in the 1930s that ravaged the Great Plains of the United States and Canada during the Great Depression.
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E.
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pre-Code Hollywood Target entity description: Pre-Code Hollywood refers to the brief era in American cinema between the introduction of sound and the strict enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934, known for its relatively frank depictions of sex, violence, and social taboos.
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A.
100 Años de Cine
100 Años de Cine is a film project directed by Australian filmmaker Gillian Armstrong, likely exploring the history and evolution of cinema over a century.
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B.
The Heart of Screenland
The Heart of Screenland is the official motto of Culver City, California, reflecting its historic role as a major center of film and television production.
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C.
Sunrise Boulevard
Sunrise Boulevard is a major north–south arterial road in the Sacramento County region of California, serving communities such as Fair Oaks and connecting residential, commercial, and commuter areas.
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D.
Dirty Thirties
The Dirty Thirties refers to the devastating period of severe dust storms and agricultural collapse in the 1930s that ravaged the Great Plains of the United States and Canada during the Great Depression.
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E.
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
The Jazz Singer (1927 film) is a landmark American musical drama widely regarded as the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, marking the dawn of the sound era in cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film era
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historical period in American cinema ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | pre-Code era ⓘ |
| censorshipContext | preceded the creation of the Production Code Administration in 1934 ⓘ |
| characteristic |
ambiguous moral endings
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depictions of social taboos ⓘ portrayal of criminal antiheroes ⓘ portrayal of drug and alcohol use ⓘ portrayal of extramarital affairs ⓘ portrayal of prostitution ⓘ relatively frank depictions of sex ⓘ relatively frank depictions of violence ⓘ socially critical themes ⓘ strong and sexually independent female characters ⓘ use of risqué dialogue and innuendo ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| endEvent | strict enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ |
| endPeriod | 1934 ⓘ |
| followedBy | strict censorship under the Hays Code ⓘ |
| industry |
Hollywood
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surface form:
Hollywood film industry
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| influencedBy |
changing social attitudes in the late 1920s and early 1930s
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economic pressures of the Great Depression ⓘ transition from silent films to talkies ⓘ |
| legacy |
influenced later depictions of adult themes in American cinema
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subject of extensive film scholarship and retrospectives ⓘ |
| medium | sound film ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hollywood ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
Barbara Stanwyck
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Edward G. Robinson ⓘ James Cagney ⓘ Jean Harlow ⓘ Mae West ⓘ |
| notableFilm |
Baby Face
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Gold Diggers of 1933 ⓘ I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ⓘ Little Caesar ⓘ Red-Headed Woman ⓘ Scarface (1932 film) ⓘ She Done Him Wrong ⓘ The Public Enemy ⓘ Trouble in Paradise ⓘ
surface form:
Trouble in Paradise (1932 film)
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| oversightBody | Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ |
| oversightOfficial | Will H. Hays ⓘ |
| precedes | Classical Hollywood cinema under strict Production Code enforcement ⓘ |
| regulationFramework |
Motion Picture Production Code
ⓘ
surface form:
Hays Code
Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ |
| regulationStatus | period of lax enforcement of the Production Code ⓘ |
| startEvent | introduction of synchronized sound in American cinema ⓘ |
| startPeriod | late 1920s ⓘ |
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