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  • TCM Spotlight: Pre-Code Classics (2014–2014)
  • TV Mini-series | Talk-Show
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TCM Spotlight: Pre-Code Classics (2014–2014)
TV Mini-series | Talk-Show
Pre-Code Hollywood is generally considered to be the era in the American film industry between the introduction of sound in the late 1920s and the strict enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code beginning in the mid-1930s. Films ...See morePre-Code Hollywood is generally considered to be the era in the American film industry between the introduction of sound in the late 1920s and the strict enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code beginning in the mid-1930s. Films of this period included unflinching portrayals of such subject matter as sexuality, prostitution, illegal drug use, abortion and extreme violence. Without the interference of censors, law-breakers in the movies were often allowed to profit from their schemes, and fallen women became the heroines of many films. Gangster films were popular, and their protagonists were viewed with some sympathy despite their law-breaking ways. In a continuation of its popular "Friday Night Spotlight" franchise, TCM shines a light on this free-wheeling cinematic period, presenting a weekly 24-hour festival of pre-Code movies. Each Friday in September, Alec Baldwin and TCM host Robert Osborne will introduce the films airing in primetime. The collection, which includes a total of 67 movies, covers a wide range of genres and represents the output of all the major Hollywood studios of the era. See less
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Sep 5, 2014 (United States)

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Alec Baldwin
Self - Special Guest Self - Special Guest   See fewer
The Departed (2006)
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Robert Osborne
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
One Step Beyond (1959)
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