| Description |
3 videodiscs (463 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Universal backlot series.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen, Dolby digital 2.0 mono., digitally remastered, dual-layer, NTSC. |
| Language |
English dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
Title from set container. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
The Cheat cast: Tallulah Bankhead, Irving Pichel. |
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Merrily we go to Hell cast: Frederic March, Sylvia Sidney. |
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Hot Saturday cast: Nancy Carroll, Randolph Scott, Cary Grant. |
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Torch singer cast: Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, Lydia Roberti, Baby Le Roy. |
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Murder at the Vanities cast: Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Dorothy Stickney, Gertrude Michael. With the musical talents of Kitty Carlisle and Duke Ellington. |
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Search for beauty cast: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Ida Lupino, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Toby Wing, Gertrude Michael, Bradley Page. |
| Summary |
Six films made before the Production Code. In 1934, Hollywood was turned upside down by the enforcement of a strict "Production Code" that would change the way movies were made for the next 34 years. But during the "pre-Code" period (1929-1934), censorship barely existed and filmmakers had free rein to make the movies they wanted and the public demanded. No subject was taboo including adultery, murder or sex. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Contents |
The cheat / Paramount Pictures ; silent film script, Hector Turnbull ; writer, Harry Hervey ; directed by George Abbott ; (1931 ; 68 min.) -- Merrily we go to Hell / Paramount Pictures ; writer, Edwin Justus Mayer ; directed by Dorothy Arzner ; (1932 ; 84 min.) -- Hot Saturday / Paramount Pictures ; writers, Josephine Lovett, Joseph Moncure March, Seton I. Miller ; directed by William A. Seiter ; (1932 ; 73 min.) ; Torch singer / Paramount Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Lenore Coffee and Lynn Starling ; directed by Alexander Hall, George Somnes ; (71 min.) -- Murder at the Vanities / Paramount Pictures ; dialogue, Sam Hellman ; writers, Joseph Gollomb, Carey Wilson ; directed by Mitchell Leisen ; (1934 ; 90 min.) -- Search for beauty / Paramount Pictures ; story by David Boehm, Maurine Watkins ; dialogue, Sam Hellman ; writers, Claude Binyon, Frank Butler ; directed by Erle C. Kenton ; (1934 ; 78 min.) |
| Subject |
Sex in motion pictures -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Erotic films.
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Comedy films.
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Musical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968.
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Sidney, Sylvia, 1910-1999.
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Grant, Cary, 1904-1986.
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Scott, Randolph, 1898-1987.
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Colbert, Claudette.
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Baby Le Roy.
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McLaglen, Victor, 1886-1959.
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Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978.
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Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
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Crabbe, Buster, 1908-1983.
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Lupino, Ida, 1918-1995.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Hollywood collection |
| Standard No. |
025195051910 |
| Music No. |
61106092 Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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