{"title":"Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood","originalTitle":"Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood","src":"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BZGIwZDk5YzMtY2Q5ZS00MWYwLTgzMjYtZGY1Mzc4Mjc5ODZhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR93,0,190,281_.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BZGIwZDk5YzMtY2Q5ZS00MWYwLTgzMjYtZGY1Mzc4Mjc5ODZhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR93,0,190,281_.jpg 190w, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BZGIwZDk5YzMtY2Q5ZS00MWYwLTgzMjYtZGY1Mzc4Mjc5ODZhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY422_CR139,0,285,422_.jpg 285w, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BZGIwZDk5YzMtY2Q5ZS00MWYwLTgzMjYtZGY1Mzc4Mjc5ODZhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY562_CR185,0,380,562_.jpg 380w","rate":"7","numVotes":"359","year":2008,"runtime":68,"isAdult":null,"type":null,"actors":[{"id":"7989513","name":"Valerie Spencer","const":"nm0818143"},{"id":"7989514","name":"John Landis","const":"nm0000484"},{"id":"7989515","name":"Jonathan Kuntz","const":"nm2833670"},{"id":"7989516","name":"Rudy Behlmer","const":"nm0066935"},{"id":"7989517","name":"Jerry Beck","const":"nm0065175"},{"id":"7989518","name":"Camille Paglia","const":"nm0656468"},{"id":"7989519","name":"Hugh Hefner","const":"nm0005005"},{"id":"7989520","name":"Jack Valenti","const":"nm0884122"},{"id":"7989521","name":"Will H. 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The code was largely ignored until 1934, when its enforcement was overseen by Joseph Breen who took over from Hays and who had a different agenda of moral purity. During those four years, pre-code Hollywood movies are characterized by their rawness and pushing the envelope of sexuality and moral ambiguity (with the depraved side often winning), which were not allowed under the code. What happened to the distribution of pre-code movies during the years that the code was enforced, the reasons for the slow breakdown of the code in the early to mid 1950s, and the reasons for renewed interest in pre-code movies later in the century are also discussed.","wins":0,"nominations":null,"casts":[{"name":"Valerie Spencer","code":"nm0818143","characters":"Self - Narrator"},{"name":"John Landis","code":"nm0000484","characters":"Self - Interviewee"},{"name":"Jonathan Kuntz","code":"nm2833670","characters":"Self - Interviewee"},{"name":"Rudy Behlmer","code":"nm0066935","characters":"Self - Interviewee"},{"name":"Jerry Beck","code":"nm0065175","characters":"Self - Interviewee"},{"name":"Camille Paglia","code":"nm0656468","characters":"Self - Interviewee"},{"name":"Hugh Hefner","code":"nm0005005","characters":"Self - Interviewee"},{"name":"Jack Valenti","code":"nm0884122","characters":"Self - Interviewee"},{"name":"Will H. 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