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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0012569795761
Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, Widescreen
Label: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Manufacturer: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 04, 2008
Running Time: 449 minutes
Sales Rank: 5971
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: June 20, 1931
Editorial Review:
Description:
THE DIVORCEE (1930): After several blissful years of marriage a woman catches her husband in a compromising position and forces him to confess his infidelities Her solution to the problem is to then try to match him tryst for tryst. Based on the 1929 Ursula Parrott novel 'Ex-wife,' this highly controversial story was first published anonymously, with the author’s name added only after thousands of copies were sold. A FREE SOUL (1931): Lionel Barrymore shines as Stephen Ashe, a brilliant alcoholic lawyer who successfully defends dashing gangster Ace Wilfong (Clark Gable) on a murder charge only to find that his headstrong daughter, Jan (Norma Shearer), has fallen in love with his client. Jan, a fun-loving socialite seeking freedom from her blue-blood upbring, is only too eager to dump her aristocratic boyfriend (Leslie Howard) for the no-good gangster. Barrymore gives a remarkable Oscar-winning performance culminating in a legendary courtroom scene that is powerful and deeply moving. THREE ON A MATCH (1932): Childhood friends Mary Keaton, Ruth Wescott and Vivian Deverse reunite ten years after high school. Mary is now a chorus girl, level-headed Ruth has a job as a secretary, and sexy Vivian is on the verge of deserting her wealthy husband Henry Kirkwood and their baby in favor of a glamorous gangster. FEMALE (1933): In Michael Curtiz's romantic comedy FEMALE, Ruth Chatterton plays Alison Drake, the iron-fisted president of a motorcar company. Alison oversees the daily operations of her male employees with a predatory gaze and frequently exercises her right to engage with them in any way she deems fit. She meets her match in an equally strong-minded new employee, Jim Thorne (George Brent), and the two engage in a smoldering, contentious, sexually charged duel. NIGHT NURSE (1931): William Wellman's NIGHT NURSE is a sassy, unsentimental comedy about a private pediatric nurse named Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) who, after applying as an apprentice in a family home, discovers there is a plot afoot to starve her two rich, fat, young charges to death. The culprit is the family's chauffeur, Nick (Clark Gable), a villain who plans to marry the kids' dissolute mother and make off with their trust fund. THOU SHALT NOT: SEX, SIN AND CENSORSHIP IN PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD (2008): Over seventy years later, they've lost none of their power to shock, entertain, and titillate. So-called 'pre-Code' movies remain among the most vital films America has ever produced. But why were these films so much more sexually free and socially critical than what came before or after? Who created the Code, and what did it forbid? And why did it finally become a Hollywood commandment? The answer is a fascinating mix of scandal, big business and social history - a unique collision of events that resulted in one of the most dynamic - and delicious - periods in Hollywood history.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Love and sex, pre-Code style
There were a few years in movie making when sound was first introduced but the Production Codes had not yet been in force. These codes would severely limit the ability of movies to depict the real world: sex, violence and corruption were toned down - often to the point of sheer blandness. Crime could never pay, authority figures were always forces of good and even married couples were confined to twin beds. There were those few years, however, from the late-1920s to 1934 which was known as the ... Read More
Rating:  - forbidden hollywood collection vol 2
a great collection of old movies,never released on dvd before.
a must for a movie collector.
Rating: - Classically Excellent
This collection of movies is great especially if you are looking to see what the 30's considered as risque.
Even though I had already seen Night Nurse and Three on a Match, I still bought this boxed set to add to my collection. Just to watch Norma Shearer, Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, and Barbara Stanwyck, not to mention Clark Gable in their early days was a treat.
I had previously purchased volume 1 of this collection and I'm glad I added volume 2. It's a great way to realize what Hollywood ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic collection + suggestions for Volume 3
This is a perfect choice of films, continuing where Volume 1 left off by including only the pre-code films that exemplify what is fascinating and envelope-pushing about the era. The purpose of this review is to make some suggestions for Volume 3 (and 4, 5, and 6 - hopefully the series will keep going at least that long). Because volumes 1 & 2 were focused on sexually-charged dramas and comedies, I'll keep that focus here (though I would like to see some politically-charged pre-codes like Heroes for Sale, ... Read More
Rating: - oh, you beautiful b&w dolls!
'forbidden hollywood vol. 2' is comprised of films that have been seen often at tcm. whether it's during oscar sweeps or birthday tributes to barbara stanwyck or norma shearer, you can count on seeing 'night nurse' or 'a free soul'.
there are three additions to the collection, which is also accompanied by a nice new documentary titled 'thou shalt not' that make worth the price. the first is 'three on a match', which stars the now-obscure ann dvorak as a bored socialite, and joan blondell and bette ... Read More
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