# How adult & risque did mainstream movies get i pre-code Hollywood?

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**Created:** [November 26, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-adult-risque-did-mainstream-movies-get-i-pre-code-hollywood/773105 "2016-11-26T23:36:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-adult-risque-did-mainstream-movies-get-i-pre-code-hollywood/773105/1 "2016-11-26T23:36:27Z")

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[Re film censorship in the US](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_censorship_in_the_United_States) in the Pre-Code Hollywood era before American movies got actively censored what was the raciest mainstream fare that was offered to general audiences?

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-adult-risque-did-mainstream-movies-get-i-pre-code-hollywood/773105/2 "2016-11-26T23:53:05Z")

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Second thread on this topic [today](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=812016) ;).

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-adult-risque-did-mainstream-movies-get-i-pre-code-hollywood/773105/3 "2016-11-27T00:20:26Z")

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> [@Tamerlane](#):
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> Second thread on this topic [today](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=812016) ;).

Weird!

I’ll ask a mod to close this down.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-adult-risque-did-mainstream-movies-get-i-pre-code-hollywood/773105/4 "2016-11-27T03:05:54Z")

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[Moderating]  
Closed at the OP’s request.