Adjective
pre-Code (not comparable)
Prior to the introduction of the Hays Code, a set of moral guidelines for the US film industry widely applied between 1930 and 1968.
Paul Muni soon returned to Hollywood to star in such harrowing pre-Code films as the original Scarface and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (both 1932). Source: Internet
The studio was one of the most prolific producers of Pre-Code pictures and had a lot of trouble with the censors once they started clamping down on what they considered indecency (around 1934). Source: Internet
Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood. Source: Internet
This pre-Code film has some scenes that would be censored a few years later due to the Production Code that took effect in 1934. Source: Internet