A saucy second gathering of Hollywood doozys that were produced in the pre-Code Hollywood era which, had they been made a little later, would have been banned and stamped too-taboo-for-the-times." But for now they get the royal treatment. With no shortage of top stars, the set includes the Divorcee (Norma Shearer, Chester Morris. 1930/84 min.), a Free Soul (Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable. 1931/91 min.), 3 on a Match (Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak. 1932/63 min.), Female (Ruth Chatterton, George Brent. 1933/60 min.), Night Nurse (Barbara Stanwyck, Clark Gable. 1931/72 min.) and a documentary about the Hollywood code of taboo" in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in pre-Code Hollywood (2008). 3 DVDs. Color-b&w/NR/fullscreen.
Director: Clarence Brown
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actor: Barbara Stanwyck
Actor: Bette Davis
Actor: Clark Gable
Actor: Lionel Barrymore
Actor: Norma Shearer