Aug 14, 2025

On YouTube: More Saucy Pre-Code Cartoons and a Brooch That Made the Rounds on the Warner Bros Lot

 

There are a lot of familiar patterns and themes in classic pre-Code Hollywood movies (the time period roughly between 1930-34), as can be seen in this collection of clips. Censors found it too racy, but these classic films were also honest, humorous, and adult. These moments were even more playful and creative in cartoons from the era, so much so that I did a part two!

   

The story of a brooch that made it into four Warner Bros films of the forties. Three of them classics, one of them essentially forgotten. Hollywood is known for recycling and this cloud brooch with its sparkling raindrops was no exception!

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