pre-Code

See also: precode

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ code.

Adjective

pre-Code (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the introduction of the Hays Code, a set of moral guidelines for the US film industry widely applied between 1930 and 1968.
    • 2005, Richard Barrios, Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall:
      The Sign of the Cross, in certain senses the ultimate pre-Code movie, can still have a queasying [sic] effect on viewers with its arena brutality, and its effect on 1933 audiences was that much stronger

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