Forbidden Hollywood (film series)

Forbidden Hollywood is an ongoing collection of Hollywood movies that were made and produced in the 1930s before the Production Code was enforced. The films were collected in the 1990s and 2000s by Turner Classic Movies and are available in DVD format.

Volume 1

Released on DVD in 2006 by Turner Classic Movie Archives^[1]

Disc 1:

• Waterloo Bridge (1931, 81 min.) - based on the play by Robert E. Sherwood, directed by James Whale, performers: Mae Clark, Douglass Montgomery
• Red-Headed Woman (1932, 79 min.) - based on the novel by Katharine Brush, directed by Jack Conway, performers: Jean Harlow, Chester Morris

Disc 2:

• Baby Face (1933, 71 min.) - directed by Alfred E. Green, performers: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent

Volume 2

Released on DVD in 2008 by Turner Classic Movie Archives^[2]

Disc 1:

• The Divorcee (1930, 82 min.) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents, Robert Z. Leonard production, based on a story by Ursula Parrott
• A Free Soul (1931, 93 min.) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents, Clarence Brown's production, directed by Clarence Brown, performers: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, James Gleason, Clark Gable

Disc 2:

• Three on a Match (1932, 63 min.) - First National Pictures presents, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, screenplay by Lucien Hubbard
• Female (1933, 60 min.) - First National Pictures presents, directed by Michael Curtiz, screenplay by Gene Markey & Kathryn Scola

Disc 3:

• Night Nurse (1931, 72 min.) - Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & The Vitaphone Corp. present. directed by William A. Wellman, screenplay by Oliver H.P. Garrett., from the novel by Dora Macy

Volume 3

Released on DVD in 2009 by Turner Classic Movie Archives^[3][4]

Disc 1

• Other Men's Women (1931, 70 min.) - a Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Picture, directed by William A. Wellman, performers: Grant Withers, Regis Toomey, Mary Astor, J. Farrell MacDonald, Fred Kohler, Joan Blondell, James Cagney
• The Purchase Price (1932, 68 min.) - a Warner Bros. and Vitaphone picture, directed by William A. Wellman

Disc 2

• Frisco Jenny (1932, 70 min.) - presented by First National and Vitaphone Picture, directed by William A. Wellman, performers: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern
• Midnight Mary (1933, 74 min.) - presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, original story by Anita Loos, screenplay by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola, directed by William A. Wellman. Special features: commentary on "Midnight Mary" by historians Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta, S.S. Dine detective short "The Studio Murder Mystery", vintage Pete Smith short "Goofy Movies#1", classic cartoon "Bosko's Parlor Pranks"

Disc 3

• Heroes for Sale (1933, 71 min.) - a First National and Vitaphone picture, directed by William A. Wellman, performers: Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Loretta Young, Gordon Westcott. Special features: commentary by historian John Gallagher, theatrical trailers of "Heroes for Sale" and "Wild Boys of the Road."
• Wild Boys of the Road (1933, 68 min.) - a First National and Vitaphone picture, directed by William A. Wellman, commentary by William Wellman, Jr. and historian Frank Thompson; S.S. Van Dine detective short "The Trans-Atlantic Mystery", 2 classic cartoons "One Step Ahead of My Shadow" and "Sittin' on a Backyard Fence"

Disc 4

• Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995, 94 min.) - created by William A. Wellman, Jr., Turner presents a Kenneth A. Carlson production, a film by Todd Robinson, produced by Kenneth A. Carlson, written and directed by Todd Robinson, performers: narrator: Alec Baldwin
• The Men Who Made the Movies: William A. Wellman (1973, 58 min.)- Turner Classic Movies presents a Lorac production, directed, written & produced by Richard Schickel, editor: Bryan McKenzie

Volume 4

Released in 2012 by the Warner Archive Collection.^[5]

• Jewel Robbery (1932)
• Lawyer Man (1933)
• Man Wanted (1932)
• They Call It Sin (1932)

Volume 5

Released in 2012 by the Warner Archive Collection.^[6]

• Miss Pinkerton (1932)
• Hard to Handle (1933)
• Ladies They Talk About (1933)
• The Mind Reader (1933)

Volume 6

Released in 2013 by the Warner Archive Collection.^[7]

• The Wet Parade (1932) - based on the novel by Upton Sinclair
• Downstairs (1932)
• Mandalay (1934)
• Massacre (1934)

Volume 7

Released in 2013 by the Warner Archive Collection.^[8]

• The Hatchet Man (1932)
• Skyscraper Souls (1932)
• Employees' Entrance (1933)
• Ex-Lady (1933)

Volume 8

Released in 2014 by the Warner Archive Collection.^[9]

• Blonde Crazy (1931)
• Strangers May Kiss (1931)
• Hi, Nellie! (1934)
• Dark Hazard (1934)

Volume 9

Released in 2015 by the Warner Archive Collection.^[10]

• Big City Blues (1932)
• Hell's Highway (1932)
• The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
• When Ladies Meet (1933)
• I Sell Anything (1934)

Volume 10

The last "Forbidden Hollywood Collection," released in 2016 by the Warner Archive Collection.^[11]

• Guilty Hands (1931)
• The Mouthpiece (1932)
• Secrets of the French Police (1932)
• The Match King (1932)
• Ever in My Heart (1933)

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