Fay Wray’s Pre-Code Horrors

Along with the greatest film of all-time, Fay Wray appeared in several horror films in 1932-1933. While she appeared in many other films, and thanks to TCM, many are available to see, this is a short tribute to Fay Wray’s appearances in the films in which I got to know her first. (I included her appearance in 1934s “Black Moon” too, because, why not?)

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Pre-Code Hollywood – Pre‑Code Hollywood refers to the wild, daring era of American filmmaking between the arrival of sound (1929) and the strict enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code — better known as the Hays Code — in 1934.

During these few glorious years, studios pushed boundaries with stories featuring bold women, risqué themes, moral ambiguity, crime, vice, and all the spicy material that would soon be banned. Filmmakers had far more freedom, and they used every inch of it.

It was Hollywood before Hollywood got told to behave.

Pre-Code Hollywood Classic Clips