I love a good Pre-Code film. These films were made before the censorship of the notorious Production Code really took effect. Most of them are pretty tame by today’s standards, but there is something wild about watching a film from the early 1930s that is more progressive in its dealings with sex and violence than most of the films that came after it for 30 years.
The Sign of the Cross is one of the most notorious Pre-Code films, for a lot of reasons but mainly because it features Claudette Colbert taking a naked milk bath.
It is completely wild, but it is also a pretty good movie. You can read my full review at Cinema Sentries.
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