Just because they're black and white, doesn't mean they're prim and proper. In FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD, Turner Classic Movies opens up its archives to showcase films that are startling in their modern values and explicit sexuality. Love affairs, alcoholics, and sexual liberation all figure in this collection of films from the pre-Code 1930s: THE DIVORCEE, a sordid tale of infidelity; A FREE SOUL, starring Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable; THREE ON A MATCH, the story of three childhood friends; FEMALE, directed by Michael Curtiz; and NIGHT NURSE, directed by William Wellman. Also included here is the documentary THOU SHALT NOT: SEX, SIN AND CENSORSHIP IN PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD, a fascinating exploration of pre-Code films, their art, and unique place in film history. Please see individual titles for detailed synopsis information.

This box set gathers newly remastered
versions of five ribald tales of taboo
subject matters at least they were taboo
in the early 30s, when these films
premiered. You ll get The Divorcee
(1930), the story of runaway lust and
revenge, A Free Soul (1931) a story of
bluebloods and gangsters starring Lionel
Barrymore, Leslie Howard and Norma
Shearer, Three on a Match (1932),
Female (1933), the sexually charged
romantic comedy, and Night Nurse
(1931), with Barbara Stanwyck and Clark
Gable. *Forbidden Hollywood Volume 2*
also includes Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin
and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
(2008), a look at evolving mores in
filmmaking.