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The Women of Pre-Code Films: A Gallery

Adrienne DoreAdrienne Dore
Ginger RogersGinger Rogers
Joan BlondellJoan Blondell
Polly WaltersPolly Walters
Adrienne DoreAdrienne Dore
Edna Mae Jones and Vivian Faulkner, Hips Hips HoorayEdna Mae Jones and Vivian Faulkner, Hips Hips Hooray
Betty LawfordBetty Lawford
Fifi D'Orsay in They Just Had to Get Married (1932)Fifi D’Orsay, They Just Had to Get Married
Sally Blane in Boys Will Be Boys (1932)Sally Blane in Boys Will Be Boys
Sally Blane in Boys Will Be BoysSally Blane in Boys Will Be Boys
June BrewsterJune Brewster
Googie Withers in 1938Googie Withers in 1938
Muriel EvansMuriel Evans
Dorothy Burgess in What Price Decency (1933)Dorothy Burgess, What Price Decency
Miriam HopkinsMiriam Hopkins
Wynne Gibson in "If I Had a Million" (1932)Wynne Gibson, “If I Had a Million”
Joan BlondellJoan Blondell
Jean Harlow, Platinum Blonde (1931) publicity stillJean Harlow
Chorus Girls promotional photo for 42nd Street (1933)Chorus Girls promo for 42nd Street
Carole LombardCarole Lombard
Lupe VelezLupe Velez
Evelyn Brent from "Lust in My Heart"Evelyn Brent from “Lust in My Heart”
Adrienne DoreAdrienne Dore
Fay WrayFay Wray
Lili DamitaLili Damita
Nancy CarrollNancy Carroll
Polly WaltersPolly Walters
Grace Bradley (1933)Grace Bradley (1933)
Lucille LundLucille Lund
Marjorie WhiteMarjorie White
Ginger Rogers in Rafter RomanceGinger Rogers in Rafter Romance
Rochelle HudsonRochelle Hudson
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich
Lya de Putti in Sorrows of Satan (1926)Lya de Putti in Sorrows of Satan (1926)
Ginger RogersGinger Rogers
Thelma ToddThelma Todd

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