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Thus, was born “The Code” with the establishment of a special bureau (eventually christened The Breen Office, after Joseph Ignatius Breen, a former public relations executive), whose purpose was to review scripts and finished prints in order to ensure that they adhered to the new Code.

Many fans of Classical Hollywood cinema today prefer pre-Code films for their audacious attitude toward conventional morality, and their presentation of more "mature" or risque themes generally not seen again in film until the collapse of the code system.

Popular character roles during what is now known as “Pre-Code” Hollywood, include tough-talking, assertive women, and prostitutes.

Recently on Turner Classic Movies, they honored “Pre-Code” Hollywood, showing some of Warner Brother’s “Forbidden Treasures” movies. One movie that caught my attention was “Female”.

The movie trailer was most enticing. It beings with these words boldly printed across the screen;

Most women hide their desires.

Here’s the story of one who openly flaunts them.

Ruth Chatteron stars in “Female”

As a girl who made a career out of bossing men.

“Female” shows how modern women hunt men.

And what they do after they capture them.

“Female” is a short film, a mere 60 minutes, but Ruth Chatteron is tremendous portraying a powerful women who likes to use men for her sexual pleasure, then discard them.